The Demise of Tesla's Flagships
Tesla announced they will end production of their Model S and Model X vehicles. The factory lines in Fremont specializing in these cars are to be repurposed for Tesla's forthcoming Optimus robot, though...
Transportation
Lucid Motors, the Tesla of a Decade Past
Before AI dominated the headlines and capital investments, electric vehicles and autonomous driving were poised to be the defining technologies of the 2020s. It's been a fascinating industry to follow: first Tesla and...
Fueling Infrastructure
It's a shame that hydrogen fuel cells didn't work out for cars. On their face, fuel cells were natural successors to gasoline for consumer vehicles: the energy density by weight is...
Review: Road to Nowhere
When the full name of the book is Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation , the subtitle gives the inquisitive reader a good idea of what they're in for: a tearing down of how silicon valley has arrogantly muscled their way into the transportation industry, often for...
Personal Electric Mobility
Remember the original Segway? When the company initially unveiled it in 2001 for $5,000, it was supposed to be the future of transportation , a self-balancing electric vehicle with a land speed somewhere between walking and biking with no rider effort needed outside of steering the machine. But beyond gimmick tours[1] and showing up...