Cars, Transportation and Auto: The Latest News In Car Tech
From crazy car builds to whatever Elon Musk has tweeted this week, we know you love auto news. Here you’ll find the latest news, videos and op-eds about the car industry.
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Pepsi Paid for 100 Tesla Semi Trucks in 2017, but Has Only Received 36
Tesla’s Semi truck, promised to deliver 500 miles of range, easy hauling, and low cost of operation, was unveiled in November of 2017. At the time dozens of fleets around the world placed orders for hundreds of trucks. The two largest orders, however, were for UPS and Pepsi, ordering 125 and 100 trucks respectively. Production…
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BMW’s Electric Vision Neue Klasse X Concept Is a Big Step in the Right Direction
The Bangle years are not only my favourite era of BMW design, but one of my favourite eras of design at any automaker. No other company was taking risks and innovating like BMW was, and Bangle’s Flame Surfacing technique forever influenced the rest of the industry. The groundbreaking i3 and i8 were similarly impactful —…
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Maserati Turns to AI for Designing Its Cars
For more than 75 years, Maserati has been designing stunning road cars at its base in Italy, with a team of highly skilled designers and engineers working to create icons like the 3500GT and the MC12. As technology has progressed, the company has moved away from pens and paper, and now uses programming and prompts…
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Tesla Cybertruck No Match for a Car Wash
After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user @captian.ad’s Tesla Cybertruck was effectively a several-thousand-pound paperweight for several hours. After taking his truck to the beach and stopping off at a car wash to clean it up, he parked the truck in his garage, where it decided…