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2026

January

• Tesla Driver-Assist System FSD Will Switch to Subscription-Only, Musk Says (Bloomberg)
• I tested Nvidia’s Tesla Full Self-Driving competitor — Tesla should be worried (The Verge)

2025

December

• Waymo and Other Driverless Taxis Move Into a New Era (Bloomberg)
• Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected (CNBC)
• Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
• Waymo in talks to raise funds at $100bn valuation (FT)
• Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid (TechCrunch)
• Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers (TechCrunch)
• The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course. (NYTimes)

November

• Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to three new cities (The Verge)

October

• Uber Eyes Fleet of 100,000 Nvidia-Based Robotaxis Beginning 2027 (Bloomberg)
• Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to London (The Verge)

September

• Jaguar Land Rover Gets Government Loan Guarantee to Support Supply Chain; Restarts Production (WSJ)
• Xbox is coming to cars thanks to an LG and Microsoft partnership (The Verge)

August

• GM Plans Renewed Driverless-Car Push After Cruise Debacle (Bloomberg)
• Lyft Partners With Baidu on Robotaxis in European Expansion (Bloomberg)

July

• Waymo, Avis Plan Dallas Robotaxi Launch in Multiyear Deal (Bloomberg)

June

• Waymo’s robotaxis are now available on the Uber app in Atlanta (The Verge)
• Tesla launches robotaxi service in Austin (FT)
• Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin ‘tentatively’ set to begin June 22 (CNBC)
• Waymo halts service in downtown Los Angeles amid ICE protests (LA Times)
• Amazon Prepares to Test Humanoid Robots for Delivering Packages (The Information)

May

• Driverless Semi Trucks Are Here, With Little Regulation and Big Promises (NYTimes)
• Autonomous cars with ‘social sensitivity’ cut threat to road users, study finds (FT)
• Next-gen CarPlay, branded CarPlay Ultra, starts rolling out today (9to5Mac)
• Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again (Wired)
• Aurora’s driverless trucks are making deliveries in Texas (The Verge)
• Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk (WSJ)

April

• Waymo, Toyota strike partnership to bring self-driving tech to personal vehicles (CNBC)
• Uber, Volkswagen pair up to launch robotaxi service in US with self-driving, electric microbuses (TechCrunch)
• Tesla Humanoid Robot Plan Hampered by China Rare Earth Curbs (Bloomberg)

March

• ‘No substitute’: Europe’s battle to break Elon Musk’s stranglehold on the skies (FT)
• Waymo plans robotaxi launch in Washington, DC in 2026 (The Verge)
• BYD Shares Jump to Record on Five-Minute EV Battery Charging (Bloomberg)
• Waymo is now available exclusively on Uber in Austin (The Verge)

February

• FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say (Washington Post)
• Chinese EV leader BYD to offer ‘God’s Eye’ self-driving system on all models (FT)

January

• Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego (The Verge)
• BMW’s new iDrive turns the whole windshield into a heads-up display (The Verge)
• US opens probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over remote driving feature (Reuters)

2024

December

• Waymo still doing better than humans at preventing injuries and property damage (The Verge)
• Waymo to begin testing in Tokyo, its first international destination (CNBC)
• The end of Cruise is the beginning of a risky new phase for autonomous vehicles (The Verge)
• GM to refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles (GM Investor Relations)
• GM Calls It Quits on Mary Barra’s $50 Billion Robotaxi Dream (Bloomberg)
• Waymo to expand to Miami, aims to launch robotaxi service there in 2026 (CNBC)

October

• What if carmaking went the way of consumer electronics? (The Economist)
• Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000 (TechCrunch)
• Tesla’s Cybercab Is Here (Wired)
• Tesla Robovan has something the Cybertruck definitely does not (T3)
• GM is working on an eyes-off, hands-off driving system (TechCrunch)
• Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns (Reuters)
• The Flying Car Is Finally Here. It’s Slightly Illegal. (New York Magazine)

September

• Toyota and VW fall further behind in the software race (FT)
• The Death of the Minivan (The Atlantic)
• Musk’s Neuralink gets FDA’s breakthrough device tag for ‘Blindsight’ implant (Reuters)
• London e-bike boom leads to clashes with councils (FT)
• Waymo’s Robot Taxis Are Almost Mainstream. Can They Now Turn a Profit? (NYTimes)

August

• GM’s ‘Google Built-In’ Is Glitchy, Requires A Subscription To Use Google Maps (Jalopnik)
• New Breed of EV Promises 700 Miles per Charge (Just Add Gas) (Bloomberg)
• Waymo says it has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May (CNBC)
• Waymo is developing a roomier robotaxi with less-expensive tech (CNBC)

June

• Waymo ditches the waitlist and opens up its robotaxis to everyone in San Francisco (The Verge)
• A Robotaxi Business Is A Dream For Elon Musk–But Already A Reality For Waymo (Forbes)

