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February 23, 2026
Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result
Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a lot of questions, and plenty of skepticism, about its production-re...
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February 23, 2026
Uber launches robotaxi support project to aid AV partners
Uber is moving aggressively into robotaxis, striking deals with new partners and promising big investments to support future fleets - basically everything it can do except design and build the vehi...
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February 20, 2026
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
For decades, America's auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit's Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and '60s. Then, through a...
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February 19, 2026
New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) dropped her proposal to allow robotaxi companies to launch commercially in cities other than New York City, citing a lack of support among state legislators, Bloo...
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February 18, 2026
Polestar aims to shake off EV doldrums with 4 new models in 3 years
Polestar says it will release four new electric models over the next three years, including a new SUV and a revamped version of its Polestar 2 sedan. The Swedish automaker, which is owned by China'...
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February 18, 2026
Waymo denies using remote drivers after Senate testimony goes viral
Waymo defended its use of remote assistants for its robotaxis after the testimony of one of its top executives during a Senate hearing went viral. In a letter to Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) on Tuesday, W...
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February 18, 2026
Toyota’s C-HR electric hatchback starts at $38,135
Toyota is on an EV roll these days, introducing the newly all-electric, three-row Highlander SUV, and giving us a fuller picture of the bZ Woodland wagon. Now, the Japanese auto giant is completing...
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February 17, 2026
Ford is fighting against physics to build affordable EVs
To say that Ford has struggled to make profitable electric vehicles would be an understatement. The company recently pulled the plug on its F-150 Lightning, a truck once heralded as the most import...
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February 17, 2026
Toyota fills out its skimpy EV lineup with the bZ Woodland SUV
For years, Toyota was criticized for sitting on the sidelines while the EV revolution swept through the auto industry. Instead of riding the wave, the Japanese auto giant doubled down on hybrids, w...
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February 12, 2026
Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’
After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be...
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February 11, 2026
Aurora says it will ‘triple’ its driverless truck network
Aurora, the driverless truck firm founded by former members of Google's pioneering self-driving car team, is branching out. In advance of its quarterly earnings report today, the company announced ...
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February 11, 2026
Uber Eats adds AI assistant to help with grocery shopping
Uber announced a new AI feature called "Cart Assistant" for grocery shopping in its Uber Eats app. The new feature works a couple different ways. You can use text prompts, as you would with any oth...
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February 11, 2026
The Toyota Highlander is now a three-row electric SUV with 320 miles of range
Toyota unveiled the new 2027 Highlander, a fully redesigned midsize SUV that marks the brand's first three-row electric vehicle for the US market and the first Toyota EV assembled in America. It's ...
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February 10, 2026
Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ requirement for EV charging would dramatically curtail build-out
It seems clear at this point to say that Donald Trump does not want to spend a single dime on EV charging. He tried to freeze $5 billion in funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure ...
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February 9, 2026
Ferrari’s first EV will have an interior designed by Jony Ive
Ferrari released the first interior images of the company's first all-electric supercar, called the Ferrari Luce ("light" in Italian). This is the second time the Italian automaker has teased the L...
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February 8, 2026
Digital car keys are getting more sophisticated
Last month, over a dozen automobile and smartphone manufacturers gathered in Palo Alto, California, for the 16th annual "Plugfest," hosted by the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to test out the l...
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February 6, 2026
What happens when Waymo runs into a tornado? Or an elephant?
An autonomous vehicle drives down a lonely stretch of highway. Suddenly, a massive tornado appears in the distance. What does the driverless vehicle do next? This is just one of the scenarios that ...
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February 5, 2026
Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles
The mother of 20-year-old man who died after becoming trapped in his burning Tesla Model Y is suing the company over its electronic door handles. It's the latest wrongful death case centering on Te...
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February 4, 2026
Senators grill Waymo and Tesla over robotaxi safety, liability, and China
During a two-hour hearing in the US Senate Wednesday, top executives from Waymo and Tesla urged lawmakers to take action on long-stalled legislation to speed the deployment of self-driving cars on ...
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February 3, 2026
Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says
On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an announcement, was that in order for A...
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January 29, 2026
Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals
Waymo has finally broken through its SFO logjam. The company announced today that it will start offering robotaxi rides to a select group of passengers traveling to and from the San Francisco Inter...
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January 29, 2026
Waymo robotaxi hits a child near a school, causing minor injuries
A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California, on January 23rd, causing minor injuries and prompting the National Highway Traffic Safety administration to op...
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January 28, 2026
Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was ...
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January 28, 2026
Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon
In its earnings report, Tesla says that the third-generation version of its Optimus humanoid robot "meant for mass production" will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2026. This new version of Opt...
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January 28, 2026
Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of losses
Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Mean...
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January 28, 2026
A ‘rogue Waymo’ that crashed into a parked car was being manually driven.
The Zeekr van was seen on video driving up on an embankment in Echo Park before crashing into several parked cars. Waymo told CBS that its looking into the incident but stressed that the vehicle wa...
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January 28, 2026
Self-driving truck startup Waabi is teaming up with Uber on robotaxis
Waabi, the Toronto-based autonomous trucking startup, is expanding its portfolio to include robotaxis. And it's bringing Uber along for the ride. Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber'...
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January 27, 2026
Tesla’s robotaxis are cheaper than Waymo, but the wait times are longer
Tesla's robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they're not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong. But the automaker is s...
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January 25, 2026
The great e-bike crackdown has begun
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' ...
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January 23, 2026
Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions
Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers to its newly subscription-only Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. Accor...
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