Google’s Waymo is rolling into Washington, DC, in clever push to get legal robotaxis on the fed’s radar
Waymo is bringing its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Washington, DC. Waymo has been moving its vehicles into the nation’s capital since January and plans to add even more in the coming weeks...
GM picks Nvidia as partner to build self-driving car fleet
Speaking today at the GTC event, CEO Jensen Huang announced that has selected Nvidia as its partner to build its self-driving car fleet. Huang said Nvidia will help with AI in manufacturing, enterpr...
YouTuber runs a Tesla through a fake wall to poke a hole in its camera-only, no-lidar strategy
In the classic “Looney Tunes” cartoons, the Road Runner is constantly evading capture by the tireless Wile E. Coyote, who sets elaborate (and fruitless) traps to snare the clever bird. One of the most...
Report: Tesla’s new affordable car is just a stripped-down version of the existing Model Y
Last year Tesla scrapped its plans to make a low-cost, $25,000 regular electric vehicle. That affordable model instead became the Robotaxi, a yet-to-be-available autonomous vehicle without a steering ...
Cruise stocks take on water during big market sell-off
Cruise stocks have been some of the hardest hit in today’s sell-off, with shares of , , and all slipping more than 6% in recent trading. The sharp drop comes as tariff concerns and economic uncertain...
Uber and Waymo roll out driverless rides in Austin before Tesla
Starting today, if you hail an Uber in Austin, it might not have a driver. is now offering the public the ability to opt in for rides in Waymo’s driverless Jaguars in the city. The Waymo app will no ...
Nvidia’s auto division is taking off as Jensen Huang dreams of 1 billion robotic cars
revenue might be dominated by its AI-powered data center business, but that’s not the only division putting up massive growth numbers. Revenue for the company’s automotive and robotics segment more th...
As Nvidia-fueled surge continues, WeRide is now worth 1/16th of Uber
After jumping more than 80% on Friday, ADRs of pushed even higher on Tuesday, with investors continuing to hope that everything Nvidia touches turns to gold. The Chinese self-driving car company’s st...
Tesla’s “full self-driving” technology faces potential delay in China
Tesla could see a potential holdup in obtaining approval for its “full self-driving” technology in China — a potential blow to the company in its second-biggest market. According to sources reported b...
Nvidia discloses stake in WeRide, igniting trading frenzy
ADRs of Chinese self-driving firm were up nearly 100% — yes, doubled — in early trading on Friday after AI chip behemoth disclosed a roughly 1.7 million-share, $25 million stake in the company. (This...
Lyft shares hit the gas after Mobileye robotaxi rollout announcement
Lyft shares jumped as much as 4% after the ride-hailing company announced plans to roll out self-driving robotaxis in partnership with Mobileye. The partnership, initially unveiled in November, will k...
GM is laying off half of Cruise’s workforce as it bails on robotaxis
After nine years and $10 billion in investment, is scrapping Cruise, its robotaxi biz, for parts. The US’s largest automaker said it would lay off about half of Cruise’s workforce — likely more than ...
Waymo’s gain is Uber and Lyft’s pain
Share prices for the big ride-hailing companies have been slipping since Wednesday afternoon, after Waymo announced that it would introduce its autonomous vehicles to San Diego and Las Vegas. The anno...
Elon Musk wants you to focus on everything but Tesla’s struggling electric car business
Over the course of yesterday’s hour-long earnings call, Technoking Elon Musk spent a lot of time discussing Tesla’s other businesses. Optimus robots! Real-world AI! Autonomous ride hailing ! Semis! E...
Anduril building $1 billion factory to churn out autonomous weapons and vehicles
Autonomous-weapons systems startup Anduril announced plans to build a $1 billion “hyperscale” factory in Columbus, Ohio. Named “Arsenal-1,” the sprawling 5 million-square-foot, airport-adjacent factor...
Tesla’s Trump gamble might pay off even more for Google’s Waymo
Tesla Technoking Elon Musk’s big bet on President-elect Donald Trump to pave the way for US-wide autonomous-driving policies could pay off for Musk’s competitors, too. “As far as a national framework,...
John Deere wants self-driving tractors to help with America’s farmhand shortage
Oh, Deere The largest farming-equipment manufacturer in the world, John Deere, unveiled a new crop of autonomous tractors and trucks at CES 2025 earlier this week, as the heavy-machinery giant looks t...
Tesla’s terrible 2024 isn’t boding well for 2025
So much of Tesla’s swollen stock price is predicated on its potential future — fully self-driving cars, autonomous taxis, humanoid robots, AI, its CEO ingratiating himself so much with the future pres...
SoundHound slammed after Nvidia’s auto announcements
Voice-recognition company is getting well and truly clobbered in the wake of AI behemoth Nvidia’s announcements about new auto-industry endeavors in CEO Jensen Huang’s Monday speech. Most of what Hua...
Tesla’s pain seems to be Uber’s gain
Ride-hailing app is seeing its second straight day of strong gains, in early trading, with a catalyst apparently being the addition of the company to Goldman Sachs’ “conviction list” of stocks to own...