Driverless Waymo struck a child near school in California
A Waymo struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during morning drop-off last week, as self-driving cars by Waymo, , and others continue their expansion across the country. In a blog post...
Joby plunges after announcing plans to raise $1 billion in convertible bonds and stock
Shares of air taxi maker are down more than 14% in premarket trading after the company announced a $1 billion capital raise after the bell Wednesday. Joby, which in December said it would invest in e...
Tesla to stop making Model S and Model X next quarter to pivot to Optimus production
is not bringing S3XY back. On the company’s earnings call Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would be discontinuing production of its Model S and Model X vehicles next quarter. (For the uninitiated, ...
Tesla’s Robotaxi is way cheaper than Uber, Lyft, or Waymo — but you’ll have to wait a lot longer for one
The average price of a Robotaxi ride in the San Francisco Bay Area late last year was $8.17 — about half the cost of comparable routes with , , or driverless Waymo, according to new data from ride-s...
Wedbush’s Dan Ives predicts Tesla FSD penetration will rise from 12% to above 50%, but doesn’t say how
Ahead of earnings Wednesday, a new note on from Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives argues the company is on the cusp of a Robotaxi-driven transformation, with Full Self-Driving penetration rising ab...
PlusAI CEO David Liu, on the precipice of going public, talks autonomous trucking
PlusAI CEO David Liu sees the trucking industry getting taken over by automation similar to how factories have over the past century. And he sees it saving companies big money. “Think of modern-day fa...
Elon Musk says Tesla Robotaxis are operating without drivers, sending stock higher
CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla’s Robotaxis are now operating in Austin without a safety monitor. Tesla has been testing driverless cars in the area for about a month , and Musk had previously said the ...
Tesla jumps as Musk says he expects Optimus sales next year, European and Chinese FSD approval next month
CEO Elon Musk now says he thinks the company’s Optimus robots will be for sale to the public “by the end of next year.” According to Musk, “That’s when we are confident that there is very high reliabi...
Waymo is now offering autonomous rides in Miami
subsidiary Waymo announced Thursday that it’s officially open for autonomous ride-hailing in Miami, expanding the company’s coverage area to six US cities. The company will be “inviting new riders on ...
Morgan Stanley expects Tesla to have 1,000 Robotaxis by the end of 2026. Musk had predicted 1,500 by the end of 2025
Ahead of earnings report next week, Morgan Stanley has released a note estimating that the company will scale its Robotaxi fleet much more slowly than CEO Elon Musk has said. The firm thinks the auto...
Tesla stops selling self-driving technology as a one-off, pivoting to a subscription model amid slowing vehicle sales
“Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14,” CEO Elon Musk announced in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. “FSD will only be available as a monthly subscription thereafter.” The stock initially jumped...
Bulls pour into Joby and Archer options as Trump’s push for record defense budget boosts eVTOL names
Options traders appear bullish on electric aircraft makers like and on Thursday, with large volumes boosting the stocks following President Trump’s call for a record $1.5 trillion US military budget...
Morgan Stanley: Even with Nvidia’s autonomous tech, Tesla is still “years ahead” of other automakers
latest autonomous tech may help traditional automakers close the distance to manufacturing driverless cars, but not to , a research note from Morgan Stanley contends. Analyst Andrew Percoco argued tha...
Ford to bring eyes-off driving to its new EV platform by 2028
is wading into the autonomous race against rivals like and . On Wednesday evening, the Detroit automaker said it plans to introduce “Level 3” eyes-off systems to vehicles being built on its new produ...
What Google’s new Waymo van means for Telsa
At the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday, subsidiary Waymo announced the name of its latest self-driving vehicle, a Zeekr-made van called Ojai. It’s pronounced cutely as “oh-hi,” like the town in C...
Intel surges amid CES announcements, Mobileye news
surged to a new 52-week high in early trading, though it gave back a large chunk of the early gains by the afternoon. There were few headlines that could clearly explain the run-up of gains, which pea...
Uber jumps after unveiling Lucid robotaxi at CES
shares jumped more than 5% after the company unveiled a production-intent robotaxi developed in partnership with and Nuro at the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday. The autonomous vehicle runs on Nv...
Nvidia’s autonomous tech gives other automakers a chance to take on Tesla
is known for being an island. While most other carmakers and robotaxi services rely on an intricate web of hardware and software partnerships , Tesla does nearly everything in-house, from vehicle cons...
Tesla is testing more Cybercabs
self-imposed deadline to remove safety drivers from its Austin Robotaxi service has come and gone — and just like you on this first Monday of the new year, the safety drivers are at work. But the EV g...
Tesla trades higher after Musk has “lovely dinner” with President Trump
is up about 1.5% in premarket trading on Monday, as Elon Musk and President Trump start 2026 as they began 2025 — hanging out and being buddies, with Tesla’s CEO writing about his “lovely dinner” with...