Lucid hires Waymo veteran as CFO
Sherry House, who was treasurer and head of investor relations at Waymo, starts in her new role at Lucid this week......»»
Waymo cuts 8% of staff after second round of layoffs this year
Investors and industry watchers have been concerned about billions of dollars that have been poured into the self-driving technology sector in a short span of time to commercialize it......»»
Alphabet"s self-driving car unit has cut 8% of its staff this year
Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google's parent company Alphabet, said on Wednesday that it has cut approximately 8% of its staff across two rounds of layoffs this year......»»
Column: After Argo, there are small signs of hope on the path toward autonomous vehicles
For Waymo, Cruise and Zoox, work continues on the robotaxi dream in the aftermath of Argo's shuttering......»»
Lucid, Nikola and Lordstown Motors miss EV goals by big margins
Lucid, Nikola and Lordstown, three EV startups that went public by merging with SPACS, all came up well short of their original goals for 2022......»»
Scott Lundgren and John Spiliotis join NetSPI Board of Directors
NetSPI has appointed Scott Lundgren and John Spiliotis to its Board of Directors. The two veteran security industry executives will support the company’s next stage of growth following a year of record momentum. “We’re honored to ha.....»»
Lucid plans to double 2023 production despite softening demand
Lucid's reservation backlog for its Air sedan fell to 28,000 this month from 34,000 in November amid plans to build up to 14,000 cars this year, it said. Lucid's fourth-quarter revenue of $258 million missed expectations and its stock price fell......»»
Lucid"s slow deliveries, Saudi stake are focus of Q4 earnings
Lucid Group's stock is higher this year on unconfirmed speculation the automaker could go private under Saudi ownership. During Wednesday's earnings call, investors also want to hear about the gap between production and deliveries to customers......»»
How X-rays are being used to help with data recovery from devices like iPhones and MacBooks
Data recovery veteran DriveSavers has announced its latest advancement in saving data from failed and damaged hard drives, SSDs, Apple devices, and more. The new process uses X-rays to improve and expand the company’s capabilities, here’s how….....»»
Mostly hits with a few misses: The Lucid Air Grand Touring, reviewed
Lucid's target was to better the Mercedes S-Class, not the Tesla Model S. Enlarge / Efficient design and a big battery combine in the Lucid Air Grand Touring. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) It's been more than a decade since.....»»
Veteran Apple product marketing exec and GarageBand ‘co-creator’ departs the company
A longtime Apple product and marketing executive who worked on things like GarageBand, Logic, iTunes, and the iPod has recently departed the company, 9to5Mac learned. Xander Soren first joined Apple in 2001 and describes himself as one of the co-cre.....»»
Indian semiconductor design veteran eInfochips targets EV prospects
The Indian EV sector is growing rapidly, with several companies rushing for a share of the market. At the same time, there is a robust renewed interest in developing a semiconductor sector, with government and private players coming together. An inte.....»»
Tesla hires general counsel from Dish as Musk builds ‘hardcore’ legal team
The moves came after Musk tweeted last May that his company was “building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits.”.....»»
Lucid joins Tesla-led EV price war with discounts on Air models
Lucid said that customers will get a $7,500 credit on buying certain variants of the Air luxury electric car......»»
Apple splits HR and retail lead duties with new hire
Carol Surface joins Apple as the company's first Chief People Officer, taking over human resources responsibilities from the current head of retail, Deirdre O'Brien.Apple hires new head of HRApple hired Deirdre O'Brien in 2019 to take over people and.....»»
Foxconn hires Nissan veteran to lead EV business
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, determined to transform its entire group, has been actively expanding to electric vehicle industry in recent years. Having made new changes to its business model, Foxconn has also recruited a large number of the industry.....»»
Rivian to cut 6% of jobs following Ford, Tesla price cuts
Price cuts by Tesla and Ford are expected to hurt EV upstarts such as Rivian, Lucid Group and British startup Arrival, which Monday said it would lay off half its staff. .....»»
Self-driving tech firm Aurora hires its first president
Ossa Fisher will play a central role in scaling operations and maintaining relationships with key partners as the company readies to launch driverless trucks next year......»»
GM hires former Tesla exec to head mergers and acquisitions
The automaker's newest vice president, Zach Kirkman, spent six years at Tesla and six years at Apple prior to that......»»
Waymo lays off undisclosed number of employees amid tech"s economic downturn
Self-driving technology company Waymo laid off a "limited" number of employees this week, a company spokesperson said. The cuts from the Alphabet subsidiary came beyond the 12,000 employees cut by Google this week......»»
Dragon Age: Dreadwolf loses another veteran BioWare producer
After 19-year stint, Mass Effect's Mac Walters is latest to leave company. Enlarge / Yet another leader behind the Dreadwolf project has left bioWare. BioWare's Mac Walters used a LinkedIn post this weekend to announce.....»»