Tesla hired Apple’s OS security expert as connected cars are increasingly becoming a hacking risk
Tesla news not directly related to the Model 3 is hard to come by these days, but Electrek learned that…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes on two different shows to say he will cut back on media
Media organisations will be disappointed to learn that Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans on cutting back on media appearances. In the…
Exclusive: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for ‘special [car] project’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has an affectionate nickname for Apple: The ‘Tesla Graveyard‘. “They have hired people we’ve fired,” Musk…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk takes to Twitter to soften comments on Apple, praise beautiful watch design
Yesterday we reported on comments made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk during a recent interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt. The CEO,…
Op-Ed: Putting Apple’s electric car project into perspective
At this point the fact that Apple is working on an electric vehicle is all but confirmed. Recent reports show that…
Patent troll goes after Apple, automakers and the developer of ‘Remote S’ for the Tesla Model S over the use of watch apps to control cars
A patent troll is currently suing Apple, Samsung and half the automotive industry – as well as other companies – over…
Fiat Chrysler CEO opens up on potential Google or Apple partnership to build cars
The automotive industry is a capital-intensive industry. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne knows it and that’s why he is open to…
China’s auto giant BAIC opens its R&D center in Silicon Valley to develop electric vehicles
The Chinese auto giant Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co, through its Beijing Electric Vehicle Co subsidiary, opened a research and development…
Apple CEO Tim Cook says Automobile Industry ripe for disruption, software/autonomous driving key
Yesterday Apple CEO Tim Cook was at the Wall Street Journal Digital Live conference for an interview and he talked about the company’s take on…
Daimler CEO was surprised by the progress of Apple’s and Google’s car programs after a visit to Silicon Valley
Daimler CEO and chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche is returning home from a trip to Silicon Valley where he met directly…
The chip guru who built Apple’s Ax microprocessors joins Tesla to lead the Autopilot Hardware Engineering team
Electrek has learned that Tesla this month quietly hired high-profile microprocessor engineer Jim Keller as Vice President of Autopilot Hardware Engineering. Tesla today…
Tesla hires yet another chip architecture titan out of Apple’s PA Semi, feeding the rumor that it plans to design its own silicon
If there’s indeed a poaching chess game going on between Tesla and Apple, it would appear the automaker is winning in…
Tesla’s VP of Product Technology leaves for Facebook
Rich Heley was one of Tesla’s biggest hire and quickly rose in the executive ranks of the automaker. We broke…
Tesla hires former Burberry exec and Apple digital retail expert as ‘Global Creative Director’
Tesla recently made a key hire in digital retail and user experience. Electrek has learned that the automaker hired Chester Chipperfield, former…
Tony Fadell discussed what an Apple car would look like with Steve Jobs back in 2008
Tony Fadell, often called the “father of the iPod” and now CEO of Alphabet’s Nest, is on Bloomberg TV today…
Former Mercedes R&D chief leaves Apple after just a year to join Volkswagen
After just over a year at Apple, former Mercedes R&D chief Johann Jungwirth left the company earlier this month to…
Tesla Model S gets IHS Teardown treatment: “Unlike any car ever made, more like an iPad”
Tesla’s Model S (or a wrecked one) got the IHS Supply teardown treatment and if you are wondering what makes…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it’s an “open secret” that Apple is developing an electric car, says it should be a “compelling” product
During an interview at Tesla’s design studio in Los Angeles, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on Apple’s rumored electric vehicle…
Elon Musk hires Apple’s alloy expert to lead materials engineering at both Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk, CEO of both electric automaker Tesla and rocket manufacturer SpaceX, splits his time between his two companies, which…
Documents and DMV discussions indicate that Apple Car is close to leaving lab, Project Titan gets a manager
The Guardian is reporting that Apple legal representatives met with California’s department of motor vehicles to discuss regulations about self-driving cars. On record, the…
Pedal to the metal: Apple reportedly accelerates electric car project timeline to 2019, triples development team size
Apple has reportedly hit the gas on its plans to launch an electric car codenamed Project Titan and added another 1,200 employees…
Stephen Colbert: ‘I woke up yesterday and my Tesla could drive itself’ [Video]
Stephen Colbert, on his popular Late Nite television show, discussed the Tesla V7 software update and the ability of the…
‘Future teardown’ of Apple and Google self-driving cars shows who could be helping make them
While it seems near-certain that Google plans a full-scale commercial rollout of its self-driving cars, and that Apple has serious plans…
Recent hire hints at ‘digital license plates’ for Apple’s electric car project
Digital license plates are a relatively new concept that could open up the transport industry to an array of new…