Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator’s 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others.
Polestar won’t be allowed to sell its electric vehicles model year 2027 and beyond in the US after the federal government denied the company’s request for authorization under a new rule banning vehicles with software from China. In a press release, the company says the decision to retreat from the US follows a recent decision […]
Volvo’s upscale electrified division pulls the proverbial plug on future U.S. sales because of its ties to China.
Slate Auto is a new startup that emerged out of a secretive project called “Re:Car” within Re:Build Manufacturing, a domestic manufacturing project backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The company’s first electric vehicle is a barebones electric pickup that’s roughly a third of the size of your typical gas-powered truck. And the proposal is pretty […]
The Department of Commerce declined to give the Chinese-owned automaker a special authorization to keep selling EVs in the U.S.
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles “designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
To celebrate its new status as No. 1 in JD Power’s initial quality ranking among mainstream automakers, Ford is opening up about the challenges it has faced in recent years, especially around its reliance on automated systems in production and design. It turns out that those automated systems were not as robust as previously assumed, […]
I like the idea of a solar-powered electric bike, but I don’t think anyone should buy the new Phosgo Go5 – not yet, anyway. This “world’s first AI solar e-bike” promises to “eliminate range anxiety,” and is sold by a new brand out of China hoping to make a big splash by selling direct-to-consumer through […]
China’s auto industry, despite softness in its home market, is pressuring legacy automakers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
While there was probably a moment when Slate’s leadership had to green-light the switch from one battery type to another, the momentum toward that decision had been building for years.