Cleantech & EV’s

Elon Musk claims that Tesla with Autopilot engaged approaches 10 times lower chance of accident than the average car. Here’s the data he is basing this claim on. Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by releasing a quarterly report that compares the number of miles per accident on Autopilot versus off Autopilot. Today, Tesla released…

A new personal electric vehicle company has just debuted, joining a segment that has seen impressive growth lately. The aptly named X Mobility startup is already showing off a wide range of light electric vehicles. The first three products that X Mobility has rolled out include an electric bicycle, e-scooter, and e-skateboard. None of the three are high-power, but that helps them all achieve…

GM has confirmed a $2.3 billion investment in partnership with LG Energy Solutions to build a new battery cell gigafactory in Tennessee. The project was already reported by industry sources earlier this week, but it has now been confirmed by the automaker in a new press release: Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, today announced a more than $2.3 billion…

Tesla has settled a lawsuit against a former engineer who the company claims stole its Autopilot source code before going to Xpeng, a Chinese competitor. Back in 2019, Tesla initiated a lawsuit against Guangzhi Cao, a former Autopilot engineer who quit to join Xpeng’s autonomous driving team. In the lawsuit, the automaker claims that Cao downloaded the Autopilot source code to his personal…