When it comes to relationships, even the business kind, sometimes you just have to make nice. That’s what Tesla’s Elon Musk did this week, when he expressed regret about sounding a bit overtaxed during an ultimately upbeat quarterly earnings call for the tumultuous electric carmaker. He’s still in the depths of production hell, you see. Meanwhile, the autonomous developers at Waymo decided to make friends with public transit officials in Phoenix, agreeing to work with them to ensure their driverless vehicles work for seniors and writers with disabilities. And in Sacramento, officials are opening their doors, er, streets to all the Bay Area self-driving developers who are sick of the fog and high housing costs. It’s been a week. Let’s get you caught up.

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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk, not usually one to apologize, did just that on a quarterly earnings call with investors this week, acknowledging he had been “impolite” on his last call with the group. Fortunately, senior writer Jack Stewart reports, Musk also came with good news: Tesla has more in cash reserves than analysts expected, which means it won’t have to borrow money as it continues to ramp up production. And Musk still says the company will be profitable by the end of the year.

• Musk also used the call to hype insists Tesla’s new self-driving chip, a customized GPU that he says will rival industry lead NVIDIA’s. NVIDIA has, predictably, pushed back on the claim.

• Could Waymo, the Alphabet self-driving car company, actually make it easier for people to use mass transit? This week, the company rolled out an experiment with Valley Metro, a transit agency in Phoenix, where Waymo tests its driverless cars. One transportation expert told me it’s nice that the self-driving leader is thinking about public transit during this early stage of development—but no one knows what will work yet.

• Sacramento, the capital of California, wants to prove that it’s tech-savvy but safety-minded. Thus, it announced a $100,000 partnership with Phantom Auto, a company specializing in remote safety operations for totally driverless cars.

Lost Elevator Bank of the Week

Ford lost an elevator lobby; it wants it back. Earlier this year, the automaker made headlines for its purchase of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, its once-majestic, century-old train station. Now, the station will be the centerpiece for Ford’s trendy, downtown, mobility-focused campus—but not before a serious clean-up and refurbishment effort. Problem is, scavengers and treasure-hunters alike stripped some of Michigan Central’s best features out years ago. Like its waiting room light fixture, and its ticket window, and its elevator lobby. If you have them, and you’re feeling generous (like the mystery person who returned the station’s old clock did), please contact Ford Motor Company.

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