Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving company backed by Toyota, can no longer test fully self driving vehicles in California, for now at least. According to Reuters, the DMV suspended its driverless testing permit on November 19th, a few weeks after a reported collision in Fremont. Based on the report filed with the state's DMV, a Pony.ai It was a single vehicle incident, and there were no injuries and other vehicles involved. As Reuters said, it's unclear what aspect of the accident prompted the DMV to suspend Pony.ai's permit, but the company said it immediately launched an investigation and is working with the agency to figure out what caused the collision. While Pony.ai won't be able to test fully autonomous vehicles in California anymore, it can continue its trials with safety drivers behind the wheel.

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here -- just click The Station -- to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. If you're interested in all the future and present ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B, you're in the right place. It felt like Tesla dominated the news cycle once again this week. There was other mobility news though, including layoffs at self-driving company Cruise and new rules that Uber is rolling out Monday that will change the ride-hailing experience for the foreseeable future.

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Tesla has reigned over the electric car market for over a decade, but these new autos are hoping to give Tesla a run for their money. Current and former Tesla employees working in the company's open-air "tent" factory say they were pressured to take shortcuts to hit aggressive Model 3 production goals, including making fast fixes to plastic housings with electrical tape, working through harsh conditions and skipping previously required vehicle tests. For instance, four people who worked on the assembly line say they were told by supervisors to use electrical tape to patch cracks on plastic brackets and housings, and provided photographs showing where tape was applied. They and four additional people familiar with conditions there describe working through high heat, cold temperatures at night and smoky air during last year's wildfires in Northern California. Tesla can't appeal to women: Electric cars, Elon Musk may be off-putting Why I bought a Tesla: One woman's experience buying Elon Musk's sleek EV Their disclosures highlight the difficult balance Tesla must strike as it ramps up production while trying to stem costs. Tesla recently told shareholders that in the three months ending June 30, 2019, it made 87,048 vehicles, including 72,531 Model 3s, the company's lowest-priced sedan.

Tesla founder Elon Musk believes he can rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid. Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a news conference at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia on July 7, 2017. Tesla will partner with French renewable energy developer Neoen to build the world's biggest Lithium IIon Battery, a 100MW battery that will be built in James Town, the South Australian government announced on the day. SAN FRANCISCO -- Elon Musk has so many irons in the fire, you can't see the fire. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted Friday that he is delaying the unveiling of a self-driving truck in order to focus his attention on smoothing out Model 3 production issues and helping devastated Puerto Rico switch over to solar power. "Tesla Semi unveil now Nov 16," Musk tweeted, pushing it back around three weeks from the original Oct. 26 event.

Worries about whether Tesla would meet its promises on production of its Model 3 mass-market sedan in the months ahead sent the electric car maker's shares more than 2 percent lower on Tuesday as those in rivals climbed. The moves also followed a series of announcements by rival General Motors on its own electric car ambitions, which included a promise to take'bold steps' toward the first completely driverless vehicles. Tesla strove to play down any longer term risks to the company's targets when it published delivery numbers on Monday that showed output continuing to rise but'bottlenecks' preventing it meeting its Model 3 targets. Tesla said on Monday its deliveries rose 4.5 percent in the third quarter from the prior-year period, but said'production bottlenecks' had left the company behind its planned ramp-up for the new Model 3 The first models of the 35,000 (£27,000) electric vehicle begin production this week. The five-seat sedan will travel 215 miles (346 kilometres) on a single charge.

Luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla said on Monday its deliveries rose 4.5 percent in the third quarter from the prior-year period, but said'production bottlenecks' had left the company behind its planned ramp-up for the new Model 3 mass-market sedan. Tesla said it delivered 26,150 vehicles in the third quarter, including 14,065 Model S vehicles and 11,865 Model X cars, up 17.7 percent from the second quarter of this year. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, delivered just 220 Model 3 sedans and produced 260 during the quarter. Tesla said on Monday its deliveries rose 4.5 percent in the third quarter from the prior-year period, but said'production bottlenecks' had left the company behind its planned ramp-up for the new Model 3 The first models of the 35,000 (£27,000) electric vehicle begin production this week. The five-seat sedan will travel 215 miles (133 kilometres) on a single charge.

The new'every man' Model 3 Tesla revealed this week for $35,000 may just be technicality, with even the most basic options pushing the price past $40,000. Any options, including a different color, will bump you well over the initially asking price. Outside Tesla's Fremont, California factory, Musk (onstage) showed off the $35,000 base vehicle with a range of 220 miles on a charge that marks a departure from the company's earlier luxury electric cars The Tesla Model 3 cars were all lined up and waiting for their new owners at the company's facility Customers pay $1,000 refundable deposits for the car, which is eligible for tax credits. And that's just the beginning, as Bloomberg's Dana Hull later pointed out in a tweet: 'So if you want a Model 3 in a color besides black with longer range battery, options and autopilot you are looking at $58K.' Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday the Model 3 had over half a million advance reservations as he handed over the first 30 to employee buyers. Outside Tesla's Fremont, California factory, Musk showed off the $35,000 base vehicle with a range of 220 miles on a charge that marks a departure from the company's earlier luxury electric cars.

A bus carrying Tesla employees crashed into a vehicle on a California highway Friday morning, killing an off-duty law enforcement officer, police said. The bus, which was carrying more than 50 employees of the electric car company, was driving on a freeway east of the Tesla factory in Fremont when it rear-ended a Volkswagen Beetle around 7am, crushing the car and killing the driver, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). One passenger on the bus suffered minor injuries but was treated on the scene, said CHP spokesman Derek Reed. The bus was contracted by Tesla and was driving to Stockton, a city 50 miles east of the company's main facility in Fremont. "We are aware of an accident this morning involving an independently-operated shuttle carrying Tesla employees and another vehicle," the company said in a statement.