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By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 22, 2019

Tesla's Autonomy Day Presentation Leaves Biggest Questions Unanswered

Tesla's extraordinary "Full Self-Driving" claims require extraordinary proof, and that's not what today's investor presentation provided.

By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 19, 2019

Tesla "Streamlines" Board of Directors

Four members of the electric automakers board of directors will not stand for re-election as part of a "streamlining" effort.

By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 16, 2019

Fact Checking Tesla's "Impact Report"

It's no surprise that the electric automaker is having a positive environmental impact, so why does it need to exaggerate the good and gloss over the bad?

By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 15, 2019

California Moves Toward Autonomous Delivery Truck Testing

Tired of watching autonomous delivery pilots go to other states, California relaxes rules on goods-delivering robots smaller than a semi truck.

By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 12, 2019

Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup, Killing $35,000 Base Price

Tesla disappears its vaunted $35,000 Model 3 in a confusing update, after apparently failing to deliver a single one.

By Edward Niedermeyer Apr 10, 2019

MIT Study Showing High "Functional Vigilance" Among Autopilot Users Comes With Massive Caveats

Elon Musk adds the MIT-AVT study to his list of misleading Autopilot safety claims by glossing over key factors, both disclosed by the authors and not.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 28, 2019

Electra Meccanica Solo Prototype Drive: Quirk In Progress

Electra Meccanica's three-wheeled single-seater shows potential, but comes up against the constraints of its form factor.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 25, 2019

Tesla Delaying Deliveries of Standard Range Model 3

The saga of the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 rolls on, as customers report Tesla is delaying deliveries and attempting to upsell them.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 22, 2019

How Many Times Can Silicon Valley Be Wrong About Cars?

Is the car really disappearing, or is the high tech sector selling another story?

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 18, 2019

10 Lessons From Uber's Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash

The fallout from the first autonomous car fatality continues to swirl a year later, as the once high-flying technology faces a "trough of disillusionment."

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 15, 2019

Model Y Teaches Tesla a New Auto Industry Lesson, Not With a Bang But With a Whimper

Tesla's most lackluster new product reveal shows that the auto industry never runs out of hard lessons for inexperienced new players.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 7, 2019

Tesla Transforms "Full Self-Driving" and "Tesla Network" Language

Sweeping changes to Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" description suggest a major shift in Tesla's controversial automated driving ambitions.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 6, 2019

Waymo Shakes Up The Sensor Space With "Laser Bear" Lidar

The strongest brand in the autonomous vehicle space now has a product you can actually buy.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 5, 2019

Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" Pricing Controversy Misses The Point

Arguing over the price of Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" is like arguing over the price of contaminated food. It's unsafe at any price, and regulators will likely take it off the market anyway.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 1, 2019

TRI-AD Expands Open-Source Map Effort With Carmera Partnership

Open source data? Partnerships with startups? TRI-AD's mapping moves don't look like the Toyota you know.

By Edward Niedermeyer Mar 1, 2019

Tesla Cuts Off An Arm To Deliver On $35k Model 3 Promise

Once again, Tesla proves the doubters wrong... at a terrible cost.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 28, 2019

Magical Mystery Plant Tour: Lynk & Co's "Fashion Factory" In Zhangjiakou, China

The Magical Mystery Plant Tour rolls on, as we check in on the newest auto assembly plant in the world: Geely's Lynk & Co plant in Northern China.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 27, 2019

Cobalt's "Perfect Storm" Rattles Electric Car Supply Chain

Cobalt has been enjoying a booming bull run as the auto industry gears up for a major EV push, but now it's hit a speed bump. So what happened?

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 27, 2019

Polestar 2 Takes Direct Aim At Tesla's Model 3

For all the talk of "Tesla Killers," the Polestar 2 might be the most direct competitor the king of electric vehicles has ever faced.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 26, 2019

Elon Musk vs. The SEC: A Hypebeast's Progress

The greatest tragedy in Tesla's history is that a transformative company and a world-changing mission have become less important than one man.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 12, 2019

GM and Amazon Eye Investment In Rivian

The electric pickup wars are heating up, as GM and Amazon eye minority stakes in Rivian.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 11, 2019

NHTSA's Flawed Autopilot Safety Study Unmasked

The safety regulator's claim that Autopilot reduces crashes by 40% was based on flawed data and analysis, which it attempted to keep secret.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 7, 2019

Magical Mystery Plant Tour: Genchi Genbutsu In Toyota City

One of the principles of The Toyota Production System is to "go and see it," and so we did just that, touring Toyota's latest manufacturing innovations outside Nagoya, Japan.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 6, 2019

Magical Mystery Plant Tour: Dearborn Truck

Our round-the-world tour of car factories starts where the modern industry began: Ford's River Rouge facility, now home of the F-150.

By Edward Niedermeyer Feb 6, 2019

Welcome To The Magical Mystery Plant Tour

To battle online ignorance about auto manufacturing, we did what anyone else would do: organize a 17-day round-the-world tour of seven car factories.