Nvidia’s (NVDA) graphics processing unit (GPU) powers “Star Wars Battlefront,” but the force won’t be with the Tesla Motors (TSLA) chipmaker in 2016, a Barclays analyst said Thursday. “After a year as the best performer in our universe on growth in gaming, and excitement about virtual reality and automotive, we think fundamentals need time to catch up to the hype,” Barclays’ Blayne Curtis wrote in a research report. He added: “We see Nvidia as an
Day one of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit Monday brought details on General Motors’ (GM) 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, a 200-mile-range electric car expected to sell for less than $40,000 that could rival Tesla Motors’ (TSLA) planned Model 3. The 2017 Bolt debut happened last week at the international consumer electronics show CES in Las Vegas. Then at the Detroit show Monday, the Bolt’s 60-kilowatt-hour battery pack was
Tesla Motors literally rolled out a dramatic, new electric-car feature over the weekend: Version 7.1 of its onboard software amps-up Autopilot self-driving abilities to the extent that your car can come get you. A Model S or Model X can “open the garage door and come to greet you,” Tesla (TSLA) said in a blog post Sunday, just ahead of the start of the big North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It also can put itself to bed at night.