EV maker Rivian (RIVN) announced Friday it has hired Dr. Kjell Gruner as chief commercial officer (CCO) and president of business growth. Gruner brings over 25 years of auto experience to Rivian, most recently serving as CEO of Porsche Cars North America.
Rivian hires ex-Porsche, Mercedes-Benz exec as CCO
Gruner started at Rivian on Friday and will report directly to CEO RJ Scaringe. He will…
Hyundai and LG to spend an extra $2B on their US EV battery plant
September 1, 2023
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are going to inject an additional $2 billion into their $4.3 billion US EV battery factory.
Carmaker Hyundai and lithium-ion battery maker LGES signed a memorandum of understanding at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul in May.
Tesla FSD Beta tried to kill me last night
September 1, 2023
I was testing Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta update last night (v11.4.7), and a new aggressive bug has nearly made me crash at highway speed twice.
Please take this as a public service announcement.
I received the new FSD Beta v11.4.7 update on my Model 3…
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volumes traded, has announced the launch of “Send Cash,” a Latam-focused remittance service. The newly launched tool will allow users in nine countries in the region to send crypto to bank accounts of friends or family in Argentina and Colombia directly, bypassing third-party intermediaries.
Binance Seeks to Ease Remittances in Latam With ‘Send…
Circle Partners With Mercado Pago to Offer USDC to Chilean Customers – Bitcoin News
September 1, 2023
Circle, a financial services company, has announced a new partnership with Mercado Pago, Mercado Libre’s digital payments wallet, to bring the USDC stablecoin to its Chilean customers. The partnership will allow millions of users in Chile to access USDC via Mercado…
Tesla has cut prices on the Model S and X, with price drops of 15-19% in the US on all trim levels (and similar cuts in the rest of the world), except for the brand-new Standard Range model which was introduced just over two weeks ago and is now no longer available.
Good…
NIU launches new lighter, stronger carbon fiber electric scooters
September 1, 2023
NIU, the Beijing-based power player in the electric scooter market, has just released a pair of new electric scooters. Unlike the moped-style rides that the company is most famous for, these are standing scooters. Meet the NIU KQi Air and KQi Air X.
Crafted of a carbon fiber frame, the KQi Air X tips the scales at just 25.8 lb (11.7 kg). For a ride that can hit 20 mph (32 km/h), that’s pretty…
Tesla cuts FSD price by $3K in US, $3.5K in Canada
September 1, 2023
Tesla has cut the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software by $3,000, to $12K, down from $15K in the US.
North America might not have gotten an official Model 3 refresh announcement yet like Europe did, but it did get something Europe didn’t get overnight – a big…
OpenAI wants teachers to use ChatGPT for education
September 1, 2023
It’s not only programming, journalism and content moderation that OpenAI is seeking to revolutionize with the use of its landmark large language models (LLM) GPT-3, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4.
Today, the company published a new blog post titled “Teaching with AI” that outlines…
Lenovo Legion Go hands-on: A more Switch-like handheld gaming PC
September 1, 2023
For fans of handheld gaming PCs, 2023 just keeps getting better. Following the release of ASUS’ ROG Ally earlier this year, Lenovo is entering the category with the Legion Go. And, after getting the chance to go hands-on with it, I think some of Lenovo’s twists may end up making a big difference.
Before we get in too deep, it’s important to mention that the units I tried are very much…
