Plus: China's on a mission to crack down on Nvidia's China-specific chips How do our bodies remember? "Like riding a bike" is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we're not talking about the muscles themselves but about the memory of a coordinated movement pattern that lives in the motor neurons, which control our muscles. Yet in recent years, scientists have discovered that have a memory for movement and exercise. And the more we move, as with riding a bike or other kinds of exercise, the more those cells begin to make a memory of that exercise. This piece is part of MIT Technology Review Explains: our series untangling the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next.

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Last year, Ford CEO Jim Farley commuted in a car that wasn't made by his own company. In an effort to scope out the competition, Farley spent six months driving around in a Xiaomi SU7. The Chinese-made electric sedan is one of the world's most impressive cars: It can accelerate faster than many Porsches, has a giant touch screen that lets you turn off the lights at your house, and comes with a built-in AI assistant--all for roughly 30,000 in China. "It's fantastic," Farley said about the Xiaomi SU7 on a podcast last fall.

If a tree falls in a forest and there's nobody around, does the truck that comes in to pick it up make a noise? Not much of one, if it's the latest offering from Swedish startup Einride, an all-electric autonomous semi looking to carve out a niche in an increasingly crowded (but not yet entirely real) market. The new truck, unveiled today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK, is the T-log. Like on the T-pod, the truck Einride unveiled last year, there's no cab or engine, just a skinny, sculpted, white slab up front. At the back are upright supports to hold the logs in place.

Tesla has begun accepting preorders for its electric truck - and revealed it will cost buyers at least $150,000, with production set to begin in 2019. For those who want their truck in a hurry, a special'founders series' is being made, with $200,000 required up front to get one of the first 1,000 made. Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled the big rig, dubbed the Tesla Semi, by riding the truck into an airport hangar near Los Angeles last week in front of an invited crowd of what Tesla said were potential truck buyers and Tesla car owners. 'Overall, the Semi is more responsive, covers more miles than a diesel truck in the same amount of time, and more safely integrates with passenger car traffic,' Tesla said. 'Without a trailer, the Tesla Semi achieves 0-60 mph in five seconds, compared to 15 seconds in a comparable diesel truck.

Tesla Inc unveiled a prototype electric big-rig truck Thursday night, throwing itself into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan on which the company's future depends. Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled the big rig, dubbed the Tesla Semi, by riding the truck into an airport hangar near Los Angeles in front of an invited crowd of what Tesla said were potential truck buyers and Tesla car owners. Musk has described electric trucks as Tesla's next effort to move the economy away from fossil fuels through projects including electric cars, solar roofs and power storage. Some analysts fear the truck will be an expensive distraction for Tesla, which is burning cash, has never posted an annual profit, and is in self-described'manufacturing hell' starting up production of the $35,000 Model 3 sedan. Tesla shares were roughly flat on Thursday.

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's first electric semi-truck on Thursday evening at an event in Los Angeles that also included the surprise reveal of a new Tesla sports car. The new Roadster, which has the same name as the first electric vehicle produced by Tesla from 2008 to 2012, emerged from the back of one of the trucks at the end of a presentation that focused largely on the economic and performance needs of truck drivers. "The point of doing this is just to give a hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars," Musk said. "Driving a gasoline sports car is going to feel like a steam engine with a side of quiche." While the sports car provided a jolt of excitement for Tesla enthusiasts, much of the event focused on pitching the truck to truck drivers – customers with very different concerns than the average Tesla owner.

Tesla shares the next day soared 4%--the kind of pop that continues to fuel Tesla's stock run this year as expectations build for Mr. Musk to fulfill his vision of a world complete with electric self-driving vehicles. Similarly, Mr. Musk was touting plans for the Model 3 while Tesla struggled to ramp-up manufacturing of the Model X in 2015, and last year he hosted a flashy event laying out his vision for making solar-panel roofs sexy. "It's exceptionally clear that over time, product announcements have helped to bolster the stock and cover up shortfalls in deliveries or manufacturing issues," said Mike Ramsey, an industry analyst for Gartner Inc. The showman's latest flourish comes as Tesla runs low on cash and struggles to mass-produce the Model 3, a $35,000 sedan that is the cornerstone of Mr. Musk's plan to transform Tesla from being a niche luxury player to a mainstream auto maker. Tesla has fallen behind its production goals for the Model 3 during the early manufacturing period that Mr. Musk has termed "production hell."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric-car maker would reveal plans for a commercial truck and pickup truck. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pledging a revolution with an electric semi-truck. Tesla's plans to disrupt the semi-truck business with a new electric big rig could create a new revolution -- and CEO Elon Musk isn't holding back on the hyperbole. Musk is pledging a groundbreaking advancement Thursday night at an event near Los Angeles and will release details on the new truck.. "This will blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension," Musk said Sunday in a tongue-in-cheek tweet. The race to deliver electric trucks could eventually pose economic benefits to consumers if the technology lowers the price of transportation and reduces emissions that contribute to climate change.

Elon Musk teased this picture of the Tesla semi at a TED talk last April. Elon Musk teased this picture of the Tesla semi at a TED talk last April. There's a cool new electric semi truck coming around the bend. It looks Space Age sleek: no gears, so no constant shifting. Recharging the battery is a lot cheaper than diesel fuel.

Elon Musk has never been shy about touting Tesla's numerous technical achievements. However, its electric truck, set to finally be unveiled on November 16th, really does have a lot to live up to. Musk took to Twitter to promise his followers'this will blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.' He added'Just need to find my portal gun ... ' It has been hailed by Elon Musk as'unreal', and Tesla's electric truck is set to finally be unveiled on November 16th, the electric vehicle firm has revealed. The entrepreneur has teased the trucking industry with the prospect of a battery-powered heavy-duty vehicle.