Waymo plans robotaxi service in Toronto by 2028, its first in Canada
Waymo plans robotaxi service in Toronto by 2028, its first in Canada

Waymo is bringing its driverless taxi service to Toronto, its first city in Canada, and hopes to carry its first riders there in 2028. The Alphabet-owned company announced the move today. Its cars will appear on Toronto’s streets in the coming days, bu…

Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, with production set for 2028
Tesla unveils thruster-equipped Roadster, with production set for 2028

Tesla revealed its second-generation Roadster on 15 October at a SpaceX site in McGregor, Texas. The car uses cold-gas thrusters built with SpaceX to jump, flip, and land. Reservations cost $50,000 or $250,000 depending on the version, and Musk says pr…

EV sales rebound to their highest level in a year, and stay 40% below 2025
EV sales rebound to their highest level in a year, and stay 40% below 2025

US EV sales rose 6.1% on the previous quarter to almost 263,000, their highest in a year, against more than 437,000 in the same quarter of 2025. Europe registered 277,006 electric cars in July alone. American electric car sales rose 6.1% on the previou…

Volkswagen’s US EV sales collapse 90% in a quarter
Volkswagen’s US EV sales collapse 90% in a quarter

Volkswagen sold 1,421 electric cars in the United States in the third quarter, a 90% fall, after ending ID.4 production and halting imports of its electric minivan. In Europe battery electric cars took 29% of new registrations in August. Volkswagen sol…

Tesla’s robotaxis face a US safety review over school zone speeding
Tesla’s robotaxis face a US safety review over school zone speeding

NHTSA has opened a defect petition review into claims that Tesla robotaxis exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones, covering about 1,000 vehicles with no reported crashes or injuries. Speeding is also the specific obstacle holding up Tesla’…

China agrees to curb hybrid car exports to the EU after Beijing talks
China agrees to curb hybrid car exports to the EU after Beijing talks

China has agreed to moderate its exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the EU, which EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said could cut them by more than half. He announced it on Friday in press remarks in Beijing, after the second round of EU-…

California is paying up to $100,000 a port for public EV fast charging
California is paying up to $100,000 a port for public EV fast charging

California has opened a $28M round paying up to $100,000 per public DC fast-charging port, covering as much as 100% of eligible costs. The top rate goes only to ports above 275kW, even though charger makers’ own data shows plug count raises usage far m…

Uber and Pony.ai will test Chinese robotaxis in London within weeks
Uber and Pony.ai will test Chinese robotaxis in London within weeks

Pony.ai will start testing its seventh-generation robotaxis in London in the coming weeks, ahead of a service on Uber. The Chinese self-driving company announced the plan on X on Thursday. “We look forward to working with local officials, and our partn…

Honda will test wireless EV charging on 300 metres of motorway in 2027
Honda will test wireless EV charging on 300 metres of motorway in 2027

Honda will test wireless charging built into a 300-metre stretch of Japanese motorway from next year, delivering up to 150 kW to vehicles moving at 120 km/h, aimed first at commercial vehicles. France, Germany and Sweden have been running or planning e…

Lucid production falls 38% as the EV maker clears inventory
Lucid production falls 38% as the EV maker clears inventory

Lucid built 2,954 vehicles in the third quarter, its lowest quarterly output since early 2025 and a 38% fall from the second quarter, while delivering 3,806 as it cleared inventory. The company has outstanding commitments for 25,000 driverless cars wit…