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Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America

Ford throws out Henry Ford’s assembly line to make low-cost EVs in America

Ford said Monday it will invest $2 billion to transform its Louisville Assembly Plant into a factory capable of making a new generation of affordable EVs, starting with a mid-sized pickup truck with a base price of $30,000 that is slated to launch in 2027. This is not a standard factory upgrade. To reduce the

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Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO

Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO

Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year. Rebecca Tinucci, who previously spent six years building Tesla’s

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Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’ 

Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’ 

Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend reports that Tesla has disbanded the team working on its Dojo AI training supercomputer, just weeks after announcing he expected to have Tesla’s second cluster operating “at scale” in 2026.  “Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some

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Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

A security researcher said flaws in a carmaker’s online dealership portal exposed the private information and vehicle data of its customers, and could have allowed hackers to remotely break into any of its customers’ vehicles. Eaton Zveare, who works as a security researcher at software delivery company Harness, told TechCrunch the flaw he discovered allowed

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Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi

Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi

I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. For just 15 bucks, I get to experience what feels like a miracle of modern technology, and yet

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