As controversy swirls around the death of a Model X driver last month, the head of Alphabet self-driving car unit is drawing distinctions between his company’s technology and Tesla’s Autopilot.
When a Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete highway barrier in California last month, federal investigators weren’t able to easily access the car’s proprietary vehicle data.
For Tesla investors, the question isn’t whether Elon Musk will meet his diminished target this week for Model 3 car production. They’re wondering how he’s going to finance the ones that come later.
Tesla said it built 2,020 Model 3 sedans in the last seven days, would produce the same number next week and would see output climb rapidly through the second quarter.
GM, in a move that could ripple throughout the auto industry, is switching its reporting of U.S. auto sales from monthly to quarterly in an effort to give a more accurate view of its business operations.