Alan Ohnsman

5 days ago | forbes.com | Alan Ohnsman

Current Climate brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability every Monday. Sign up to get it in your inbox. The Biden years saw the sharpest increase in U.S. investment in clean energy and clean transportation in the country’s history, creating the potential for sizable future progress toward reducing climate-warming emissions and creating tens of thousands of new jobs in the process.

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Jim Gorzelany |Duncan Madden |Brett Knight |Alan Ohnsman

As has been reported previously, Tesla resale prices have been plummeting for a variety of reasons including CEO Elon Musk's controversial insertion into federal politics via the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency. Politics aside, the extreme loss of value being suffered by current owners is suddenly manifesting itself as a boom for used Tesla shoppers.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Shivaune Field |Anastasia Santoreneos |Alan Ohnsman

The latest fundraising round values the company at AUD$9.6 billion, and is the first time Blackbird is included in the cap table. It has now raised more than a billion dollars in VC capital, and is on track to hit a billion in annual revenue this year. Melbourne-founded decacorn Airwallex has closed its Series F round with investment from Blackbird, Square Peg, Airtree, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, Lone Pine Capital and Visa Ventures.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com.au | Ty Roush |Alan Ohnsman |Derek Saul

ToplineElon Musk on Tuesday said he's committed to being Tesla's chief executive for the next five years and suggested he would cut down on his political spending, following earlier reports-shot down by Musk-suggesting Tesla's board launched a search to replace him.

2 weeks ago | forbesjapan.com | Alan Ohnsman

トップ テクノロジー モビリティ マスクが言うことはすべてウソだ―テスラのロボタクシーは「大失敗」に終わると専門家 イーロン・マスクが率いるテスラは、6月にロボタクシー（自動運転タクシー）のサービスをオースティンで開始する予定で、最大20台の自動運転の「モデルY」をテキサス州オースティンで走らせようとしている。彼は、この計画の成功にテスラの将来を賭けており、同社の電気自動車（EV）の売上が低迷する中で起死回生を図ろうとしている。 だが、ここには大きな問題がある。テスラは、自社のロボタクシーが安全に運行できるという証拠をまだ提示しておらず、これまでの「オートパイロット」や「フルセルフドライビング（FSD）」のソフトウェアが引き起こした死亡事故や、同社のテクノロジーが安価なカメラに頼り続けていることなどを考えれば、オースティンでの試みは大失敗となる可能性がある。...