by Randall McAdory | Sep 26, 2019 | Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Internal Combustion Engine, Porsche, Tesla
A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Porsche Taycan seems to be a “best effort car by an auto company determined to lead.” Dan Neil of the Wall Street Journal seems to agree. The difference between Dan and me, however, is he has now driven the all-electric...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 20, 2019 | Elon Musk, Tesla, Uber
In an interesting Barron’s article, Larry Ellison (Oracle’s founder and executive chairman) reportedly said at a recent event that he does not see the investment logic for WeWork and Uber. While discussing Uber, he asserted that the company has no technology and no...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 18, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, LIDAR
That’s the sentiment of Elon Musk who views the usage of lidar (light detection and ranging) for self-driving vehicles as an expensive and an unnecessary crutch. Many companies like Cruise Automation and Waymo believe the usage of lidar is necessary for redundancy and...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 11, 2019 | Elon Musk, Rivian
It’s being reported this week that Rivian has raised $350 million from Cox Automotive. This $350 million is on top of a $700 million round led by Amazon early this year, and another $500 million from Ford. If you don’t know Rivian, it’s the company...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 9, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles
An interesting piece in The Detroit News this week describes the challenges that autonomous vehicles have in identifying stationary objects. In many cases the autonomous systems are better at tracking moving vehicles than in identifying stationary vehicles. The...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 3, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Li Shufu, Volvo
In a recent Automotive News article (subscription required) Volvo’s CEO, Hakan Samuelsson, discusses Volvo opportunities driven by the disruption occurring in the global automotive industry. He describes Volvo’s product efforts with electric vehicles as...
