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...According to our math, robotaxis should cost far less than private cars, given much better utilization (in the US, taxis do 6x as many miles per year vs a private car)....
...This tale of a fallen man’s attempt to find both himself and redemption in various “exotic” lands has little self-awareness and few redeeming qualities. Alarm bells ring from the outset....
...A search for lower-carbon motor fuel is pitting food companies against the energy industry over tightening supplies of a humble commodity: vegetable oil....
...Among various experiments to improve the efficiency of “last mile” logistics, Walmart in April invested in a General Motors-backed driverless car company, Cruise....
...One day you’re a high-flying chief executive of an electric truck company who’s inking multibillion-dollar deals with General Motors and the next you’re having to defend allegations that your vehicles can...
...Warren Buffett, the veteran investor, was interviewed by CNBC in early 2018, at a time when many so-called investors were borrowing money to purchase stocks and cryptocurrencies or loading up on exotic investments...
...Plus, the FT’s motor industry correspondent, Peter Campbell, explains how truckmaker start-up Nikola is defending itself after a short seller’s report claimed the business was an “intricate fraud”....
...Job moves General Motors has appointed two new directors: Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of both Hewlett-Packard and Quibi, and NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum....
...Related Links: David Einhorn vs the bloggers on credit default swaps - FT Alphaville A good summer for David Einhorn - FT Alphaville Einhorn vs the Daily Mail - FT Alphaville Einhorn:...
...The huge sums spent on acquisitions of self-driving car businesses have prompted a gold rush among Silicon Valley start-ups, fuelled by big deals such as General Motors’ $1bn acquisition of Cruise, and Intel...
...General Motors said in January that it would invest at least $1bn in US factories, and create or retain about 7,000 jobs....
...Many are regular fixed rate loans but some are exotic products with embedded derivatives....
...Tesla Motors said on Wednesday that it was bringing its production targets forward by two years despite the electric automaker’s history of missing delivery and production targets. fastFT reviews analysts...
...They also note: The self-driving vehicles being pioneered by Tesla Motors Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and others are poised to dramatically lower the cost of taxis, potentially making them cheaper than...
...Gates vs Wolf edition – FT Alphaville...
...And exotic Cuba could draw a variety of tourists, offering urban culture, eco-resorts, maritime sports, as well as traditional sun and surf....
...(Nautilus) Craft vs Kraft Big US food groups missed a shift in the nation’s taste buds – younger generations and immigrant populations are seeking fresher fare and more exotic flavours....
...Bob Lutz’s Car Guys vs Bean Counters, his 2011 account of a life in the motor industry, deserves a mention as a minor classic of the genre, for enlivening its business lessons with some entertaining score-settling...
...Multiple Signs of Inventory Accounting Shenanigans: In 2009, an employee whistleblower case (Matthews vs....
...Additive works for aerospace because we use exotic expensive materials.”...
...Quindell, which aspires to join the FTSE 250, is active in motor insurance claims management, a business exposed to tightening regulation and the iron whims of insurers....
...In the US, it is public agencies such as Darpa, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, that provide this finance – indeed the latest big Silicon Valley export, Tesla Motors, benefited from a $500m...
...A public spat flared up this week between Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk and the New York Times reporter John Broder over a test drive of the new Tesla Model S....
...Nothing has been too exotic. http://on.ft.com/11CJObV Anglo American chief warns on S Africa mining talks Mark Cutifani, chief executive of Anglo American, warned on Wednesday that the wage negotiations...
...And detailed (and very Flash Crash Nanex-like) they are too: Long story short, there’s no reason at all to believe Tesla motors can’t perform in the cold, especially since Norway and Switzerland, where...
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