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And in south Texas, SpaceX is accelerating its quest to build out its Mars spaceport, but some homeowners in the hamlet known as Boca Chica have something to say about it. Our own space correspondent Dave Mosher has the details.
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Last Town Before Mars: A multipart series on SpaceX's quest to conquer Mars ... and a small hamlet in southern Texas
Space correspondent Dave Mosher has details from deep inside Boca Chica, Texas, where SpaceX is continuing development of its Mars spaceport.
The situation there has changed dramatically in the last few years, culminating in the company's recent effort to buyout the remaining homeowners there. Many of those homeowners are retiree-age citizens who had no plans to leave.
Tesla was, depending on which day you checked, worth $140 billion, or $159 billion, or $134 billion this week. The stock absolutely skyrocketed after earnings last week, before falling nearly as much. Not even well-paid Wall Street analysts know why.
"Many investors are struggling to identify a strong fundamental underpinning for the move," Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley wrote. He didn't know either, but noted "folks are asking a lot of questions."
But of course, that's on an adjusted metric excluding interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization. The fine print:
"Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain recurring, non-cash charges, such as depreciation of property and equipment and amortization of intangible assets, and although these are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect all cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements."
The New Jersey-based Expedition Motor Company is converting vintage Mercedes-Benz G-Wagens into bespoke convertible vehicles.
These units are sourced from the German military, and they include a 1991 Mercedes-Benz 250GD Wolf that can be dropped from a helicopter. Our visual features reporter Brittany Chang has all the details on these rides.
Electric-cars ads dominated the Super Bowl, which is more than we can say for the US auto market
King aptly notes the reality of the car business at present: EVs barely make up 2% of automotive sales in the US.
UPS' CEO isn't afraid of a fight.
Last week, my colleague Rachel Premack had an exclusive interview with UPS CEO David Abney in which he opened up about the firm's very public competition with FedEx.
"If you're chasing a target, and the target is stationary, that's one way. You're chasing a moving target — and we are definitely a moving target with the investments that we're making," he said of his counterparts recent public charge that FeEx could catch UPS.
A new airline from JetBlue founder David Neeleman called Breeze launched this week after months of being known by the codename Moxy. There's no word on what routes it might fly — or where the operations will be based — but the goal is to connect secondary cities where other major airlines don't always serve.
New Yorkers might have to wait in line like the rest of the world soon after the Trump administration said it won't let state residents apply or re-apply for the Global Entry program.
The charge comes as New York pols feud with the White House over so-called sanctuary status and denying Homeland Security access to certain state records.
It was a week rife with automaker earnings, but not all fared equally. GM's was mostly impressive, considering it absorbed a 50-day strike, while Ford barely beat analysts revenue expectations.
