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 […]
The funding, Gatik’s largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.
Uber said no one will be able to access the video once the ride ends
Uber is updating its teen account feature to allow parents to use the selfie cameras on Uber drivers’ phones to check in on their teenage children during ridehail trips. Since first launching teen accounts in 2023, Uber has touted the myriad ways parents can keep tabs on their children, from PIN verification to live GPS […]
Driverless tech company Gatik AI Inc. has attracted $200 million in new funding from investors seeing the need for increased autonomous commercial deliveries.
Commercial EV distributor Range Zero announces three deals, including one with Hyundai’s fuel cell truck company to help boost adoption of electric commericial vehicles.
The current EV market is flush with variety. I’ve driven single-motor economy-minded machines, dual-motor EVs with all-wheel drive, tri-motor vehicles that dial up the performance stakes, and even wild quad-motor performance cars, like the Rimac Nevera. But this is the first time I’ve ever driven a five-motor EV, one with the agility and speed to […]
Airbound’s ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.
Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have opened the door to driverless robotaxis outside New York City after taxi drivers, unions, and state lawmakers opposed it. Six months later, commercial driverless service remains illegal in […]
In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to “deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb” to slow it down and avoid a “catastrophic intersection collision.”