Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi

Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi

Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi. Courtesy: Waabi Autonomous trucking startup Waabi announced Tuesday it has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Waabi’s latest funding round also includes Nvidia, a new investor in the company, as well as Porsche and the venture capital … Read more

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun heads to Senate hearing over safety

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun heads to Senate hearing over safety

Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, leaves a meeting with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, in Hart Building, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Calhoun was meeting with senators about recent safety issues including the grounding of the 737 MAX 9 planes. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will testify before … Read more

Here’s why car payments are so high right now

Here’s why car payments are so high right now

Car payments have skyrocketed in recent years due to a combination of high prices and high interest rates. While some relief may come soon, industry insiders say prices may still remain high for quite some time. As of May, customers were paying, on average, $760 a month for an auto loan, according to Moody’s Analytics. … Read more

Why Chinese EV tariffs may not work

Why Chinese EV tariffs may not work

The Chinese auto sector is increasingly making global automakers and politicians hot under the collar. In the early 1980s, the Chinese auto industry barely existed. Today the country has the capacity to make about 40 million vehicles annually — enough to supply half the world. Only about 25 million cars sold in the country in … Read more

Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22

Boeing and NASA delay Starliner astronaut return to June 22

A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024.  Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Boeing‘s Starliner capsule “Calypso” will stay at the International Space Station twice as long as the mission originally planned, NASA announced Friday. This developmental nature of the mission, known as Boeing’s … Read more

Pentagon picks Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA in $5.6 billion rocket program

Pentagon picks Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA in .6 billion rocket program

A mass simulator version of a New Glenn rocket is moved for testing in November 2021. Blue Origin The Pentagon announced the first winning bidders in its rocket launch contract sweepstakes on Thursday, with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin grabbing a spot for the first time. Blue Origin’s winning bid came as part of contracts awarded … Read more

Stellantis has achieved $9 billion in cost reductions from merger

Stellantis has achieved  billion in cost reductions from merger

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares speaks to media on June 13, 2024 following the company’s investor day at its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Michael Wayland / CNBC AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Stellantis has achieved 8.4 billion euros ($9 billion) in cost reductions from the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Groupe that created … Read more

Jeep sales expected to grow 50% by 2027

Jeep sales expected to grow 50% by 2027

 Jeep Wagoneer S Trailhawk EV concept Michael Wayland / CNBC AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Stellantis expects to grow sales of Jeep vehicles globally by 50% in the next three years, as the automaker attempts to leverage the quintessential American SUV brand for increased profits. The transatlantic automaker on Thursday said it will expand production and … Read more

Tesla expects to raise Model 3 prices in Europe after EU tariffs on China EVs

Tesla expects to raise Model 3 prices in Europe after EU tariffs on China EVs

The new Tesla Model 3+ is on sale at a Tesla store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 26, 2023.  Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tesla on Thursday said it will likely increase the Europe prices of its Model 3 vehicle from July 1 after the European Union said it could impose provisional higher … Read more

Musk says Tesla shareholders likely approved his $56 billion pay deal

Musk says Tesla shareholders likely approved his  billion pay deal

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.  Apu Gomes | Getty Images Elon Musk said on late Wednesday that Tesla shareholders are set to approve his controversial $56 billion pay … Read more