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The Electric: A Rift Over the Climate Law Bursts Into the Open

By Steve LeVine · March 30, 2023 4:30 AM PDT
Tension over the $369 billion climate law boiled over Wednesday, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) threatening to sue to stop implementation of the legislation if he believes the White House is doing it the wrong way. His admonishment came ahead of the Biden administration’s scheduled release of guidance Friday for which electric vehicles will... Tension over the $369 billion climate law boiled over Wednesday, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)...
Mercedes will offer silicon anodes from Sila Nanotechnologies in its ultraluxury G-Class SUVs in 2025. Silicon Photo: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg/Getty Images
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The Electric: Will Next-Gen Batteries Break into Mass Market EVs This Decade?

By Steve LeVine · March 27, 2023 4:30 AM PDT
Vincent Pluvinage, CEO of silicon anode developer OneD Battery Sciences, is on a rant: His fellow next-generation battery makers, he says, are overpromising a future of cheap, faster-charging, long-distance electric vehicles. Pluvinage says automakers will be reluctant to adopt these technologies after sinking billions of dollars into factories... Vincent Pluvinage, CEO of silicon anode developer OneD Battery Sciences, is on a rant: His fellow...
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SpaceX Plans New Funding With Backing From Saudi, UAE Investors

By Becky Peterson · March 22, 2023 3:07 PM PDT
A subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s investment fund and an Abu Dhabi investment firm are planning to invest in a multibillion-dollar funding round for SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, according to people familiar with the investor discussions. Representatives of SpaceX and Morgan Stanley, which is organizing the ongoing funding effort,... A subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s investment fund and an Abu Dhabi investment firm are...
Greg Becker, chief executive officer of Silicon Valley Bank. Photo by Bloomberg.
Silicon Valley Bank’s Spiral
By Martin Peers · March 9, 2023 5:00 PM PST
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Silicon Valley Bank’s Spiral

By Martin Peers · March 9, 2023 5:00 PM PST
What a panic. You might have thought a new coronavirus had surfaced in Silicon Valley Bank’s Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters, as SVB investors (and, apparently, depositors) rushed for the exits. SVB’s shares fell 60% in regular trading and another 21% after hours. This doesn’t seem likely to end well. My best guess is that SVB will get... What a panic. You might have thought a new coronavirus had surfaced in Silicon Valley Bank’s...
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Facing Weak Demand for Its Pricey Solar Roof, Tesla Plans Changes

By Becky Peterson · Feb. 28, 2023 6:00 AM PST
In 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled one of the innovative products for which he’s become famous: roof tiles that incorporate solar panels. The resulting solar roof, as Musk called it, would be beautiful, environmentally beneficial—and cheaper than a conventional roof with separate solar panels, he said. That summer, Musk published... In 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled one of the innovative products for which he’s become...
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If Teslas Had a Kickstand: Premium Electric Motorcycles Are Finally Ready to Ride

By Tim Stevens · Feb. 18, 2023 7:00 AM PST · 10 comments
I’ve loved motorcycles all my life—ridden them on both road and track for almost 20 years. And I’ve been obsessed with electric bikes since I got my first ride on a pre-production Zero S way back in 2009. Since then, I’ve ridden dozens of electric motorcycles and, while I haven’t loved all of them, I’ve always... I’ve loved motorcycles all my life—ridden them on both road and track for almost 20...
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Startups Need to Fire More Customers

By Sam Lessin · Feb. 22, 2016 7:02 AM PST · 6 comments
As belt-tightening has become a discussion theme in the Valley, teams are debating how to cut burn to survive through a perceived winter.Whether or not employees need to be cut, I believe that startups who want to build truly game-changing products would be best served by figuring out which customers they should be firing. As belt-tightening has become a discussion theme in the Valley, teams are debating how to cut...
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How Apple’s Eight-Year Quest to Build a Self-Driving Car Hit Roadblocks

By Wayne Ma · July 11, 2022 6:00 AM PDT · 12 comments
Last August, Apple sent several of its prototype self-driving cars on a roughly 40-mile trek through Montana. Aerial drones filmed the drive, from Bozeman to the ski resort town of Big Sky, so that Apple managers could produce a polished film, with picturesque mountains in the background, to show CEO Tim Cook how their costly and... Last August, Apple sent several of its prototype self-driving cars on a roughly 40-mile trek...
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Infighting, ‘Busywork,’ Missed Warnings: How Uber Wasted $2.5 Billion on Self-Driving Cars

By Amir Efrati · Sept. 28, 2020 6:02 AM PDT · 6 comments
After five years and an investment of around $2.5 billion, Uber’s effort to build a self-driving car has produced this: a car that can’t drive more than half a mile without encountering a problem. “The car doesn’t drive well” and “struggles with simple routes and simple maneuvers,” said a manager in the... After five years and an investment of around $2.5 billion, Uber’s effort to build a...