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☆ Tesla cofounder says he was 'basically unemployable' and out of money for 2 years after being ousted from the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Tesla cofounder said he was out of money and "basically unemployable" after he left the carmaker. Martin Eberhard was ousted as CEO of Tesla by Elon Musk and left the company in 2007. "After I left Tesla, I was basically unemployable for about two years because of the intellectual-property agreement I had with Tesla and with Tesla being as litigious as they are," Eberhard told Insider. The Tesla cofounder lost his role as CEO of Tesla about three years after Elon Musk began investing in the electric-car maker. Eberhard previously told Insider that Musk and Tesla's board had met behind his back and voted to replace him as CEO.

☆ Tesla cofounder calls Autopilot and FSD software 'crap' that could risk the carmaker's future
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla cofounder Martin Eberhard said he's "not a big fan" of autonomous cars. The Tesla cofounder said it's a "mistake to think of a car as a software platform." The Lotus Elise was a two-seater convertible that the British car company Lotus Cars first sold in 1996. The Tesla cofounder said that while he appreciates "safety-oriented systems" like driver-assist features, he's "not a big fan" of autonomous driving. Last year, the billionaire said the carmaker's self-driving software is the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money and Tesla being worth almost nothing.

☆ SpaceX's most powerful rocket returns to flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

With each launch, the Falcon Heavy rocket puts on a dramatic show back on Earth. It’s a signature move for SpaceX, which routinely recovers and reuses its rocket boosters to drive down the cost of launches. All about this rocketFor years, the Falcon Heavy was the world’s most powerful operational rocket. If successful, SpaceX’s Starship would dethrone the SLS as the most powerful rocket flying today. Both the SLS rocket and SpaceX’s Starship are integral to NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface for the first time in half a century.

☆ As Amazon's Alexa unit faces layoffs, insiders describe a department in crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, we're taking a look inside the rise and fall of Amazon's Alexa unit, and detailing more potential layoffs at Twitter, so we're not off to a great start — but let's keep our fingers crossed. Employees took us inside Amazon's floundering Alexa unit. With Amazon's Alexa — and the devices team at large — the prime target of the biggest layoffs in the company's history, Insider's Eugene Kim spoke with more than a dozen employees to understand the current state of the unit. Employees told Insider a combination of low morale, failed monetization attempts, and lack of engagement across users and developers made them feel as though the team was deadlocked over the last few years. Here's everything employees told us.

☆ An in-depth review of a 2008 Tesla Roadster and its very analog interior shows how far Tesla has come in 14 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A YouTube review of a 2008 Tesla Roadster shows how much the carmaker has evolved in 14 years. Since Tesla went public in 2010, the car company's value has soared over 26,000%. "This is the most analog electric car I have ever sat in," MKBHD said. Since the electric-car maker went public in 2010, Tesla's value has soared more than 26,000%. "It's not designed to be comfortable," MKBHD said in the video, as he struggled to get into the tiny car.

☆ Tesla's Cybertruck is finally getting built next year. Here's everything Elon Musk has let slip about the controversial pickup and Tesla's other future vehicles.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk says an electric pickup truck, sports car, and self-driving taxi will follow. The pickup truck is one of several models that Tesla fans are patiently waiting on, including a semi-truck, a supercar, and a self-driving taxi. CybertruckTesla's Cybertruck Frederic J. Brown/AFPTesla made a splash when it unveiled the funky-looking Cybertruck pickup at an event 2019 — and not for all the right reasons. Tesla on YouTubeIn 2020, Musk said Tesla was working on a $25,000 car that would be available "about three years from now." It's unclear whether Musk was referring to the same $25,000 car he mentioned before or the robotaxi.

☆ SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket returns to flight after three years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational rocket in the world — returned to the skies on Tuesday for the first time since mid-2019. Since that first test mission, SpaceX has launched only two other Falcon Heavy missions, both in 2019. SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, on the other hand, has launched nearly 50 missions so far this year alone. With each Falcon Heavy launch, the rocket puts on a dramatic showing back on Earth. After Tuesday’s mission, the company only attempted to recover two of the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first-stage rocket boosters.

☆ Tesla is finally building its Semi truck. Here's what we know about future models like the Cybertruck, Roadster supercar, and more.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The company is working on a semi-truck, a cyberpunk pickup, and a supercar, and Musk has mentioned several other potential projects. CybertruckTesla's Cybertruck Frederic J. Brown/AFPTesla made a splash when it unveiled the funky-looking Cybertruck pickup at an event 2019 — and not for all the right reasons. Tesla on YouTubeIn 2020, Musk said Tesla was working on a $25,000 car that would be available "about three years from now." He said sales of that future model will quickly dwarf all other Tesla vehicles combined. It's unclear whether Musk was referring to the same $25,000 car he mentioned before or the robotaxi.

☆ Why teens are giving up their smartphones and joining the 'Luddite Club'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They're giving up social media and relying on face-to-face conversations in an effort to free themselves from the attention-hogging tyranny of smartphones. Download Insider's app here. Shub is now part of the Luddite Club, a group of New York City teens who meet at their local library. Decade-old Tesla Roadsters are selling for over $100,000. Why Tesla Roadsters are becoming hot collectibles.

☆ Decade-old Tesla Roadsters are selling for over $100,000 as Elon Musk's earliest cars become hot collectibles
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now Tesla's earliest cars are becoming hot collectibles, skyrocketing in price in recent years as Elon Musk's empire has exploded. Tesla made roughly 2,450 Roadsters between 2008 and 2012, selling them for around $100,000 and up. A 2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport that sold in January for $190,000. In January, a 2011 Roadster Sport sold for $190,000. A 2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5 Sport.

☆ Elon Musk announces Tesla Semi production after Twitter deal returns
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Matt Mcfarland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington, DC CNN —Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that production of its Semi truck has begun, and deliveries to one customer, Pepsi, will occur in December. Tesla first announced the Semi in November 2017 and production was said to begin in 2019. Musk, the world’s richest man, has sold about $15 billion in Tesla stock this year, but it’s still not clear if Musk has sufficient liquid funds to close the Twitter deal. Musk, who has received commitments for debt and equity financing, may need to sell additional shares of Tesla to finance the purchase. Tesla shares fell roughly 5% in trading Friday morning.

☆ How to make a jet-engine-powered Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Daniel Gessner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's why in late 2021, YouTuber and engineering whiz Matt Mikka developed his own boosted Tesla. Matt Mikka: So, what inspired that project was that Tesla said they were going to do these cold thrusters, basically high-pressure compressed air. One of those engines I used on the Tesla project was about 350 newtons, and a cold thruster isn't going to give you anywhere near that. Narrator: Matt's Tesla project also involved a ton of metal fabrication to create parts. Narrator: Next came mounting the jet engines, which is not an easy task when it comes to Teslas.

☆ The Chevrolet Corvette is officially going electric
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-25 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —General Motors will produce a fully electric Chevrolet Corvette, GM President Mark Reuss announced in a LinkedIn post Monday morning. Reuss didn’t say when the electric Corvette would come, but he hinted that a hybrid model could come relatively soon. An accompanying video the company posted to Twitter showed what appeared to be a hybrid Corvette, and in another first, showed the front wheels spinning and throwing snow as if being powered. A 670 horsepower Corvette Z06 with a 5.5-liter V8 was unveiled last fall. Reuss has previously implied a hybrid Corvette was possible.

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