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A Huge New Lab in Sweden Is Testing the 6G-Powered Future of Connected Cars and Drones

gizmodo.com Oscar Collins 2025-07-20 21:24:01

Tucked away in the Swedish countryside is a facility quietly reshaping the future of global mobility. Owned by the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), AstaZero has just unveiled the world’s most advanced connected vehicle proving ground—an ambitious leap into a 6G-powered future where every movement on the road could be coordinated, controlled, and optimized in real time. AstaZero is not an average vehicle test track. It is a full-scale, independent research environment built to test the auto

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Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 16:03:28

Table of Contents Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the autonomous arm of Google's parent Alphabet, expand into more cities. On Thursday, the company extended into more parts of Austin, Texas, so it now drives across 90 square miles of the city. There are more than 100 Waymo vehicles in the city, with plans for further expansion. Along with Austin, Waymo currently operate

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Uber makes multimillion-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-07-22 17:31:19

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own premium robotaxi service. Under the deal announced Thursday, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid and separately buy “at least” 20,000 of the EV maker’s new Gravity SUV over the next six years. Those EVs will be equipped with Nuro’s autonomous vehicle system, and the vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber or its third-party fleet partners. Uber p

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Uber to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-07-23 13:30:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Uber plans to make “multi-hundred-million dollar investments” in both Nuro and Lucid as part of a massive new robotaxi deal that was just announced. The three companies are linking up to deploy “20,000 or more” robotaxis in the US over the next six years. The vehicles will be Lucid’s new Gravity SUV, equipped with autonomo

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Uber makes multi-million-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-07-23 13:31:19

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own premium robotaxi service. Under the deal announced Thursday, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid and separately buy “at least” 20,000 of the EV maker’s new Gravity SUV over the next six years. Those EVs will be equipped with Nuro’s autonomous vehicle system, and the vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber or its third-party fleet partners. Uber p

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Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-07-25 13:51:59

To paraphrase Mean Girls, "stop trying to make hydrogen happen." For some years now, detractors of battery electric vehicles have held up hydrogen as a clean fuel panacea. That sometimes refers to hydrogen combustion engines, but more often, it's hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles' exhausts. It's just that hydrogen actually kinda sucks as a fuel, and automaker Stellantis announced today that it is ending the developmen

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Uber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-27 01:01:09

This will be happening in China and other "markets outside of the US." Uber and China-based Baidu are teaming up to deploy more autonomous vehicles throughout the world. The companies plan on bringing thousands of Baidu's Apollo Go vehicles to various regions that will be accessible via the Uber platform, including mainland China and other "global markets outside of the US." The first joint deployments are expected in Asia and the Middle East later this year. Once launched, Uber riders could b

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Uber is close to completing its quest to become the ultimate robotaxi app

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-07-27 13:55:18

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Uber just announced a deal today with the company that runs one of the largest robotaxi fleets in China, as the ridehail giant nears its goal of becoming the world’s ultimate autonomous vehicle clearinghouse. Uber and Baidu said they are teaming up to deploy robotaxis in countries outside the US and China, with an initial

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Ford’s Recall Affects Almost Every Cool Car They Make, and There’s No Fix Yet

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-07-30 17:13:40

If you’ve recently bought one of Ford’s best-selling vehicles, like the wildly popular Bronco, the workhorse F-150, or the family-hauling Explorer, the company has some unsettling news for you. Ford is recalling a staggering 850,318 of its most iconic models worldwide, including 844,098 in the U.S. alone, from the 2021-2023 model years due to a defect that can cause the engine to suddenly stall while driving. But the real kicker in this massive safety recall isn’t just the danger of your engine

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Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 12:50:30

Good questions. And as Monday came and went without any sign of the missing Mercedes, the mystery deepened, and more theories continued to pour in: had it been hotwired and moved to a chop shop? Was it used for a joy ride and ditched in some remote corner of the island? The family asked the Current to share a photo of the vehicle, and the fact that it had been reported stolen. The post set off a deluge of messages along the lines of: "Who steals a car on Nantucket? Where are they going to go?"

