Waymo’s new Ojai robotaxi is cheaper to build, harder to break, and made in China
Waymo’s new Ojai robotaxi is cheaper to build, harder to break, and made in China

Waymo has started offering rides to select passengers in its new Ojai robotaxi, the first vehicle purpose-built for autonomous ride-hailing rather than retrofitted from an existing car. The Ojai runs on Waymo’s sixth-generation Driver system and is bui…

Rivian will deliver the electric R2 starting June 9th, but you’ll to need snag an invite first

Rivian R2 order invitations go out starting June 9. Here’s how the invite system works, what determines your place in line, and what you can do right now to prepare.

Ferrari stock drops 7% after Luce EV reveal as investors question design and strategy
Ferrari stock drops 7% after Luce EV reveal as investors question design and strategy

Ferrari shares fell as much as 7 per cent in Milan trading on Monday, dropping to €290.55 and wiping roughly £3 billion from the company’s market cap. The sell-off came one day after the Italian carmaker unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric vehi…

Ferrari unveils the Luce, a five-seat electric car co-designed with Jony Ive
Ferrari unveils the Luce, a five-seat electric car co-designed with Jony Ive

The Maranello firm’s first all-electric model starts at €550,000, runs to more than 1,000 horsepower and arrives with deliveries in the fourth quarter. Ferrari pulled the covers off its first all-electric road car on Monday: the Luce, a four-door, five…

Stellantis wants to build Chinese EVs in Canada and Mexico. Just not in the US.
Stellantis wants to build Chinese EVs in Canada and Mexico. Just not in the US.

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said on Thursday that the company sees opportunity to produce and sell Chinese-branded vehicles in Mexico and potentially Canada. In the United States, the answer is different. “Now there is no space in the United States. …

Tesla finally launched FSD in China. Its rivals have been selling self-driving cars there for years.
Tesla finally launched FSD in China. Its rivals have been selling self-driving cars there for years.

Tesla announced on Thursday that its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) system is now available in China, listing the country among 10 markets where the technology can be accessed. The announcement on X was short on details and marks the first time Tesla h…

Xiaomi’s CEO admitted his SUV wasn’t cheap enough to beat Tesla. Then he launched one that is.
Xiaomi’s CEO admitted his SUV wasn’t cheap enough to beat Tesla. Then he launched one that is.

Most CEOs would not go on stage and admit their product was not competitively priced against a rival. Lei Jun did exactly that on Wednesday evening, and then launched a model that fixes it. At Xiaomi’s “Human x Car x Home” launch event on 21 May, the f…

China’s EV brands cross 15% in Europe, with Britain leading the charge
China’s EV brands cross 15% in Europe, with Britain leading the charge

BYD and Chery led a doubling of Chinese EV deliveries in April, even as Brussels keeps its tariff wall up and Stellantis quietly hands the keys to underused European plants. Chinese brands accounted for more than 15 per cent of Europe’s electric-vehicl…

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software just landed in its second European country, with more in the queue
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software just landed in its second European country, with more in the queue

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is no longer a single-country experiment in Europe. Lithuania became the second EU member state to approve FSD (Supervised) on Tuesday, just weeks after the Netherlands became the first. Greece and Belgium are expecte…

Europe’s EV sales are surging as the Iran war sends petrol prices through the roof
Europe’s EV sales are surging as the Iran war sends petrol prices through the roof

War has a way of rewriting consumer habits overnight. Since US and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran at the end of February, crude oil has soared past $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The result at Europe’s petrol pum…