The CEO of XPeng said 'true success' is tied to how his parents' generation uses self-driving cars
Despite revenue growth, XPeng was unprofitable last quarter and is aiming to break even this year.
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Cruise founder calls GM 'a bunch of dummies' after automaker shuts down robotaxi startup
The Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, who resigned from the company in 2023 after a suspension of its robotaxi business, wasn't happy with GM's decision.
Elon Musk's robotaxi launch fails to wow Wall Street — and leaves Tesla analysts with more questions than answers
Wall Street analysts were disappointed that Elon Musk didn't show off a cheaper car and remain skeptical about the promised timeframes.
Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft took the stock market by storm this year. We reviewed the holdings of world-beating investors to determine who's a true believer in them - and who made a quick buck.
Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft are among the stock market's best performers this year, and many high-profile investors bought and sold all three stocks.
GM's Cruise cleans house, fires 9 executives, and lays off hundreds of staff
Cruise, GM's self-driving startup, is in the midst of safety investigations following a crash in October.
Cruise CEO resigns after all of the company's robotaxis were forced to stop operating
The startup's autonomous cars have been involved in several high-profile accidents that led to its permit being revoked in California.
Elon Musk slams one wealth measure as flawed, as he owns stock in his companies not a 'giant pile of cash'
Elon Musk says it's "silly" to look at his wealth gain per minute, as he owns stakes in companies like Twitter and SpaceX, he doesn't rake in cash.
Warren Buffett missed a trick by not investing in Tesla at a rock-bottom valuation, Elon Musk says
Warren Buffett passed on a stake in Tesla at a $200 million valuation in 2008, Elon Musk said. His EV maker is now worth over 3,000 times that amount.
Elon Musk says he's an unrelenting optimist. Warren Buffett made a similar point about the Tesla chief's vision and drive.
Elon Musk described himself as "pathalogically optimistic," after Warren Buffett said he was a dreamer who strives to do the impossible.
Elon Musk predicts a 'ChatGPT moment' for Tesla, warns of banking woes, and expects a tough year ahead. Here are his 15 best quotes this week.
Elon Musk discussed Tesla, Twitter, AI, the Fed, China, banks, working from home, and the US economic outlook during two appearances this week.
Video shows police yelling at a driverless Waymo taxi to stop it from running over a fire hose
Police officers tried to get the confused car to stop moving by popping a flare in front of it. That didn't work.
Bill Gates says self-driving cars will be as revolutionary as the PC after riding in one
The Microsoft cofounder recently took a ride in an autonomous Jaguar from Wayve, a UK startup. See the video here.
Elon Musk's self-driving-car project is on a road to nowhere
For years, Tesla has said that it's right on the brink of solving self-driving tech. Its robo-taxi still doesn't exist, and experts doubt it ever will.
Marc Benioff praises Elon Musk's vision, bemoans not buying Twitter, and rings the recession alarm in a new interview. Here are the Salesforce CEO's 9 best quotes.
Benioff hailed AI's transformative potential, underlined ChatGPT's limitations, and joked about the slew of activist investors targeting Salesforce.
Ford CEO puts the brakes on the company's plan for fully autonomous cars, saying there's a long way to go before it can develop them at scale
Ford is winding down the robotaxi startup Argo AI as a result of the shift, the company said in its third-quarter results.
Elon Musk trumpets Tesla's foray into car insurance — after Warren Buffett warned any automaker would struggle in that business
Tesla has started underwriting auto insurance. Buffett previously said he would bet against any car company becoming a big winner in the space.
Cops pull over driverless taxi in San Francisco, hilarity ensues
Watch what happened when police pulled over a driverless taxi in San Francisco earlier this month.
An ex-Tesla lawyer received nearly $30 million to ditch Elon Musk's company for a 27-year-old billionaire's self-driving startup
Alan Prescott left Tesla to join Luminar, a startup developing LIDAR for self-driving cars. The amount it took to get him was sizable.
Tesla bull Cathie Wood said the EV leader's top rivals are Google's Waymo and GM's Cruise
Even so, "Tesla's capabilities are at least three years ahead of all competitors," Wood wrote in a Public forum Tuesday.
A leader of Uber's doomed self-driving car project now runs her own startup. Here's what she says the industry should be doing today.
Waabi founder Raquel Urtasun reveals the key lessons she's learned throughout her career, and how the industry can improve its self-driving tech.