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It seems that a range-extended Mazda electric car with a rotary engine is for real, and coming sooner than expected. An automotive news outlet from the Netherlands called AutoRAI spoke with Mazda’s European vice president for sales and customer service. He told the outlet that Mazda has an electric car coming In 2019, and it […]
A Facebook executive has published details on how much US presidential election candidates paid to reach potential voters on the social media platform in 2016. Critics say Trump was rewarded for provocative and divisive content. READ MORE: Hillary Clinton’s election blame game zeros in on Facebook Andrew Bosworth, the executive in charge of ads during […]
They’re out, they’re back in. Following a report a week ago that Porsche was planning to discontinue production of all its diesel vehicles, the brand’s head of sales and marketing tells Automotive News that Porsche expects to launch a diesel version of the Cayenne in 2018 and maybe even the Macan crossover. “We’re not saying […]
The numbers behind Tesla Inc’s long-distance Semi electric trucks are close to making sense for haulers looking at a shift away from diesel that may save them tens of thousands of dollars a year, according to an executive with DHL. Jim Monkmeyer, president, Transportation at DHL Supply Chain, was among the first to order the […]
Enlarge / Microsoft’s Phil Spencer speaks at the DICE conference in Las Vegas. (credit: Kyle Orland) LAS VEGAS—In just over four years as head of Xbox and executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer has overseen some tough times for the gaming brand. But he says one of the most difficult lessons he […]
We thought we knew a thing about the next-generation Porsche 911 GT3, but maybe we don’t. Last month, Automobile reported that the 992-series, track-focused 911 would switch to a 3.8-liter twin-turbo flat-six with about 550 horsepower. However, Australian outlet Drive said Porsche’s Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser “denied media reports the next-gen 911 will feature an all-turbocharged […]
The Alphabet division behind Google Fiber finally has a replacement leader 5 months after its former chief left. The tech giant has hired Dinesh Jain, most recently Time Warner Cable’s former chief operating officer, as the Access team’s CEO. He’ll watch over business in the nearly 20 markets where both Fiber and Webpass operate. There […]
Tesla Chris Lattner, a former Apple developer, spent nearly six months leading Tesla‘s Autopilot software team in 2017. He left the company last June. On Friday, Lattner criticized the software’s current state on Twitter. He said he was “sad” at the lack of progress he has perceived since he left the company. The Autopilot feature gives […]
Faraday Future’s executive exodus last fall was bad enough, but the departure of one exec may have been particularly troublesome. The electric car startup has filed a lawsuit alleging that former CFO Stefan Krause stole trade secrets and poached staff as he left to form a startup, Evelozcity. Reportedly, Krause was quietly working at both […]
G2 Crowd Ryan Bonnici started his career as a flight attendent. A meeting with a Microsoft exec on a flight forever changed his career and his life. That meeting led to a job at Microsoft which led to a career in tech. He’s now an executive who flies first-class and he’s mastered the art of […]