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Tesla moves to expand Robotaxi to Phoenix, following rival Waymo

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-08-02 09:56:04

Elon Musk's Tesla has applied to test and eventually deploy its Robotaxi vehicles in Phoenix, Arizona, following in the footsteps of market leader Waymo. Tesla has applied to conduct autonomous vehicle testing and operations, with and without human safety drivers on board, in Arizona, a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Transportation told CNBC on Thursday. A decision on the application is expected at the end of July, and Tesla has "expressed interest in operating within the Phoenix Me

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PerfektBlue Bluetooth flaws impact Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-03 05:01:19

Four vulnerabilities dubbed PerfektBlue and affecting the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack from OpenSynergy can be exploited to achieve remote code execution and potentially allow access to critical elements in vehicles from multiple vendors, including Mercedes-Benz AG, Volkswagen, and Skoda. OpenSynergy confirmed the flaws last year in June and released patches to customers in September 2024 but many automakers have yet to push the corrective firmware updates. At least one major OEM learned only recent

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Android Auto not connecting? Try this one setting tweak - it worked for me

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-03 09:20:00

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A few months ago, I bought into the Jeep cult. One bit of fanciness with this vehicle is its ability to connect to Android Auto. I was excited because I'd never owned a car that could connect to my Android phone and actually make use of it. Of course, the biggest reason I wanted to use Android Auto was for the Spotify connection. My previous auto would allow me to connect my phone, but I had to control the music from the phone itself, which I wouldn't do w

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Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-03 13:22:24

Elon Musk said in a post on X early Thursday morning that Grok, the chatbot from his AI company, xAI, will be coming to Tesla vehicles “very soon.” “Next week at the latest,” he said. The news that Grok would be coming to Tesla vehicles soon comes several hours after xAI debuted the latest flagship AI model Grok 4. Fans had wondered loudly why Musk spent an hour late on Wednesday talking about Grok with no mention of a Tesla integration, which likely prompted the billionaire’s early morning an

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My Android Auto was having trouble connecting until I did this one thing

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-08-08 13:31:14

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A few months ago, I bought into the Jeep cult. One bit of fanciness with this vehicle is its ability to connect to Android Auto. I was excited because I'd never owned a car that could connect to my Android phone and actually make use of it. Of course, the biggest reason I wanted to use Android Auto was for the Spotify connection. My previous auto would allow me to connect my phone, but I had to control the music from the phone itself, which I wouldn't do w

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Waymo Hits the Road In New York City. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-08 22:01:15

Table of Contents Waymo Hits the Road In New York City. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less sci-fi and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the driverless arm of Google's parent Alphabet, expand into more cities. Its newest service area is Atlanta, through a partnership with Uber. Now, riders there can travel across 65 square miles of the city, with plans for future expansions. And on Monday, Waymo said that its vehicles arrived on the streets o

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Waymo robotaxis are heading to Philadelphia and NYC

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-09 00:14:34

Waymo kicked off two “road trips” to Philadelphia and New York City on Monday, signaling the Alphabet-owned company’s interest in expanding into Northeastern cities. Waymo’s branded “road trips” don’t necessarily signal a commercial launch anytime soon. Waymo has announced several other road trips this year, including to Houston, Orlando, Las Vegas, San Diego, and San Antonio. Typically, the trips involve sending a small fleet of human-driven vehicles equipped with Waymo’s autonomous driving sy

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GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in 3 US States—but Not for Ride-Hailing

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-08-06 02:28:41

Cruise robotaxis are back on the road … well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of the vehicles as it seeks to develop new driver-assistance technologies. This week, WIRED spotted a GM Bolt electric hatchback on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and later saw a similar vehicle on Interstate 880 near Oakland. In each instance, the car was being driven by a human. But it held equipment on

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This Portable Wireless CarPlay Screen Is 44% Off, Amazon Is Clearing Out Stock Once and For All

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-09 17:35:52

Prime Day is not all about upgrading your home tech, it’s the perfect time to upgrade your car in a big way too. Amazon has cut a premium portable wireless CarPlay / Android Auto car stereo to a new all-time low, dropping it by 44% to just $44 (down from $79). This is such a great deal that it’s a no-brainer to give your car’s infotainment system an upgrade, especially if your vehicle didn’t come with CarPlay or Android Auto from the factory. See at Amazon Touchscreen For $44, this 7-inch HD

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Waymo starts robotaxi testing in Philadelphia and NYC

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-08-10 01:14:34

Waymo kicked off two “road trips” to Philadelphia and New York City on Monday, signaling the Alphabet-owned company’s interest in expanding into Northeastern cities. Waymo’s branded “road trips” don’t necessarily signal a commercial launch anytime soon. Waymo has announced several other road trips this year, including to Houston, Orlando, Las Vegas, San Diego, and San Antonio. Typically, the trips involve sending a small fleet of human-driven vehicles equipped with Waymo’s autonomous driving sy

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Latest Sales Data Reveal Clear Winners And Losers in a Messy EV Market

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-10 20:49:22

The second quarter of 2025 painted a chaotic picture of the electric vehicle market in the United States. While General Motors enjoyed a breakout quarter, most other automakers, especially Tesla and Ford, stumbled hard. EV sales are now a mix of breakthroughs and breakdowns. And all of this is happening under a White House that has turned decisively against green subsidies. GM Breaks Away From the Pack Despite a political environment hostile to clean energy, GM managed to deliver a stunning 1

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GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

wired.com Paresh Dave 2025-08-12 13:28:41

Cruise robotaxis are back on the road… well, kind of. Though General Motors pulled the plug on its self-driving taxi business last year, the automaker has been quietly repurposing a few of the vehicles as it seeks to develop new driver-assistance technologies. This week, WIRED spotted a GM Bolt electric hatchback on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and later saw a similar vehicle on Interstate 880 near Oakland. In each instance, the car was being driven by a human. But it held equipment on

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Slate Auto drops ‘under $20,000’ pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-13 08:47:52

Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has stopped promoting that its upcoming pickup truck will start “under $20,000” following passage of President Trump’s tax cut bill. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by Trump on July 4, will cause the federal EV tax credit to end in September — a $7,500 incentive that Slate had counted on to help its all-electric pickup clear that mark. When Slate came out of stealth mode in April, the startup heavily promoted that

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Slate Auto drops “under $20,000” pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-08-13 13:47:52

Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has stopped promoting that its upcoming pickup truck will start “under $20,000” following passage of President Trump’s tax cut bill. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by Trump on July 4, will cause the federal EV tax credit to end in September — a $7,500 incentive that Slate had counted to help its all-electric pickup to clear that mark. When Slate came out of stealth mode in April, the startup heavily promoted that

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Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-15 14:10:56

Tesla’s struggles continue as the company reports another drop in vehicle deliveries, deepening concerns that its image problem, especially in Europe, is weighing heavily on consumer demand. In the second quarter of 2025, the electric vehicle giant delivered 443,956 vehicles, a 13.5 percent decline from the same period in 2024. Deliveries are Tesla’s key sales metric and are closely watched by investors and analysts alike. Nearly all of those deliveries — 97.3 percent — were for the company’s t

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Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2025-08-16 01:47:08

Lucid delivered 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a 6% increase in sales from the previous period and a new sales record for the EV maker. Lucid also reported it produced 3,863 vehicles in the second quarter, nearly 1,000 more than it made in the previous period. Lucid produced 2,212 vehicles in the first quarter and shipped another 600 additional vehicles to Saudi Arabia for final assembly. The delivery and accompanying production figures show Lucid has maintained — and even made some pro

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Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-08-17 09:29:44

Tesla Model Y electric vehicles are collected from the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg by a car transporter. Tesla reported over 384,000 vehicle deliveries in the second quarter, a 14% decline from a year ago, and the second straight quarterly drop. Shares rose 5%. The electric vehicle maker reported 443,956 deliveries and production of 410,831 vehicles during the same period last year. Here are the key numbers: Total deliveries Q2 2025: 384,122 vehicles Total production Q2 2025: 410,

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Tesla reports 14 percent drop in second-quarter vehicle deliveries

theverge.com Andrew Hawkins 2025-08-17 09:21:48

Tesla sales hit a new low, with the company reporting a 14 percent drop in second-quarter vehicle deliveries compared to a year ago. The company said that it produced a total of 410,244 vehicles between April–June of this year, including 396,835 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, as well as 13,409 “other vehicles” like the Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck. That represents a minor 0.1 percent drop compared to the second quarter of 2024, when the company produced 410,831 vehicles. Tesla also said tha

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The $25k car is going extinct?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-21 23:59:56

View in browser Issue #353 Sunday, June 29, 2025 Why the $25,000 car is going extinct Can’t find an affordable car anywhere? You’re not the only one. BY MARK DENT In late 2021, Ford released the Maverick, a compact pickup truck. At roughly half the cost and half the weight of the popular F-150, it was meant to be an antidote for excess, and it worked. With a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $19,995 for the base level, the Maverick drew rave reviews from critics and a rush of inte

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Cargo Ship Carrying Flaming EVs Sinks Off the Coast of Alaska

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-27 13:15:43

If you were waiting on a new car, the Domino’s Pizza Tracker equivalent for vehicle orders might be stuck at the “Delivery” spot for a while. A cargo ship carrying a fleet of electric vehicles, hybrids, and gas-powered vehicles sank, according to the New York Times, after catching fire while crossing the Pacific. The Morning Midas, a ship sailing under a Liberian flag and managed by international shipping firm Zodiac Maritime, went under about 360 nautical miles from the coast of Alaska, accord

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Latest Tech News

A Huge New Lab in Sweden Is Testing the 6G-Powered Future of Connected Cars and Drones

Waymo Expands in Austin. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

Uber makes multimillion-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

Uber to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Lucid and Nuro in massive robotaxi deal

Uber makes multi-million-dollar investment in Lucid and Nuro to build a premium robotaxi service

Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development

Uber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally

Uber is close to completing its quest to become the ultimate robotaxi app

Ford’s Recall Affects Almost Every Cool Car They Make, and There’s No Fix Yet

Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes

Tesla moves to expand Robotaxi to Phoenix, following rival Waymo

PerfektBlue Bluetooth flaws impact Mercedes, Volkswagen, Skoda cars

Android Auto not connecting? Try this one setting tweak - it worked for me

Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk

My Android Auto was having trouble connecting until I did this one thing

Waymo Hits the Road In New York City. Everything to Know About the Robotaxi

Waymo robotaxis are heading to Philadelphia and NYC

GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in 3 US States—but Not for Ride-Hailing

This Portable Wireless CarPlay Screen Is 44% Off, Amazon Is Clearing Out Stock Once and For All

Waymo starts robotaxi testing in Philadelphia and NYC

Latest Sales Data Reveal Clear Winners And Losers in a Messy EV Market

GM’s Cruise Cars Are Back on the Road in Three US States—But Not for Ride-Hailing

Slate Auto drops ‘under $20,000’ pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

Slate Auto drops “under $20,000” pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit

Tesla’s Numbers Are In, and They’re Not Good

Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop

Tesla reports 14 percent drop in second-quarter vehicle deliveries

The $25k car is going extinct?

Cargo Ship Carrying Flaming EVs Sinks Off the Coast of Alaska

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