Gatik has raised $200m to put more driverless box trucks on US roads
Gatik has raised $200m to put more driverless box trucks on US roads

Gatik has raised $200m in a Series D round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies. It is the largest financing in the autonomous trucking company’s history. Millennium Management, ARK Invest and Intact Private Capital also t…

Polestar claims it was blindsided by sales ban
Polestar claims it was blindsided by sales ban

Polestar said the Trump administration strung it along for months before finally rejecting its request to continue selling its electric vehicles in the US under a rule outlawing vehicles with connected software from China. In an August 18th letter sent to dealers and obtained by The Verge, Polestar said it doesn’t have a clear answer […]

Parents can now watch their teen’s Uber ride live, through the driver’s phone
Parents can now watch their teen’s Uber ride live, through the driver’s phone

Uber is rolling out live video streaming of teen rides in the US, using the driver’s phone as the camera and sending the feed to linked parent accounts. Other passengers in the car appear on the stream and are given no way to opt out. Uber is putting a…

Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving
Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving

Xiaomi has unveiled the Xring D100, an in-house 3nm chip for intelligent driving that will replace Nvidia hardware in its cars from 2027. The company has invested more than 21bn yuan, about $3.1bn, since restarting its chip programme. Xiaomi is designi…

Waymo is coming to Munich, with commercial service targeted for late 2027
Waymo is coming to Munich, with commercial service targeted for late 2027

Waymo has announced it is laying the groundwork for autonomous ride-hailing in Munich, starting with high-definition mapping and manual driving in the coming weeks. It aims to open a commercial service to the public toward the end of 2027. Munich is ge…

Rivian EVs are getting a software update that warns you what’s ahead
Rivian EVs are getting a software update that warns you what’s ahead

Rivian is bringing Rivian OS 2.0 and Waze real-time alerts to all R1 and R2 models, still without Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, on its way to a single core operating system. That architecture reaches Europe from 2027 through the Volkswagen joint ventu…

AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need
AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need

Chinese carmakers say printed circuit boards and multilayer ceramic capacitors are 20% to 30% short globally, with prices more than tripling over the past year because of AI data centre demand. Automotive memory prices rose about 180% in three months. …

China is recalling millions of EVs because the emergency release blends into the trim
China is recalling millions of EVs because the emergency release blends into the trim

China’s market regulator has ordered a recall of more than 4 million vehicles, including nearly 2.98 million Teslas, because interior emergency door releases blend into the surrounding trim. The remedies are warning labels and software updates, ahead o…

Hyundai’s luxury brand has a new flagship EV, and no European plans for it
Hyundai’s luxury brand has a new flagship EV, and no European plans for it

Genesis has unveiled the GV90, a full-size electric SUV with 490 kW, a 123.5 kWh battery and pillarless coach doors on the Neolun version. It goes on sale in the United States early next year, and the announcement says nothing about Europe. Genesis has…

The EX60 Is Volvo’s Most Important Car, and It’s Glorious

I’ve driven over 600 miles in the all-electric EX60, and there’s a lot I like about this SUV.