Defense startup Epirus, Inc. is getting new leadership. Staff were told at an all-hands meeting this morning that CEO Ken Bedingfield was leaving, TechCrunch learned. The news was later confirmed by a company spokesperson, who told TechCrunch that Bedingfield accepted a role at an unnamed public company. He will be replaced by COO Andy Lowery, […]© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Month: November 2023
Defense startup Epirus CEO leaving to take new job at a public company
Defense startup Epirus, Inc. is getting new leadership. Staff were told at an all-hands meeting this morning that CEO Ken Bedingfield was leaving, TechCrunch learned. The news was later confirmed by a company spokesperson, who told TechCrunch that Bedingfield accepted a role at an unnamed public company. He will be replaced by COO Andy Lowery, […]© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Tesla’s Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy
It’s been four years since Tesla first announced the Cybertruck, a hideously ugly electric pickup truck that didn’t seem to actually improve on EVs or pickups in any meaningful way. Instead, the 6,600-pound mass of “stainless super steel” seems to be more the culmination of one man's bizarre fantasy, and that man just so happened to own an entire company he could leverage to birth that fantasy, with all its sharp angles and unnecessary lighting bars, into reality.Today, Tesla finally delivered the first, long-delayed production Cybertrucks to 10 buyers in a livestream on CEO Elon…
Tesla’s Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy
It’s been four years since Tesla first announced the Cybertruck, a hideously ugly electric pickup truck that didn’t seem to actually improve on EVs or pickups in any meaningful way. Instead, the 6,600-pound mass of “stainless super steel” seems to be more the culmination of one man's bizarre fantasy, and that man just so happened to own an entire company he could leverage to birth that fantasy, with all its sharp angles and unnecessary lighting bars, into reality.Today, Tesla finally delivered the first, long-delayed production Cybertrucks to 10 buyers in a livestream on CEO Elon…
Tesla’s cheapest Cybertruck won’t drop until 2025
Bad news: If you had your heart set on a sub-$40,000 Cybertruck, it ain’t coming next year, if ever. Though Tesla plans to ramp up production of its electric pickup in 2023, the company clarified today that the cheapest variant of the boxy EV will be available in 2025. Tesla first announced a single-motor Cybertruck […]© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Tesla’s cheapest Cybertruck won’t drop until 2025
Bad news: If you had your heart set on a sub-$40,000 Cybertruck, it ain’t coming next year, if ever. Though Tesla plans to ramp up production of its electric pickup in 2023, the company clarified today that the cheapest variant of the boxy EV will be available in 2025. Tesla first announced a single-motor Cybertruck […]© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
An oil exec, a climate crisis, and reparations: what’s going down at the United Nations summit in Dubai
COP28 logo on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Will there be a future for fossil fuels? How much money do the most polluting countries owe the rest of the world? That’s all on the table at the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Dubai. Continue reading…
An oil exec, a climate crisis, and reparations: what’s going down at the United Nations summit in Dubai
COP28 logo on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Will there be a future for fossil fuels? How much money do the most polluting countries owe the rest of the world? That’s all on the table at the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Dubai. Continue reading…
Tesla delivered the Cybertruck: here’s how to preorder one
A newer showcase model of the Cybertruck in New York City. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Cybertruck is here — for real this time — and for those who haven’t reserved one already, Tesla has a new ordering process. Today, you can preorder the visually perplexing, low-poly pickup truck on Tesla’s website with a refundable deposit of $250.A small batch of early preorder holders took delivery of the first production Cybertruck models at an event in Texas. Since reservations went up on Tesla’s website in 2019, the automaker happily accepted $100 deposits to get in line…
Tesla delivered the Cybertruck: here’s how to preorder one
A newer showcase model of the Cybertruck in New York City. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Cybertruck is here — for real this time — and for those who haven’t reserved one already, Tesla has a new ordering process. Today, you can preorder the visually perplexing, low-poly pickup truck on Tesla’s website with a refundable deposit of $250.A small batch of early preorder holders took delivery of the first production Cybertruck models at an event in Texas. Since reservations went up on Tesla’s website in 2019, the automaker happily accepted $100 deposits to get in line…