A new arms race is under way in China’s electric vehicle industry, and it is not about batteries, range, or price. It is about who controls the silicon that makes cars drive themselves. In the past 12 months, four of China’s largest carmakers have unve…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said the company will ship supervised point-to-point self-driving on all of its second-generation vehicles and the R2 later this year, describing the capability as “very similar to Tesla’s FSD.” Speaking at the Masters of Scale e…
CATL chairman Robin Zeng says manufacturing challenges will keep solid-state batteries out of mass-market EVs until at least 2030, with early production limited to premium vehicles.
CarPlay is getting its most substantial update in years with iOS 27, and the best changes aren’t the flashy ones.
Skoda has revealed the Peaq, its first seven-seat all-electric SUV and the most expensive car in the Czech automaker’s 130-year history. Built on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform at Skoda’s home plant in Mladá Boleslav, the Peaq stretches nearly 4.9…
General Motors shut down Cruise, its $10 billion robotaxi division, in December 2024. Eighteen months later, the company’s chief product officer says GM’s autonomous vehicles will eventually be capable of operating as robotaxis anyway. Sterling Anderso…
A Tesla driver in Redmond, Washington, claims the car’s self-driving mode malfunctioned before it swerved into a residential garage door on Monday. The car smashed the door open and ended up lodged inside the garage. Police responded around 11 AM and a…
A fresh comment from SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has reignited speculation about a future Tesla-SpaceX tie-up. It may not be happening soon, but the idea suddenly feels a lot less far-fetched.
Chinese Tesla owners are reportedly using miniature doll heads, photos, and blinking screens to trick Autopilot’s driver-monitoring cameras into thinking they are paying attention.
Baidu’s robotaxis are heading to the Alps. AmiGo, a venture between the Chinese giant’s Apollo Go robotaxi unit and Swiss Post’s PostBus, has won a special permit from Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office for Level 4 autonomous driving, Baidu said. Level…