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GM Bails On Cruise To Focus On Super Cruise After Burning Billions On Robotaxi Development

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GM Bails On Cruise To Focus On Super Cruise After Burning Billions On Robotaxi Development General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi mapping unit returned to the Bay Area in September, about a year after one of its cars hit a pedestrian. That didn’t last long, though, as GM announced today that it “plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a… Read more…

Jalopnik 798 2024-12-11

Elon Musk Wants To Use Billions From Tesla To Bail Out xAI

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Elon Musk Wants To Use Billions From Tesla To Bail Out xAI Elon Musk loves pressing his luck when it comes to what he can get his Tesla shareholders to do. Just a few weeks after he got them to approve a $56 billion pay package, he’s apparently asking them to indirectly bail out the investors of his social media company, X (Twitter, baby). Read more…

Jalopnik 1.1k 2024-07-26

Biden gives states billions of dollars for EV chargers, heat pumps, and other green tech

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Biden gives states billions of dollars for EV chargers, heat pumps, and other green tech Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks at Tioga Marine Terminal on October 13th, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Photo: Getty ImagesWith the US facing the prospect of another four years of former President Donald Trump rolling back environmental protections at the federal level, the Biden administration is putting billions of dollars o…

The Verge 716 2024-07-23

Intel’s chipmaking business lost a boatload of billions last year

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Intel’s chipmaking business lost a boatload of billions last year Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIntel’s chip-making division accumulated $7 billion in operating losses in 2023, Reuters reported on Tuesday. That’s a big increase from $5.2 billion it lost in 2022, and while it made $18.9 billion in revenue in 2023, that number is down 31 percent from the $27.49 billion it made the year prior. …

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