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April 9, 2026
Tesla is un-canceling its plan to build a smaller, cheaper EV: report
It looks like a smaller, cheaper Tesla is back on the menu. Today, Reuters is reporting that the electric automaker is calling around to suppliers about building an all-new - that is, not based on ...
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April 9, 2026
Waymo is offering to help cities fix their potholes
In recent months, some cities have sought a new recruit in their forever war against potholes: Waymo. Municipal officials in multiple cities where Waymo operates have reached out to the robotaxi op...
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April 7, 2026
Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory
Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip project in Austin, Texas, is gaining a crucial new partner: Intel. On Tuesday, the American chipmaker announced it was signing on to help design and build the sprawling ...
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April 6, 2026
Robotaxi companies won’t say how often remote operators intervene
Autonomous vehicle companies are refusing to disclose key details about their use of remote assistance teams, including how often these workers are forced to intervene to help their self-driving ca...
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April 5, 2026
Is the Slate Truck too minimal for its own good?
The first thing you notice about the Slate Truck is its size. It's small, surprisingly so. In a country where trucks often come with their own zip code, Slate's pickup is refreshingly puny, measuri...
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April 3, 2026
Mercedes adds steer-by-wire — and a dang steering yoke — to the EQS
Steer-by-wire, in which a car can be steered electronically rather than through a physical connection between the steering wheel and steering rack, is coming to Mercedes-Benz. The German automaker ...
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April 2, 2026
Despite EV headwinds, Rivian’s sales are up
It's rough out there for the pure EV companies, but despite all the challenges, Rivian says its on target for a historic year. Ahead of the launch of the company's more affordable R2 electric SUV, ...
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April 2, 2026
Tesla’s sales recover slightly, but the trend lines are all bad
Tesla's first quarter sales report is out, and depending on how you look at it, the numbers are good but also bad. The company's sales are up a modest 6 percent year over year, but that's probably ...
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April 2, 2026
Uber expands its $4,000 ‘Go Electric’ grant to drivers nationwide
Since last year, Uber has been offering drivers in a handful of locations - California, Colorado, Massachusetts and New York City - $4,000 to swap their gas guzzlers for electric vehicles. The comp...
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March 26, 2026
Uber aims to launch Europe’s first robotaxi service with Pony AI and Verne
Uber is joining forces with two companies, China's Pony AI and Croatia's Verne, to launch what it claims will be Europe's first commercially available robotaxi service. The vehicles are already bei...
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March 25, 2026
Sony and Honda ain’t feelin’ the Afeela anymore
Sony and Honda have lost that lovin' Afeela. The joint venture announced today that it would be discontinuing the $90,000 Afeela 1 electric sedan, as well as the unnamed Afeela SUV concept, as it a...
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March 24, 2026
Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car
Google announced a new version of its Android Automotive open-source operating system for software-defined vehicles. Whereas previously Android Automotive operated exclusively in the car's infotain...
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March 24, 2026
Zoox is bringing its robotaxis to Austin and Miami
Zoox is stretching out its legs. The Amazon-owned robotaxi today announced that it's gearing up to expand its service in San Francisco and Las Vegas, while also eyeing two additional cities - Austi...
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March 23, 2026
Donut Lab’s solid-state battery could barely hold a charge after getting damaged
Donut Lab is on a mission to prove to the world its solid-state battery is real, one independent test at a time. We've seen speed charging tests, extreme heat tests, and not-a-supercapacitor tests....
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March 21, 2026
Kodiak CEO says making trucks drive themselves is only half the battle
This year is shaping up to be a big one for self-driving trucks. In addition to Aurora's plan to deploy hundreds of autonomous big rigs and Waabi expanding into robotaxis, you've also got Kodiak AI...
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March 19, 2026
All the wrong EVs are getting canceled
These past few weeks have been particularly brutal for the EV industry - and anyone who believes that electric vehicles are the future. Thanks to slowing demand and policy whiplashes, automakers ar...
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March 19, 2026
Waymo hits 170 million miles while avoiding serious mayhem
Waymo says its autonomous vehicles have now traveled over 170 million miles while continuing to avoid serious crashes and injuries at a rate much better than human drivers. The company updated its ...
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March 19, 2026
Uber to invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of new robotaxi deal
Uber and Rivian are joining forces to deploy 50,000 fully autonomous robotaxis over the next several decades, the companies announced Thursday. As part of the deal, Uber will invest $1.25 billion i...
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March 18, 2026
The great EV pullback: all the obstacles, cancellations, and delays
The auto industry bet big on electric vehicles, but now those ambitious goals are falling apart. Demand was already slowing down when Donald Trump took office and took an ax to pro-EV policy: the e...
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March 17, 2026
Two more EVs for the trash heap: Volvo EX30 and Honda Prologue
The steady stream of news about automakers cancelling or discontinuing electric vehicles continues apace. This week it's Volvo's small, quirky EX30 and Honda's solo electric offering in the US, the...
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March 16, 2026
Nvidia says China’s BYD and Geely will use its robotaxi platform
Nvidia added two leading Chinese automakers, BYD and Geely, to its robotaxi program, as the chipmaker seeks to put its stamp on the growing autonomous vehicle market worldwide. At its GTC conferenc...
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March 13, 2026
The R2 is nearly here — can Rivian stick the landing?
On Thursday, Rivian revealed its most important vehicle to date: the R2, a midsize SUV that eventually will start at under $50,000. As a distinctive EV with an attractive sticker price, the R2 is d...
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March 12, 2026
Rivian R2 prices revealed: you’re going to have to wait longer for that $45,000 version
When Rivian first revealed the R2 in 2024, a lot of the excitement was centered on the starting price of $45,000 - placing it slightly below the current average selling price for a new internal com...
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March 12, 2026
Honda cancels Zero Series EVs, citing ‘extremely challenging’ situation
Farewell, Honda Zero. We never knew thee. Honda is cancelling its Zero Series SUV and Saloon, as well as the Acura RSX EVs, citing an "extremely challenging earnings situation." The Japanese automa...
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March 12, 2026
You can now ask Google Maps ‘complex, real-world questions’ — and Gemini will answer
Google is continuing to weave Gemini into the firmament of its most-used products. Today, it announced that Google Maps was getting a new AI-powered "Ask Maps" feature that allows for "complex, rea...
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March 11, 2026
Nvidia’s head of autonomous driving opens up about his plan to beat Waymo and Tesla
Every six months or so, Nvidia's head of automotive, Xinzhou Wu, invites CEO Jensen Huang to go for a ride in a vehicle equipped with the company's hands-free autonomous driving system. But only wh...
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March 10, 2026
Ford is giving its commercial fleet business an AI makeover
Ford announced a new AI-powered service for its commercial fleet and telematics software customers called Ford Pro AI. The generative AI system analyzes data generated by commercial vehicles - incl...
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March 9, 2026
Donut Lab says latest test proves its solid-state battery isn’t a supercapacitor
When Donut Lab first announced its solid-state battery earlier this year, there was some speculation around whether the Finnish startup had actually produced a supercapacitor, which is a much short...
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March 8, 2026
The uncomfortable truth about hybrid vehicles
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the EV struggle, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inbo...
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March 4, 2026
The world’s biggest automaker has one of the dirtiest supply chains: report
Tesla, Ford, and Volvo occupy the top three spots in a new ranking of 18 global automakers based on their efforts to eliminate carbon emissions, environmental harms, and human rights violations fro...
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