May

• Amazon to Expand US Drone Service After Getting Regulator’s Nod (Bloomberg)
• VCs and the military are fueling self-driving startups that don’t need roads (TechCrunch)
• In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet
• Google’s Waymo Crosses 50,000 Paid Driverless Rides Per Week (The Information)
• Amazon’s Delivery Drones Won’t Fly in Arizona’s Summer Heat (Wired)
• Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team (Electrek)

April

• Tesla lowers price of ‘Full Self-Driving’ to $8,000, down from $12,000 (Electrek)
• Musk’s Starlink Cracks Down on Growing Black Market (WSJ)

March

• China’s Super-Cheap EVs Offer Hope for Average American Buyers (Bloomberg)
• Arm unveils first chip design to power self-driving cars (FT)
• Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies (NYTimes)
• Waymo can now charge for robotaxi rides in LA and on San Francisco freeways (TechCrunch)
• Apple’s Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla (Bloomberg)

February

• Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey (Bloomberg)
• A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (The Verge)

January

• DOJ and SEC investigate GM-owned self-driving car company Cruise (WashingtonPost)
• Apple Dials Back Car’s Self-Driving Features and Delays Launch to 2028 (Bloomberg)
• Exclusive: Uber steps up efforts to get drivers into Teslas (Axios)
• Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’ (The Verge)
• Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX (WSJ)

2023

December

• GM stops Chevy Blazer EV sales after early software problems (TechCrunch)
• Waymo has 7.1 million driverless miles — how does its driving compare to humans? (The Verge)
• Aston Martin, Porsche Preview Bespoke Apple CarPlay Interfaces (Car And Driver)
• Cruise slashes 24% of self-driving car workforce in sweeping layoffs (TechCrunch)

November

• G.M. to Cut Spending on Cruise Self-Driving Unit (NYTimes)
• Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns (TechCrunch)
• GM boss Mary Barra’s high-tech bet unraveling after Kyle Vogt departs as CEO of embattled Cruise robotaxi unit (Fortune)
• Hyundai to Be First Automaker to Sell New Cars on Amazon (WSJ)
• CRUISE KNEW ITS SELF-DRIVING CARS HAD PROBLEMS RECOGNIZING CHILDREN — AND KEPT THEM ON THE STREETS (The Intercept)
• The EV transition trips over its own cord (The Verge)

October

• Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’ (TechCrunch)
• California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit (TechCrunch)
• Amazon says it has 10,000 Rivian electric vans in its delivery fleet (Reuters)
• Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch (Gizmodo)

September

• We put our blind faith in Mercedes-Benz’s first-of-its-kind autonomous Drive Pilot feature (The Verge)

August

• GM is using Google’s AI chatbot to handle simple OnStar calls (The Verge)
• Robotaxis hit the accelerator in growing list of cities nationwide (Axios)
• China’s BYD to Pay $2.2B to Expand Business With Apple (The Information)
• Robotaxis are driving on thin ice (The Verge)
• San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It (The San Francisco Standard)
• Robotaxis score a huge victory in California with approval to operate 24/7 (The Verge)

July

• Alphabet’s Waymo Self-Driving Unit Slows Autonomous Trucking (Bloomberg)
• Volkswagen’s Self-Driving Cars Begin Testing In Texas (Jalopnik)

June

• Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas (TechCrunch)
• Eat Your Heart Out, Tesla. Mercedes-Benz May Have the Fastest EV Yet. (Barron’s)
• Mercedes first to sell vehicles in California with hands-free, eyes-off automated driving (TechCrunch)

May

• Uber teams up with Waymo to add robotaxis to its app (The Verge)
• Amazon’s 100 drone deliveries puts Prime Air far behind Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart partner Zipline (CNBC)

April

• Cruise continues to burn GM’s cash as robotaxis expand to daylight hours (The Verge)
• Paris votes overwhelmingly to ban shared e-scooters (TechCrunch)
• GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs (The Verge)
• The rest of the auto industry still loves CarPlay and Android Auto (The Verge)

March

• Embark Trucks lays off workers, explores liquidation of self-driving truck assets (TechCrunch)

February

• Amazon’s Self-Driving Car Shuttles People on Public Roads for the First Time (Bloomberg)
• Amazon’s No-Fly Zone: Drone Delivery Largely Grounded Despite Splashy Launch (The Information)

January

• Mercedes-Benz is the first to bring Level 3 automated driving to the US (The Verge)
• Two companies race to deploy robotaxis in San Francisco. The city wants them to hit the brakes. (NBCNews)
• Ram 1500 Revolution brings muscle car energy — and tons of gimmicks — to EV truck race (The Verge)

2022

December

• Magna to Buy Veoneer Vehicle Safety Unit for $1.5 Billion (Bloomberg)
• The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland (Axios)
• Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026 (Bloomberg)

November

• Uber Shares Jump as Strong Ridership Eases Inflation Worries (Bloomberg)

