• SFGate

    Tesla lays off more than 3,300 California workers, mostly in Bay Area

    Tesla’s massive, companywide layoff round is set to slam California, with 3,332 workers across four cities losing their jobs in June. The Elon Musk-led automaker revealed the timing and scope of the layoffs in WARN filings with California on Monday; such documentation is required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in the event of mass layoffs. Tesla’s cuts are hitting its Fremont locations hardest, with 2,267 layoffs across a dozen job sites. More than 1,400 of them are...

  • Today in Apple history: Apple teams with Volkswagen for iBeetle car

    On April 22, 2013, the iBeetle arrived. A collaboration between Cupertino and Volkswagen produced a car "stylistically linked" to Apple (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

  • Have we passed peak electric car?

    Electric cars have not become better or cheaper fast enough, and without rapid improvements the market will run out of road, says Paul Ormerod This week I got rid of my electric car. As a car, it was a pleasure to drive. I also enjoyed the fact that it disconcerted at least some of my []

  • California Family Perishes In Car Accident

    India-West News Desk PLrEASANTON, CA – A tragic car accident claimed the lives of a Malayali family of four, including two children, in a devastating incident here. The deceased have been identified as Tarun George, his wife Rinsi, and their two sons. The fatal collision […]

  • 10 reasons not to buy an electric car

    Align: Vroom editors Paul Brian and Lauren Fix may be seasoned car industry experts, but that doesn't mean they're completely immune to the electric vehicle hype. "As far as looks spectacular," says Lauren. "Technology, amazing. And all of this entices you because the car manufacturers are doing something completely different than they did before." But those compliments come with some pretty big misgivings. Should you hop on board the EV bandwagon? Paul and Lauren recently sat down with me to...

  • Spain and China: electric cars in Barcelona

    Barcelona, April 22 (Prensa Latina) Spain and China are preparing to produce 150 thousand vehicles, mainly electric, after an agreement signed today in Barcelona by Chery and Ebro-Ev Motors. The post Spain and China: electric cars in Barcelona first appeared on Prensa Latina.

    • KHON2

    Video: Puppy chases car after being abandoned in California

    A heartbreaking video shows a puppy, believed to be about 3 months old, chasing a car in California after someone inside the vehicle abandoned the dog.

    • WDTN

    Video: Puppy chases car after being abandoned in California

    A heartbreaking video shows a puppy, believed to be about 3 months old, chasing a car in California after someone inside the vehicle abandoned the dog.

    • CNN

    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set “to remake the global auto industry and significantly reduce oil consumption for road transport.” It expects half of all cars sold globally to be electric by 2035, up from more than one in five this year, provided charging...

    • KTVZ

    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set

    • KEYT

    The electric car revolution is on track, says IEA

    By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Global electric vehicle sales are set to rise by more than a fifth to reach 17 million this year, powered by drivers in China, according to the International Energy Agency. In a report Tuesday, the IEA projected that “surging demand” for EVs over the next decade was set

  • Electric Cars, Cultivated Meat and Technological Change

    There have been a lot of negative stories in the press lately about cultivated meat. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It has the potentially to dramatically reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions, pandemic risk, and the suffering we inflict on animals. Conservative states are trying to ban the More