On March 7 Rivian is expected to unveil a smaller and cheaper sport-utility vehicle called the R2 to compete against the Tesla Model Y. Although such a move could be crucial to boosting the fledgling […]
I have lived almost all of my life on the West Coast so occasionally have to remind myself that it can be meaningfully different than the rest of the country when it comes to automotive […]
(UPDATED FROM 12/19/2022) The plummeting price of Tesla stock this week has given more potency to the question: Can Elon Musk maintain his leadership role at the automaker? Or has he so damaged his own […]
Indie Auto has posted its last tweet . . . at least as long as Elon Musk rules Twitter. Those of you who have followed us on that platform are invited to do so on […]
I have spent a goodly chunk of this week taking care of a family member who has been in and out of the hospital, so our lead story is a very mildly updated piece from […]
Joe Rogan’s (2018) podcast with Elon Musk may very well be the most infamous — and high-visibility — interview of an automotive executive ever conducted. Alas, the event received so much attention for the wrong […]
“By the turn of the 20th century, horseless carriages had replaced horse-drawn carriages in most major American cities. In 1901, an estimated 38 percent of cars in the United States were electric, 40 percent were […]
Elon Musk now admits that Tesla nearly died last summer. The sidelined CEO told Axios on HBO that “the company was bleeding money like crazy” during the Model 3 production ramp up. Musk added that […]
“This is no longer an innovation problem, this is an execution at scale problem — unless Tesla wants to be a niche innovator chasing profitability and sucking up cash. They need to become experts at […]
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