October

• Ford, VW-backed Argo AI is shutting down (TechCrunch)
• Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere (Bloomberg)
• The Next Big Battle Between Google and Apple Is for the Soul of Your Car (WSJ)
• Tesla is now building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without ultrasonic sensors (TechCrunch)

September

• How To Watch Tesla’s AI Day (Forbes)
• How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable (NYTimes)
• Google co-founder’s flying car startup is winding down (CNBC)
• Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers (WSJ)
• Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas (The Verge)
• Amazon is buying Cloostermans, a mechatronics specialist in Belgium, to ramp up its robotics operations (The Verge)

August

• T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year (The Verge)
• Elon Musk says Tesla will hike the price of FSD driver assistance software by 25% in September (CNBC)
• Uber Raises Prices by About 5% in London to Attract More Drivers (Bloomberg)
• The End of Manual Transmission (The Atlantic)
• The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard (IEEE Spectrum)
• Samson Switchblade flying car is finally ready for takeoff (New Atlas)
• Bolt Mobility has vanished, leaving e-bikes, unanswered calls behind in several US cities (TechCrunch)

July

• Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?
• Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From Labs to Mass Production (NYTimes)

June

• Fuel Purchases Directly Within Apple CarPlay to Be Available This Fall (MacRumors)
• STARLINK RV REVIEW: THE DAWN OF SPACE INTERNET TO GO (The Verge)
• Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready? (WSJ)
• Why You Might Buy Your Next Car Online (NYTimes)
• Apple Announces Multi-Display CarPlay With Integrated Speedometer, Climate Controls, and More (MacRumors)
• Cruise can finally charge for driverless robotaxi rides in San Francisco (TechCrunch)

May

• Uber and Lyft’s New Road: Fewer Drivers, Thrifty Riders and Jittery Investors (WSJ)
• Nothing could slow inDriver’s rise from Siberian startup to global Uber competitor. Then Russia invaded Ukraine (Rest Of World)
• The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere (MIT Technology Review)
• After a Decade of Declines, EV Battery Costs Are To Rise 14% This Year (The Information)
• The Trouble With Lithium (Bloomberg)
• Ukraine Is Using Quiet Electric Bikes to Haul Anti-Tank Weapons (Vice)
• The Decade of Cheap Rides Is Over
• Cars in driver-assist mode hit a third of cyclists, all oncoming cars in tests (The Register)
• Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional (TechCrunch)
• Uber CEO tells staff company will cut down on costs, treat hiring as a ‘privilege’ (CNBC)

April

• THE F-150 LIGHTNING IS FINALLY SHIPPING — IS FORD READY? (The Verge)
• Rivian CEO Warns of Looming Electric-Vehicle Battery Shortage (WSJ)
• Tesla record profit blows away estimates (CNN Business)
• Tesla reports $18.76 billion in revenue and record margins in Q1 (CNBC)
• Amazon Drone Crashes Hit Jeff Bezos’ Delivery Dreams (Bloomberg)
• Alphabet’s Wing will begin drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth on April 7th (Engadget)

March

• Look up: Your burrito is arriving by drone (Axios)
• FedEx will test autonomous cargo flights next year (Engadget)
• Uber Reaches Deal to List All New York City Taxis on Its App (WSJ)
• Kawasaki’s Rideable Robotic Goat Is the Electric Car for Wandering Cowpokes (Gizmodo)

February

• Waymo to keep robotaxi safety details secret, court rules (TechCrunch)
• Ford Mustang Mach-E usurps Tesla Model 3 as Consumer Reports top EV pick of the year (The Verge)
• Cruise, loaded with another $1.35B from SoftBank, opens up driverless ride-hailing to the public (TechCrunch)
• Tesla recall: ‘Full Self-Driving’ software runs stop signs (AP)

January

• Former SpaceX engineers bring autonomous, electric rail vehicle startup out of stealth (TechCrunch)
• Tesla delays Cybertruck to early 2023, says reportTesla delays Cybertruck to early 2023, says report (The Verge)
• Nuro’s newest autonomous delivery bot is designed for the masses (TechCrunch)
• CES 2022 was the best auto show in years

2021

December

• China berates US after ‘close encounters’ with Elon Musk satellites (The Guardian)
• Sidewalk Robots Find Foothold on College Campuses (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Starlink Expands but Q3 2021 Performance Flattens in Some Areas (SpeedTest.net)

November

• Apple Accelerates Work on Car Project, Aiming for Fully Autonomous Vehicle (Bloomberg)

October

• Tesla pulled its latest ‘Full Self Driving’ beta after testers complained about false crash warnings and other bugs (The Verge)
• Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas in deal reportedly worth $4.2 billion (The Verge)
• Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’ (KPIX CBS)
• Reliable Robotics lifts $100M to take autonomous cargo planes where none have gone before (TechCrunch)
• EV Sales At BYD, XPeng Soar In Sept., Underscoring Strong China Demand (Forbes)
• China’s booming electric car industry is much bigger than just Nio and Xpeng (CNBC)
• Tesla to Move Headquarters From California to Texas, Elon Musk Says (WSJ)
• Apple’s Plan for Cars: Using iPhone to Control A/C, Seats, Radio and More (Bloomberg)
• GM reveals Ultra Cruise ‘hands-free’ system that covers ‘95 percent’ of driving scenarios (The Verge)

September

• Tesla owners can now request ‘Full Self-Driving’, prompting criticism from regulators and safety advocates (Washington Post)
• Elon Musk’s Push to Expand Tesla’s Driver Assistance to Cities Rankles a Top Safety Authority (WSJ)
• The Lucid Air is the first electric car with a 520-mile EPA-rated range (The Verge)
• The Screen in Your Car Is Beckoning (Slate)
• Ford poaches top tech executive Doug Field who helped lead Apple’s top-secret car project (CNBC)
• US asks Tesla how Autopilot responds to emergency vehicles (AP)

August

• Waymo will stop selling its self-driving LiDAR sensors to other companies (TechCrunch)
• Wing approaches 100,000 drone deliveries two years after Logan, Australia launch (TechCrunch)
• Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots (The Verge)
• Elon Musk Unveils His Funniest Vaporware Yet (Gizmodo)
• Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough? (Nature)
• Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• US probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles (Associated Press)
• An Unsurprising But Sad Update for Tesla Cybertruck Fans: Production Has Been Pushed to 2022 (Gizmodo)
• Uber, Lyft Prices at Records Even as Drivers Return (WSJ)
• John Deere buys autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics (TechCrunch)
• The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream (Wired)

July

• Tesla finally made a profit without the help of emission credits (The Verge)
• Robotaxis: have Google and Amazon backed the wrong technology? (FT)
• Starlink will be open to everyone in August — not that you’ll want it (Input)
• SpaceX’s Starlink may bring faster Wi-Fi to commercial planes (Input)

June

• T-Mobile is offering iPhone owners no-hassle network ‘test drives’ (The Verge)
• Alphabet’s Wing launches OpenSky drone airspace authorization app in US (TechCrunch)
• Apple Explores Bigger iPads and Reshuffles Its Car Team (Bloomberg)
• Amazon Snaps Up Option to Buy Stake in AI Truck-Driving Startup (Bloomberg)
• Russia has flown prototypes of its six-seat hybrid VTOL Cyclocar (New Atlas)
• Gopuff to Buy Siemens-Backed RideOS in $100 Million-Plus Deal (Bloomberg)
• Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo announces $2.5 billion investment round (CNBC)
• GM ups spending on EVs and autonomous vehicles by 30% to $35 billion by 2025 on higher profits (CNBC)
• Tesla begins deliveries of its new Model S Plaid (CNBC)
• Apple Hires Former BMW Executive for Its Rebooted Car Project (Bloomberg)
• EXCLUSIVE Apple in talks with CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car (Reuters)
• Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight with auction winner (TechCrunch)
• Prepare to Pay More for Uber and Lyft Rides (NYTimes)

May

• Tesla is already shipping cars without radar sensors (The Verge)
• Ford’s Electric F-150 Pickup Aims to Be the Model T of E.V.s (NYTimes)
• Ford unveils the F-150 Lightning, its all-electric pickup truck that will start under $40,000 (TechCrunch)
• STARLINK REVIEW: BROADBAND DREAMS FALL TO EARTH (The Verge)
• Tesla stops taking Bitcoin for vehicle purchases, citing environmental harm (The Verge)
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX inks satellite connectivity deal with Google Cloud (The Verge)
• Tesla privately admits Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’ (The Verge)
• SpaceX successfully lands its massive Starship for the first time (New Atlas)
• Ford backed Argo sees new sensor as key for self driving cars (Bloomberg)

April

• Lyft sells self-driving unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet for $550M (TechCrunch)
• Did a Human or a Computer Crash This Tesla? (Intelligencer)
• A Little-Known Upstart Might Just Beat Google to Autonomous Driving (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• THE 2022 MERCEDES-BENZ EQS IS A DECLARATION OF MAXIMUM ELECTRIC LUXURY (The Verge)
• Uber and Lyft ‘throwing money’ at US drivers to ease shortage (FT)

March

• Volvo and Aurora team up on fully autonomous trucks for North America (The Verge)
• Lime says it will spend $50 million on a huge e-bike expansion (The Verge)

February

• Cadillac Super Cruise Review: Better Than Tesla’s Autopilot (MotorTrend)
• Apple Car Talks Aren’t Happening, Say Automakers Hyundai, Kia (Bloomberg)
• Ford says ‘millions’ of its vehicles will run on Google’s Android starting in 2023 (The Verge)
• Apple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car (CNBC)
• Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion (Bloomberg)
• Kuo: ‘Apple Car’ to use Hyundai’s E-GMP platform, GM and PSA partnerships possible (Apple Insider)

January

• Hyundai wrestles with the risks of embracing Apple (Reuters)
• Tesla disappoints Wall Street despite strong profits (CNN Business)
• Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo, Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski (Engadget)
• Microsoft invests in Cruise in new $2 billion round (TechCrunch)
• Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced (The Guardian)
• BMW’s Digital Key Plus will let iPhones unlock the iX from a pocket or bag (The Verge)
• Exclusive: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020 (The Verge)
• Aptiv unveils new self-driving platform with wireless upgrades (Reuters)
• GM unveils electric delivery van with 250 miles of range as part of new spinoff business (The Verge)
• Hyundai Motor says it’s in early talks with Apple to develop a car, sends shares soaring 19% (CNBC)
• Mercedes-Benz unveils its absolutely massive 56-inch ‘Hyperscreen’ display (The Verge)

2020

December

• Kuo: Apple Car Still in Early Stages, Unlikely to Launch Until 2025-2027 at Earliest (MacRumors)
• Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes ‘next level’ battery technology - sources (Reuters)
• Ouster, maker of self-driving tech, agrees $1.9 billion deal to go public (Reuters)
• Sketchy Report Says Apple Car is Years Ahead of Schedule, Will Debut Next Year (MacRumors)
• Ford’s New Mustang Mach-E Owes a Lot to Tesla (Debugger)
• Amazon’s Zoox Unveils Robotaxi for Future Ride-Hailing Service (Bloomberg)
• Jony Ive is reportedly in the running to take the driver’s seat at Ferrari (Cult of Mac)
• Hyundai Motors Reportedly Bought Boston Dynamics For Almost $1 Billion (Gizmodo)
• Apple Shifts Leadership of Self-Driving Car Unit to AI Chief (Bloomberg)
• Uber sells its self-driving unit to Aurora (CNBC)

November

• SPACEX MARS CITY: WERNER HERZOG ISSUES A STARK WARNING TO ELON MUSK (Inverse)
• Robotaxi companies get the green light to charge for rides in California (TechCrunch)
• VIRGIN HYPERLOOP HITS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE: THE FIRST HUMAN PASSENGER TEST (The Verge)
• Walmart and Cruise launch pilot to deliver orders via self-driving cars (Venture Beat)

October

• Tesla is putting ‘self-driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism the tech is not ready (Washington Post)
• The British Company That’s Bringing Augmented Reality to Your Windshield (Bloomberg)
• Car design is about to change forever. This video encapsulates how (Fast Company)
• Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics (Reuters)
• Waymo Begins Fully Driverless Rides for All Arizona Customers (Bloomberg)
• Tesla delivered 139,300 vehicles in the third quarter, smashing its previous record (The Verge)

September

• Tesla CEO Elon Musk says company can build a $25,000 self-driving car within three years (CNBC)
• Elon Musk promises $25,000 Tesla and says Model S ‘Plaid’ is coming soon (CNN)
• Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Resigns as Executive Chairman Amid Fraud Allegations (WSJ)
• Nikola’s chairman steps down, stock crashes following allegations of fraud (TechCrunch)
• Driver Charged in Uber’s Fatal 2018 Autonomous Car Crash (NYTimes)
• Robot Boats Leave Autonomous Cars in Their Wake (WSJ)

August

• Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet (CNBC)
• Amazon and FedEx Push to Put Delivery Robots on Your Sidewalk (Wired)
• Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Luminar to Go Public in $3.4 Billion Merger (Bloomberg)
• Uber and Lyft Get Reprieve After Threatening to Shut Down (NYTimes)
• Lyft will suspend its ride-hailing service in California (The Verge)
• Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California (NYTimes)
• Tesla is involved in the development of a smartwatch, but why? (Electrek)

July

• Mobility device for the blind works like a handheld robotic guide dog (New Atlas)
• Tesla reports fourth straight quarter of profits (CNBC)
• Waymo and Fiat Chrysler’s next big project is to develop self-driving Ram vans (TechCrunch)
• Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure (FT)
• Autonomous drone startup Skydio rises $100 million and launches the X2 commercial drone (TechCrunch)
• Musk Says Tesla Is ‘Very Close’ to Developing Fully Autonomous Vehicles (Bloomberg)
• Networks of self-driving trucks are becoming a reality in the US (recode)

June

• Amazon to buy self-driving technology company Zoox (CNBC)
• Uber to Sell Software, Starting With Four-Van Transit Service (Bloomberg)
• Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels (Reuters)
• Get around safely with these new Google Maps features (The Keyword)
• Study: Autonomous vehicles won’t make roads completely safe (Associated Press)
• Kitty Hawk ends Flyer program, shifts focus to once-secret autonomous aircraft (TechCrunch)

May

• Who Will Own the Cars That Drive Themselves? (NYTimes)
• Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will transport medicine to CVS customers in Texas (The Verge)
• Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy Self-Driving-Car Tech Company Zoox (WSJ)
• The State of the Self-Driving Car Race 2020 (Bloomberg)
• Autonomous aviation startup Xwing raises $10M to scale its software for pilotless flights (TechCrunch)
• Uber shares shoot up after CEO says ride volume is increasing again after April bottom (CNBC)
• Lyft shares jump 15% as company reports more riders than last year despite coronavirus (CNBC)
• How Lyft intends to navigate and survive Covid-19 (TechCrunch)
• Uber in Talks to Lead $170 Million Lime Investment at Lower Valuation (The Information)
• Confirmed: Intel is buying urban mobility platform Moovit in a $900M deal (TechCrunch)
• Exclusive: Uber will soon require drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US (CNN Business)
• Intel set to buy Israeli co Moovit for $1b (Globes)
• The challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic (VentureBeat)

April

• Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more (CNBC)
• Tesla posts profit despite hit from coronavirus (CNN Business)
• Uber Discusses Plan to Lay Off About 20% of Employees (The Information)
• Ford postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022 (TechCrunch)
• Tesla says cars can automatically stop for traffic lights (Associated Press)
• Tesla soars on delivery numbers – company delivered 88,400 vehicles in Q1 (CNBC)

March

• Lyft Tells Drivers to Work for Amazon After Ridership Plummets (Bloomberg)
• Bird lays off about 30% of workforce amid COVID-19 pandemic (TechCrunch)
• DJI Won the Drone Wars, and Now It’s Paying the Price (BusinessWeek)
• We visited a small Virginia town where drone deliveries have begun for real (Input Magazine)
• Lime’s Valuation May Fall 80% in Emergency Fundraising (The Information)
• The End of Starsky Robotics (Medium)
• Uber, Lyft suspend pooled rides in U.S., Canada to limit spread of coronavirus (Reuters)
• Uber may suspend accounts of riders, drivers who test positive for coronavirus (Reuters)
• Uber to offer drivers 14 days sick leave if they fall ill with coronavirus (CNN)
• Ex-Uber self-driving head declares bankruptcy after $179 million loss to Google (Reuters)
• Waymo raises $2.25 billion to scale up autonomous vehicles operations (VentureBeat)

February

• Citroën’s new EV is a tiny two-seater that only costs $22 a month (Engadget)
• Inside Waymo’s Hiring Binge (The Information)
• Aircraft, Big and Small, Are Changing Our Relationship With Flight (NYTimes)
• US Army testing all terrain electric scooter for tactical use (Electrek)
• Uber’s latest test books rides with a phone call, not the app (Engadget)
• New ‘CarKey’ feature in iOS 13.4 beta brings built-in support for unlocking, driving, and sharing NFC car keys (9to5Mac)
• U.S. allows SoftBank-backed Nuro to deploy driverless delivery vehicles (Reuters)

January

• Tesla’s record 2019 has bought it some breathing room (The Verge)
• We’re about to enter a world where Tesla is the cheaper electric car (Quartz)
• The Tesla Skeptics Who Bet Against Elon Musk (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT CRUISE’S FIRST DRIVERLESS CAR WITHOUT A STEERING WHEEL OR PEDALS (The Verge)
• E-scooter startup Lime shuts in 12 markets, lays off around 100 (Axios)
• Getaround to Lay Off About One-Fourth of Staff (The Information)
• Sony surprises with an electric concept car called the Vision-S (The Verge)
• Mercedes-Benz unveils an Avatar-themed concept car with scales (The Verge)

2019

December

• Rivian adds $1.3 billion in funding for its electric utility and adventure vehicles (TechCrunch)
• Self-Driving Mercedes Will Be Programmed To Sacrifice Pedestrians To Save The Driver (Fast Company)
• Argo takes different road to skirt self-driving challenges (Reuters)
• Lyft launches a car rental service with no mileage limit (The Verge)

November

• Elon Musk explains why Tesla’s Cybertruck windows smashed during presentation (The Verge)
• Tesla’s polarizing Cybertruck was preordered 200,000 times within 3 days (USA Today)
• Behold, the Tesla Cybertruck is here (TechCrunch)
• Tesla accidentally busted two windows on the Cybertruck while demonstrating how tough they are (TechCrunch)
• Wall Street analysts say Tesla’s pickup is ‘really weird’ and Ford can ‘breathe a sigh of relief’ (CNBC)
• Tesla all-electric ATV makes a surprise debut at Cybertruck event (TechCrunch)
• Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected (MIT Technology Review)
• FORD’S MUSTANG MACH-E IS AN ELECTRIC SUV WITH UP TO 300 MILES OF RANGE (The Verge)
• UP CLOSE WITH FORD’S ELECTRIC MUSTANG SUV, THE MACH-E (The Verge)
• Uber faces costly choices after expert finds it uses Waymo self-driving tech (Reuters)
• Ghost raises $63.7 million to develop an aftermarket kit that gives cars self-driving capabilities (VentureBeat)
• Wrench’s on-demand vehicle repair and maintenance service picks up $20 million (TechCrunch)
• Self-Driving Uber in Crash Wasn’t Designed to See Jaywalkers (Bloomberg)
• Ford built an electric Mustand with a manual transmission. And we’re mad. (TechCrunch)

October

• Tesla Shares Soar as Elon Musk Packs Profit Report With Positives (Bloomberg)
• UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone Airline (Wired)
• People Using Tesla’s New Smart Summon Feature Are Already Running Into Trouble And It’s Hard To Be Shocked (Jalopnik)

September

• Tesla starts rolling out biggest software update ever with Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and more (The Verge)
• Built Robotics raises $33M for its self-driving construction equipment (TechCrunch)
• Daimler brings driverless truck tests to public roads in Virginia (Venture Beat)

August

• Google Maps will now let users combine transit directions with biking and ride-sharing (The Verge)
• Amazon Wants to Put Alexa in Cars. Google and Apple Are There Already (Bloomberg)
• SpaceX’s First Astronauts Train Up for Space, but Crew Dragon Faces Delays (Inverse.com)
• UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks (The Verge)
• Navy Reverting DDGs Back to Physical Throttles, After Fleet Rejects Touchscreen Controls (USNI News)
• Amazon’s Scout robots roll out in Southern California (Venture Beat)
• NOW ON USED CAR LOTS: GREAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CHEAP (Wired)
• Bird’s new electric scooter has a better battery and anti-vandalism sensors (The Verge)
• Solar-sailing satellite proves it can use light to propel through space (The Verge)

July

• Telsa reports larger-than-expected losses of $408 million in second quarter (TechCrunch)
• GM’s Cruise delays driverless taxi service, plans to build country’s largest EV fast charger station (Venture Beat)

May

• AS COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT TAKES OFF, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY GETS PROTECTIVE OF AIRSPACE (The Verge)

April

• Beyond Prime: Inside the Race to Deliver Shipments to the Moon (OneZero)
• Robo-Rigs: The Scientist, The Unicorn And The $700 Billion Race To Create Self-Driving Semi-Trucks (Forbes)
• Falcon Heavy making only second flight, but it’s already changing the game (Ars Technica)
• Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation (GeekWire)
• Electric car battery with 600 miles of range? This startup claims to have done it (The Verge)
• Wayve claims ‘world first’ in driving a car autonomously with only its AI and a SatNav (TechCrunch)

March

• Lyft pops 20% in trading debut (CNBC)
• Uber announces $3.1 billion deal to buy Middle East rival Careem (CNBC)
• Grab vs. Go-Jek: Inside Asia’s Battle of the ‘Super Apps’ (Fortune)
• Ride-hail service Juno is seeking a buyer (Quartz)
• Landlords to Tesla: You’re Still on the Hook for Your Store Leases (WSJ)
• How Bird plans to blanket the world with electric scooters without going bankrupt (The Verge)
• Uber found not criminally liable in last year’s self-driving car death (QZ)
• Waymo Starts Selling Sensors to Lower Cost of Self-Driving Cars (Bloomberg)
• The $35,000 Tesla Model 3 has arrived—but it comes with a price (TechCrunch)
• The Car That Killed Glamour (The Atlantic)

February

• Apple self-driving car layoffs hit 190 employees in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale (San Francisco Chronicle)
• FedEx unveils autonomous delivery robot (The Verge)
• Elroy Air raises $9.2 million for delivery drones that can carry up to 500 pounds (VentureBeat)
• Google’s Waymo risks repeating Silicon Valley’s most famous blunder (Ars Technica)
• Driverless delivery startup Nuro gets $940 million SoftBank investment (Reuters)
• Car subscription service Cluno scores $28M in Series B funding (TechCrunch)
• Another self-driving car startup is starting small, and that’s a good thing (The Verge)
• As I.P.O. Approaches, Lyft’s Chief Is Nudged Into the Spotlight (NYTimes)

January

• Boeing’s ‘flying car’ lifts off in race to revolutionize urban transport (VentureBeat)
• Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group (CNBC)
• Waymo says it will build self-driving cars in Michigan (Reuters)
• Uber is exploring autonomous bikes and scooters (TechCrunch)
• Segway unveils a more durable electric scooter and autonomous delivery bot (TechCrunch)
• Tesla slashes EV prices by $2,000 to offset reduced tax credits (Engadget)

2018

December

• Tesla Taps Ellison, HR Expert to Prove Musk Is Reined In (Bloomberg)
• Tesla’s Supercharger network will cover all of Europe in 2019 (Engadget)
• Uber’s self-driving cars return to public roads after fatal crash (CNET)
• ELON MUSK UNVEILS THE BORING COMPANY’S CAR-FLINGING TUNNEL (Wired)
• Elon Musk unveils his company’s first tunnel in Hawthorne, and it’s not a smooth ride (LA Times)
• Audi pulls the curtain back on its self-driving car program (The Verge)
• EV News Daily (Podcast)
• POSTMATES’ QUEST TO BUILD THE DELIVERY ROBOT OF THE FUTURE (Wired)
• Investor Frenzy for Scooter Startups Cools (WSJ)
• Almost Every Electric Scooter in the World Comes From This Chinese Company (Bloomberg)
• Firefly Nets $21.5 Million Seed Round To Boost Ride-Hail Driver Revenues With On-Car Ads (Crunchbase News)
• RIDING IN WAYMO ONE, THE GOOGLE SPINOFF’S FIRST SELF-DRIVING TAXI SERVICE (The Verge)
• Uber Exploring Deal to Buy Bird or Lime (The Information)
• The first self-driving car you use will most likely carry your groceries, not you (Vox)

November

• Waymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving ride-share fleet (CNBC)
• Self-driving trucks in US offer window into where machines may replace humans (Christian Science Monitor)
• When Elon Musk Tunnels Under Your Home (The Atlantic)
• Uber continues to lose money as it scales scooters, bikes and other newer businesses (TechCrunch)
• Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to test autonomous grocery delivery (TechCrunch)
• Uber launches rider loyalty Rewards like credits & upgrades 9 cities (TechCrunch)
• Waymo to Start First Driverless Car Service Next Month (Bloomberg)
• Ford buys electric scooter startup Spin (TechCrunch)
• The Man Behind the Scooter Revolution (CityLab)
• A Fork in the Road for Avis (Fortune)

October

• Waymo’s excruciatingly gradual launch process, explained (Ars Technica)
• Tesla sets deadline on new orders to get delivery and full tax credit by end of the year (Electrek)
• Who Needs German Engineering? Tesla Outsells Mercedes-Benz For The First Time—And Has a Plan to Pass BMW Too (Fortune)
• Where the next 10 million miles will take us (Waymo)
• GM and Honda will team up to build an autonomous car (Quartz)
• Tesla delivered over 55,000 Model 3s in Q3 (Road Show)

September

• How Uber is getting flying cars off the ground (CNET)
• Google Maps for CarPlay in iOS 12 is now available (9to5Mac)
• Driverless Hype Collides With Merciless Reality (WSJ)
• GM’s Plan to Test Autonomous Cars in New York City Seems to Have Gone up in Smoke (Jalopnik)
• Tesla Erupts in Chaos After Senior Execs Leave, Musk Tokes Up (Bloomberg)
• Lyft rolls out its first electric scooters in Denver (The Verge)

August

• Scooters will return to San Francisco, but Bird and Lime aren’t invited (The Verge)
• Uber Is Building Its Own Scooter to Compete in Frenzy (Bloomberg)
• Toyota Investing $500 Million in Uber in Driverless-Car Pact (WSJ)
• AutoX is using its self-driving vehicles to deliver groceries (TechCrunch)
• Uber plans shift from cars to bikes for shorter trips (FT)
• Late to the Driverless Revolution (WSJ)
• To Get Ready for Robot Driving, Some Want to Reprogram Pedestrians (Bloomberg)
• Amazon launches Auto SDK to bring Alexa to more cars (VentureBeat)
• RideOS raises $25M to become the traffic control center for self-driving cars (TechCrunch)

July

• Uber’s self-driving trucks division is dead, long live Uber self-driving cars (TechCrunch)
• The self-driving cars hitting the road in Texas today are unlike any we’ve seen before (The Verge)
• General Motors wants its customers to rent their cars to other people (The Verge)
• First Test Drive of the Tesla Model 3 Performance: A Thrilling, Modern Marvel (WSJ)
• $800 Million Says a Self-Driving Car Looks Like This (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Wave Uber’s new Spotlight or send canned chats to find your driver (TechCrunch)
• Uber begins monitoring U.S. driver background checks continuously (Axios)
• Hell for Elon Musk Is a Midsize Sedan (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• GEORGE HOTZ IS ON A HACKER CRUSADE AGAINST THE ‘SCAM’ OF SELF-DRIVING CARS (The Verge)
• Federal researchers are using data from Waze and Maryland to try to predict road dangers (Washington Post)
• SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE HEADED TOWARD AN AI ROADBLOCK (The Verge)
• Alphabet adds to transport bets with scooter deal (FT)

June

• Bird CEO Explains Why His Scooter Startup Needed $300 Million (Bloomberg)

May

• Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he’s trying to convince Alphabet to put Waymo self-driving cars on the company’s network (Recode)
• Uber adds a panic button in its app (The Verge)
• Tesla settles on auto-pilot (Reuters)
• Apple, Spurned by Others, Signs Deal With Volkswagen for Driverless Cars (NYTimes)
• Google Buys 20,000 SUVs, Apple Gets Two Dozen VW Vans (Bloomberg)
• Lyft Explores Launching Scooter Service in San Francisco (The Information)
• Electric Scooter Charger Culture Is Out of Control (The Atlantic)
• The Autonomous-Car Company That’s Selling Safety First (Bloomberg)
• Uber shows its flying car prototype, which looks like a giant drone (CNBC)
• Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race? (Bloomberg)

April

• Phone use while driving is still a huge problem, but this is helping (SlashGear)