by Randall McAdory | Oct 14, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
It’s an irresponsible brand name – Autopilot. It’s a name that makes the average consumer believe Tesla’s Autopilot system is Level 5, fully autonomous-capable. It’s not – at least not yet. Zachary Mider tackles many of the issues surrounding Autopilot...
by admin | Oct 12, 2019 | Dyson, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Internal Combustion Engine, Rivian, Tesla, Volkswagen
That’s part of the title of a recent article in Automotive News (subscription required) describing Dyson’s decision to stop the development of an electric vehicle. As described in a prior post as well as here on TaaS Master, the company described an...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 29, 2019 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
According to an article written by Steve LeVine at Medium, Tesla may have invented the million mile battery. Based on patents filed by Tesla and an academic paper co-authored by a respected battery researcher (Jeff Dahn) on contract with Tesla, other top battery...
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 | Aug 4, 2019 | GM Cruise Automation, Tesla, Waymo
Morgan Stanley’s automotive analyst, Adam Jonas, believes that investors are not recognizing the value of Tesla’s autonomous vehicle technology. GM’s Cruise Automation and Waymo seem to get healthy valuations from Wall Street according Jonas. But it’s Tesla that...
