Tough times for Audi, VW, and Porsche could make October a great time to buy
Tough times for Audi, VW, and Porsche could make October a great time to buy

Volkswagen Group is going through some tough times these days. Labor disputes, increased competition in China, and a few market misses on big swings are all playing a part, but that doesn’t mean the EVs themselves aren’t great – and with all the big re…

Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks
Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks

The logistics experts at 3PL provider YMX know a thing or three about running an efficient fleet, but even they are feeling the nationwide shortage of qualified yard operators. To help keep the goods moving and the wheels turning, the company is turnin…

Rivian’s delayed ALSO e-bikes are finally arriving to first customers, with mixed early feedback
Rivian’s delayed ALSO e-bikes are finally arriving to first customers, with mixed early feedback

After months of delays, missed delivery windows, and increasingly impatient reservation holders, Rivian spinout ALSO is finally putting its electric bikes into the hands of actual customers.

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Hasta la vista, baby – Figure F.02 humanoid robots decommissioned, T2-style
Hasta la vista, baby – Figure F.02 humanoid robots decommissioned, T2-style

Decommissioning humanoid robots that are packed with proprietary tech is a tricky thing – you want to make sure none of the expensive raw material goes to waste, but you also need to make sure no one else gets a hold of your tech. The solution? Have yo…

Capcom is preparing for a ‘future where we create games together with AI’
Capcom is preparing for a ‘future where we create games together with AI’

Capcom’s Pragmata might be all about the horrors of AI, but in practice the studio doesn’t seem so down on the tech. During the Capcom Open Conference RE: 2026 programmer Satoshi Ishida gave a presentation with the mouthful of a title: “The Outlook and Future of the REX Project, Further Evolving the RE Engine for […]

Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi is not running at night, and lidar is the answer
Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi is not running at night, and lidar is the answer

Elon Musk says the main thing holding back Tesla Robotaxi’s night hours is that the cars have a hard time seeing pets in the dark. His example was “grey kittens on grey tarmac.”

That’s a low-light, low-contrast detection problem, which is the textbo…

An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm
An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarm

David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic. It’s understandable if you’re feeling a bit cynical about everyone suddenly coming out of the woodwork to warn about how dangerous […]

I tried taking the budget-priced Ride1Up Roadster V3 e-bike off-roading. Here’s what happened next
I tried taking the budget-priced Ride1Up Roadster V3 e-bike off-roading. Here’s what happened next

The Ride1Up Roadster V3 is, for all intents and purposes, is a budget-focused daily driver urban bike. It’s not really a gravel bike. Maybe if you stand back a bit and squint, you could give it a bit more of a gravel bike interpretation. But ultimately…

FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel

In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from American startup Harbinger in a deal that’s reportedly worth more than $300 million – but the ROI could be much hig…

Watt’s up, doc? Huddig hybrid loader gets a big battery boost [video]
Watt’s up, doc? Huddig hybrid loader gets a big battery boost [video]

Swedish heavy equipment brand HUDDIG has given its 1370 hybrid wheel loader platform a major battery upgrade for the new model year, boosting its battery capacity from 44 kWh to fully 61 kWh – an impressive, 40% upgrade!

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