Tesla missed Wall Street profit estimates in the second quarter, extending a worse-than-normal start to the year. (It also moved its robotaxi unveil back to Oct. 10) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Dana Hull 👩🏻‍💻 & Kara Carlson w/edit by Kelly Gilblom via Bloomberg $TSLA

NEWS: Rivian's Chief Commercial Officer Kjell Gruner has resigned to "pursue other opportunities." Gruner had only just joined Rivian in September (2023). Senior executive turnover has been relatively high at Rivian in last 18 months (Behl, Klein, Kalayjian) etc. $RIVN

Uber will team up with BYD to put 100,000 EVs onto the ride-hailing platform, in a major deal between American and Chinese cos that notably excludes the US. w/ Gabrielle Coppola Ed Ludlow Danny Lee Craig Trudell Peter Vercoe Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

let's go girls* *the entirety of team usa

EV maker Lucid gets a cash infusion of as much as $1.5 billion from one of its biggest investors, an affiliate of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Kara Carlson via Bloomberg $LCID

Rivian is sticking with its ho-hum full-year vehicle production target, unchanged from 2023 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by Kara Carlson & Ed Ludlow via Bloomberg $RIVN

Rivian: Will be speaking live to CEO RJ Scaringe live at 9:10amET/6amPT Welcome your questions!

RANGE ANXIETY TREATMENT: A new breed of #ElectricVehicle is promising up to 700 miles on a single charge. Extended-range EVs are taking China by storm and will arrive in the US next year. 'It's a lifeline to Detroit' $STLA $F $GM Rebecca Greenfield bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Businessweek

NEW: @ElonMusk's pro-Trump Super PAC is hiring canvassers in North Carolina and Michigan, per job postings. w/Bill Allison: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEWS: Tim Fallon, Rivian VP of manufacturing operations, will leave the company to pursue new opportunities. reporting Bloomberg Terminal with Kara Carlson Kiel Porter. Story to follow $RIVN

One of Rivian's senior manufacturing leaders is heading to Stellantis. The departure comes as over half a dozen company leaders have exited the Rivian in recent months. w/ Ed Ludlow Kiel Porter

Ford is recalibrating its electrification strategy yet again, canceling plans for a fully electric SUV in a shift that may cost the carmaker around $1.9 billion trib.al/SxSVvgV

It's incredible how much Austin has changed since I moved here 20 years ago. Check out these photos of Austin then and now. statesman.com/story/news/loc…

EXCLUSIVE with Margaux MacColl: Marc Andreessen's family has been quietly working on a smaller master-planned community in the shadow of the controversial "California Forever" development. ⬇️ 👁👄👁 ⬇️ techcrunch.com/2024/08/23/mar…

Tesla planning on holding robotaxi day at Warner Brothers in Burbank, CA. Blockbuster stuff

Uber will launch driverless rides on Alphabet's Waymo cars in Austin and Atlanta, a boost to the rideshare app’s ambitions in autonomous vehicles trib.al/jpQlFwl

false fall gave me way too much false hope this year

It’s happening: Elon Musk is going down ballot and his America PAC is funding scores of House races: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

someone better tell ASU