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Tesla lance quand même son Model Y plus abordable, censé être annulé
Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Friday, 8 January, 2021 - 09:34
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Elon Musk is the world’s richest person
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 7 January, 2021 - 22:59
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Elon Musk has become the world's richest man, surpassing previous record-holder Jeff Bezos, according to CNBC . Musk is now worth more than $180 billion.
Musk's rising wealth reflects the meteoric rise of Tesla's stock. The company's share price closed at $816 on Thursday, up almost 8 percent for the day. That share price values Tesla at almost $800 billion—several times more than any other car company.
CNBC says that Musk's rise to become the richest man in the world is the fastest in history. At the start of 2020, just over a year ago, Musk was worth only $27 billion. At the time, Tesla stock traded for less than $100 (adjusting for a 2020 stock split ).
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Musk says Apple passed on Tesla acquisition three years ago
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 23 December, 2020 - 19:30
Enlarge / A Tesla Model 3 is seen in the general assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, in July 2018. (credit: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images )
A few years ago, Elon Musk tried to interest Apple CEO Tim Cook in buying Tesla, Musk said in a Tuesday tweet . "He refused to take the meeting," Musk added.
According to Musk, this occurred in the "darkest days of the Model 3 program"—most likely some time in late 2017 or early 2018. Musk recently revealed that at one point early in the Model 3 manufacturing process, Tesla was "about a month" away from bankruptcy
"The Model 3 ramp was extreme stress & pain for a long time — from mid 2017 to mid 2019," Musk wrote in November . "Production & logistics hell."
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Elon Musk affirme qu’il avait envisagé de vendre Tesla à Apple
Julien Cadot · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 23 December, 2020 - 08:36
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Tesla va lancer un abonnement pour son Autopilote
Maxime Claudel · news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 21 December, 2020 - 11:22
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Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 18 December, 2020 - 12:30
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The average cost of a lithium-ion battery pack fell to $137 per kWh in 2020, according to a new industry survey from BloombergNEF. That's an inflation-adjusted decline of 13 percent since 2019. The latest figures continue the astonishing progress in battery technology over the last decade, with pack prices declining 88 percent since 2010.
Large, affordable batteries will be essential to weaning the global economy off fossil fuels. Lithium-ion batteries are the key enabling technology for electric vehicles. They're also needed to smooth out the intermittent power generated by windmills and solar panels.
But until recently, batteries were simply too expensive for these applications to make financial sense without mandates and subsidies. Now, that calculus is becoming less and less true. BloombergNEF estimates that battery-pack prices will fall to $100 by 2024. That's roughly the level necessary for BEVs to be price-competitive with conventional cars without subsidies. Given that electric vehicles are cheap to charge and will likely require less maintenance than a conventional car, they will be an increasingly compelling option over the next decade.
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Art imitates life as Tesla Cybertruck toy from Mattel misses ship date
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 17 December, 2020 - 21:29
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Customers who were hoping to put a radio-controlled Hot Wheels Cybertruck under the Christmas tree will be disappointed this holiday season. Mattel has begun telling customers that the hotly anticipated toy won't ship in time for Christmas due to "unexpected challenges," according to Bloomberg . Mattel is now aiming to ship them by May 1.
Mattel unveiled the toy in February, offering two versions: a 1/64 scale model for $20 and a 1/10 scale model for $400. The larger model, which is slated to have working headlights and taillights, sold out within hours. The smaller model is now sold out as well.
This will be a familiar story for many customers who have preordered Tesla's full-sized vehicles. The Model S and Model X both shipped long after their original launch dates. The Model 3 shipped in 2017 as originally promised but did not reach significant volume until 2018.
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Tesla plans to raise another $5 billion as value soars above $600 billion
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 8 December, 2020 - 15:16
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Tesla is planning to raise another $5 billion from Wall Street, the company announced in a Tuesday morning filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It will be the company's third round of fundraising this year and will bring its 2020 fundraising to $12 billion.
It's a good time for Tesla to raise money because Tesla's stock price hit a record high of $640 on Tuesday—a more than seven-fold increase since the start of 2020. Tesla's market capitalization is now around $600 billion, which means that Tesla's existing shareholders will give up less than 1 percent of their stake from the stock sale.
Still, investors didn't seem thrilled at the news, with Tesla's share price down a little more than 1 percent in morning trading.
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This Arizona college student has taken over 60 driverless Waymo rides
Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 7 December, 2020 - 13:18
Enlarge / Joel Johnson with a driverless Waymo vehicle. (credit: Joel Johnson)
Waymo has long kept details about its industry-leading self-driving technology under wraps. The company has done millions of miles of testing in Arizona and California—including thousands of driverless miles with no one behind the wheel. But until last month, almost everyone who experienced those driverless rides was bound by a strict non-disclosure agreement.
In October, Waymo finally pulled back the curtain on its driverless technology. Today customers near the Phoenix suburb of Chandler can hail a fully driverless taxi. They can record rides, publish videos, and talk to reporters about their experiences.
One young Arizonan in particular has leapt at the chance to document the real-world performance of Waymo's driverless taxis. Joel Johnson is an Arizona State University student who is taking a break from college during the pandemic. He lives near Waymo's service territory and has been using some of his free time to put Waymo's driverless taxis through their paces. He says he has taken more than 60 driverless rides in the two months since Waymo opened driverless service up to the public. He has posted more than a dozen videos .
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