Ford’s 17-Truck Recall, Diesel Past $6, and What Else Moved
Our automotive news roundup for the last 24 hours: three more Ford recalls, a Daimler repair being done a third…
Autonomous Cars
Spain Just Issued Its First Robotaxi Permit — But There’s Still a Human Driving It
Spain’s traffic authority just handed WeRide, Uber, and a fleet-operations company called AVOMO the country’s...
A Sneeze Caused a Fatal Crash With an Amish Buggy in Wisconsin. The Real Question Is Whether Modern Safety Tech Would Have Even Seen It Coming
On a hill outside Tomah, Wisconsin, last Friday afternoon, an ordinary human reflex collided with...
Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs to Chase Robotaxis. Its Best Robotaxi Partner Is Already Leaving the App
Every layoff comes wrapped in the same corporate vocabulary: flattening, simplifying, refocusing. Uber’s September 2...
Grok In Tesla Robotaxis: The Fine Print Riders Are Missing
Everyone’s passing around the news that Grok is “coming” to Tesla’s Robotaxi service. It isn’t...
Cybercab Federal Audit Opens as Waymo Reaches 14 Cities
On September 1, Waymo opened public rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, pushing its...
Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs the Same Day It Put Driverless Mustangs on London’s Streets. That’s Not a Coincidence.
On September 2, Uber’s newsroom quietly published two stories within hours of each other. One...
Georgia Law Blocks Atlanta From Regulating Waymo Robotaxis, Drivers Discover
There’s a particular kind of irony in watching a gig-economy workforce organize against automation. Fifteen...
Stellantis Wants to Beam a Hologram Into Your Robotaxi’s Driver Seat. Here’s What It’s Not Telling You.
Somewhere in Stellantis’ latest patent filing sits an admission the company will never put in...
Waymo Told NHTSA How It Decides School-Zone Speeds. Then It Blacked Out the Answer.
A nine-year-old girl in Santa Monica is fine. She stood up, walked to the curb,...
Nevada Just Cleared Tesla for 5,000 Robotaxis in Vegas — More Than Tesla Has Ever Run Anywhere, Combined
Nevada’s transportation regulators just gave Tesla permission to run 5,000 driverless robotaxis around Las Vegas....
California Just Handed Waymo Its Biggest Robotaxi Expansion Yet — 18 Counties, No Driver
Waymo Just Got the Keys to Most of California — Here’s What the Paperwork Actually...
Why Waymo Is Stockpiling Hundreds of Chinese-Built Robotaxis in Arizona
Start with the caveat, because it matters: the number circulating this week — 953 Waymo...
Florida’s Flying-Car Test Track Is the Headline. The Robotaxis Already on I-95 Are the Real Story
Florida’s governor stood in front of a hangar in Auburndale this week and talked about...
Huawei Promised It Would Never Build A Car. It Didn’t Have To – It’s Already Running 25 Of Them
Huawei’s founder has put his signature on a promise, more than once, guaranteeing his company...