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Pony.ai becomes first autonomous driving company to receive a taxi license in China

Autonomous driving developer Pony.ai announced it has received a license to operate its self-driving taxis in China, the first company to achieve the permit. Pony.ai will soon have 100 robotaxis in operation throughout Nansha, Guangzhou, charging riders fares alongside traditional taxis. Pony.ai Inc. is a technology company founded in 2016 that specializes in autonomous mobility. It currently…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially acquires Twitter to take it private – it’s happening

Twitter announced that it accepted an acquisition offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk for roughly $44 billion, and it will become a private company once the transaction is closed. This is a surprising turn of events as Twitter’s board had appeared to resist Musk’s effort to buy the social media and even adopted a “poison pill” defense earlier this month, after Musk originally made them the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 23, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $450 four-seater AWD electric go-kart

Like many of the quirky electric vehicles I find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series, this fun-looking electric go-kart is a bit oddly proportioned. But that wouldn’t stop me from terrorizing the local neighborhood in it, all-wheel-driving my way to my rightful position as the kind of the cul-de-sac! Yep, that’s right – you read that correctly. This wacky…
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Tesla’s gross margin and profits are surging along with prices, and it had to explain itself

Tesla’s gross margin and profits are soaring to record highs as it is raising prices, which the automaker has blamed on rising costs. The company felt the need to explain itself. Over the last few years, one of the biggest storylines around the auto industry, and many other industries, has been price increases. Tesla has been no exception with almost a dozen price increases on its vehicles…
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