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July 13, 2026
Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi
A Tesla representative at a DC hearing said the vehicle is “an active product being built.” But its timeline isn’t clear.
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July 12, 2026
Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: Slow Their Adoption
In at least two places, Uber has pushed a policy that could give it an advantage over developers of self-driving cars. The company says it’s fighting monopolies.
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July 9, 2026
Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.
State agency's delay could mean free robotaxi rides in company’s new Ojai vehicle for a few months.
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July 9, 2026
Self-Driving Cars Are Interfering With First Responders. Feds Aren’t Happy
NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morris called reports that self-driving cars had driven into emergency scenes and blocked ambulances and firefighters “unacceptable.”
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July 8, 2026
Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk
A key delay from a state agency means robotaxi rides in the company’s new Ojai vehicle might be free for a few more months.
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July 3, 2026
When the Law Kills Your Electric Car Dealership
Dealers who invested in Polestar won’t be able to sell in the US next year after the federal government denied an authorization that would have allowed the company to avoid a Chinese tech ban.
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July 2, 2026
How Trump Helped China Make America’s Cheapest EV
Slate is the latest automaker to transition to lower-cost batteries perfected in China, driven in part by the repeal of EV tax credits that required materials to be sourced domestically.
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June 25, 2026
A Fatal Tesla Crash in Texas Sets Up a Legal Showdown
Did Full Self-Driving (Supervised), Tesla’s driver assistance feature, play a role in a woman’s death?
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June 19, 2026
An Open Strait of Hormuz Won’t Fix Gas Prices Overnight
Even if peace holds up between the US and Iran, oil prices aren’t going back down to where they were any time soon.
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June 11, 2026
Welcome to the Waymo World Cup
It might not feel all that different from older World Cups—for better or worse.
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June 9, 2026
GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood
The automaker today is turning on vehicle-to-grid charging for its GM Energy customers. Will people actually use it?
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May 28, 2026
Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi
The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona today.
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May 27, 2026
Waymo Takes Its Self-Driving Cars to Virginia
The company is mapping Alexandria and, soon, Arlington—right across from the power center of Washington, DC.
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May 21, 2026
NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs
After the Trump administration turned away from electrification, two of the nation’s biggest governments will advocate for more electric vans, police cars, and eventually, snowplows.
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May 16, 2026
After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.
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May 15, 2026
Tesla Reveals New Details About Robotaxi Crashes—and the Humans Involved
Remote operators (slowly) drove the automaker’s autonomous vehicles into a metal fence and a construction barricade, Tesla says.
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May 11, 2026
Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza
A new collaboration with Alphabet’s Wing will only deliver sandwiches. It demonstrates the tricky parts of taking to the sky.
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May 10, 2026
Do City Delivery Drones Make Sense? No One Knows, but They're Flying Over NYC
One of the country’s busiest airspaces has a new kind of flying machine—maybe temporarily.
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May 4, 2026
What the Spirit Airlines Implosion Means for Your Vacation
The news isn’t good.
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May 1, 2026
Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars
As adult riders report new age-verification checks, the self-driving car company says it’s continuing to “refine” its system in places where kids aren’t allowed to ride alone.
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April 29, 2026
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.
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April 24, 2026
Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Finding Cheap(er) Tickets
It's an expensive time to fly. These tips can help lighten the load on your wallet.
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