US lidar maker Luminar wants to light up China’s smart vehicles

April 18, 2023

Luminar, the Nasdaq-listed lidar maker from Florida, is making a push into China as the world’s largest auto market races to put automated and autonomous driving vehicles on the road. By 2028, more than one million Luminar-equipped cars will be on the road in China, Luminar’s founder and CEO Austin Russell said this week at […]

US lidar maker Luminar wants to light up China’s smart vehicles by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

BMW, Rivian, Hyundai, Volvo lose access to EV tax credit

April 17, 2023

The United States Treasury updated its list of electric vehicles eligible for a $7,500 EV tax credit per its new rules for battery sourcing, and BMW, Nissan, Rivian, Hyundai, Volvo and Volkswagen are no longer on it. The new requirements will go into effect Tuesday, and they’ll also cut credits for the Tesla Model 3 […]

BMW, Rivian, Hyundai, Volvo lose access to EV tax credit by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter to label tweets that get downranked for violating its hate speech policy

April 17, 2023

Twitter announced today a new policy that it claims will offer more transparency around which hateful tweets on its platform have been subject to enforcement action. Typically, when tweets violate Twitter’s policies, one of the actions the company can take is to limit the reach of those tweets — or something it calls “visibility filtering.” […]

Twitter to label tweets that get downranked for violating its hate speech policy by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch