Tag: Transportation
American Airlines scheduling glitch allows pilots to drop thousands of July flights
American said it was aware of a scheduling glitch that allowed pilots to drop thousands of July flights.
Tesla delivered 254,695 electric vehicles in the second quarter of 2022
Tesla just posted its second-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers for 2022.
Activist investor group asks SEC to investigate Tesla over plan to shrink board
SOC Investment Group alleges Tesla's board isn't independent enough and favors Elon Musk's personal interests over shareholders'.
There's a massive pile-up of car, furniture exports bound for U.S. and it's spreading across European ports
Labor battles at German and Dutch ports are causing shipments of key consumer items including cars, auto parts and Ikea furniture to be delayed.
UK-based startup Tevva launches hydrogen-electric truck with 310-mile range
Refilling of the hydrogen tanks will take 10 minutes, company says.
FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide mobile Starlink internet service to boats, planes and trucks
The FCC authorized SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, a key step for Elon Musk's company to further expand the service.
The housing market slowdown is showing up in shipping data from China
Importers cut back on lumber, home appliances, and furniture orders from China as the impact of higher mortgage rates shows up in the supply chain.
BMW opens $2.2 billion EV plant in China as it ramps up challenge to Tesla, domestic players
BMW has officially opened its new 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) factory in Shenyang, China with a strong focus on electric vehicles.
World's largest hybrid ship set to ferry passengers between Britain and France
The idea behind the hybrid ships is that they can run on liquefied natural gas (a fossil fuel), battery power or a combination of the two.
Musk says Tesla's factories in Berlin and Texas are 'gigantic money furnaces'
Tesla's factories in Texas and Berlin are losing "billions of dollars" as supply chain issues hamper the firm's ability to boost production, CEO Elon Musk said.
Chinese EV maker Nio says a car fell from third floor of a Shanghai office, killing two
A test car made by Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio fell out of a third-floor parking lot of a building in Shanghai, killing two people.
China's electric vehicle battery supply chain shows signs of forced labor, report says
There are indications that Chinese companies that produce raw materials for EV batteries use forced labor, according to The New York Times.
Elon Musk clarifies Tesla will lay off 3.5% of total workforce as ex-employees sue company
Musk said the actual number of overall job cuts at Tesla was "not super material."
A massive rail walkout in Britain is expected to kick off a summer of strikes over pay
A days-long rail walkout that is causing severe travel disruption across the Britain could be just the beginning of a summer of strikes, U.K. workers' unions have warned.
Elon Musk had a bad week
In what's been a particularly eventful year for Elon Musk, this was a decidedly rough week.