Tom Carter

4 days ago | businessinsider.com | Kiera Fields |Tom Carter |Henry Blodget

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wayne Dopson, a project manager in Brisbane, Australia about owning a BYD Shark hybrid pickup truck. It has been edited for length and clarity. I've always been in the property market, flipping houses and doing renovations. I have a small renovation business, working on kitchens, bathrooms, and decks for clients in Brisbane, which I've been doing for about 12 years now. I bought a VW Amarok diesel-powered pickup in 2015.

6 days ago | finance.yahoo.com | Tom Carter |Ana Altchek

Elon Musk shows off a prototype Cybertruck in 2019.Frederic J. Brown/Getty Tesla canceled its range extender — and it's one of many Cybertruck promises the company hasn't delivered. The EV truck is also more expensive, with the cheapest version of the Cybertruck starting at $69,990. Other features that didn't make it into the final vehicle include crab walking and floating. The Cybertruck has changed a lot since Elon Musk first unveiled it in 2019.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Will Martin |Tom Carter |Henry Blodget

BYD's Sealion 7 is one of the Chinese EV giant's marquee models. Business Insider 2025-04-28T12:48:03Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . China has snatched the lead in the global race to build self-driving cars, new data suggests.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kelsey Vlamis |Shubhangi Goel |Tom Carter

Elon Musk talked robots amid slumping Tesla sales in first quarter earnings. Analysts, meanwhile, are focused on cheaper models and robotaxis. Tesla's first-quarter profits dropped 71%, with auto revenues down 20% year over year. Elon Musk made some big, exciting promises to Tesla investors on the company's first-quarter earnings call Tuesday — but he said they won't start paying off until mid-2026 or later.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Grace Kay |Ana Altchek |Tom Carter |Matthew Fox |Jennifer Sor

Earlier this month, standing on the White House driveway, President Donald Trump hawked a fleet of gleaming Teslas with the kind of gusto normally reserved for his campaign rallies. Clutching handwritten notes about prices and models, he said, "I'm going to buy one because it's a great product, as good as it gets." Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO and a key figure in the administration, stood nearby. Many assumed Musk's proximity to Trump would be a net positive.