Latest Automobile News - Musk hints Tesla Cybertruck may be sent to Mars in 2022 mission

--- Segway's wheelchair-like vehicle crashes into wall during 1st public demo ---
Segway's transportation pod that resembles an egg-shaped wheelchair crashed into a wall during the first public demonstration of the prototype, that cost an estimated multi-million dollars in development. The journalist at CES, who accidentally accelerated the 'S-Pod', did not suffer any injuries in the incident. The "self-balancing" S-Pod can ferry people around enclosed campuses like airports.
--- Mercedes-Benz unveils 'Avatar' inspired self-driving electric car concept ---
Mercedes-Benz on Monday night unveiled AVTR, a self-driving electric car concept inspired by the 2009 Sci-Fi/Fantasy film 'Avatar', at tech show CES 2020 in Las Vegas. The concept car has no steering wheel or pedals and the user can control the vehicle by touching the center console. The car can recognise the driver's pulse and breath.
--- Tesla crosses $80 billion in market value, adds $48 billion in just 7 months ---
Billionaire Elon Musk-led Tesla crossed $80 billion in market value on Friday after the electric carmaker beat analyst estimates for annual vehicle deliveries. The Silicon Valley company added $48 billion to its market cap in just 7 months as its shares surged 150%. It is now worth $28 billion more than General Motors and more than twice of Ford.
--- Musk hints Tesla Cybertruck may be sent to Mars in 2022 mission ---
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has hinted that the automaker's Cybertruck could be on board the Starship spacecraft during its cargo mission to Mars in 2022. When a Twitter user questioned him on such a possibility, Musk replied with the 'smiling face with sunglasses' emoji. Earlier, Musk said that Starship "definitely" had the payload capacity to carry a Cybertruck.
--- US offered me double pay to run GM, made mistake of not accepting it: Ghosn ---
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday said that he made a mistake of not accepting an offer by the Obama administration in 2009 to run General Motors (GM) on double his salary. Adding that he likes Japan and its people, Ghosn said he was the first foreign business leader to return to the country after the 2011 tsunami.