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SpaceX Is Betting on Cybertrucks to Save NASA Astronauts in an Emergency (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: blasts, controversial, controversial vehicle

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Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: exemption, federal, robotaxi

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Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: river, electric vehicle, indie

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Lucid’s turnaround plan hinges on $1.4B in cash savings, robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: lucid motors, robotaxis, silvio napoli

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Waymo in Dallas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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Waymo – Dallas Open to All (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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BMW Suddenly Blasts Its Cars’ Internal Screens With Aggressive Advertisements (futurism.com)

2026-08-04 | by Frank Landymore | tags: bmw, in-vehicle ads, spider-man movie

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China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: tesla, shanghai factory, china passenger car association

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Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tesla, full self-driving, autonomous vehicles

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Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: flock safety, license plate reader, police surveillance

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TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-02 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, robotaxi, waymo

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Inside the Luxury Robotaxi Uber, Lucid and Nuro Are Testing (cnet.com)

2026-08-02 | by Abrar Al-Heeti | tags: uber, lucid motors, nuro

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Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: deep-sea vehicles, alien sharks, pacific ocean

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The Pros and Cons of Using AI to Diagnose Your Car Problems (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-01 | tags: automotive, diagnostic, mechanic

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Used EV Prices are Now Going Up in America (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | by Posted | tags: used ev, america, car prices

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Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, autonomous vehicles, uber advanced technologies group

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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: waymo, santa monica, autonomous vehicles

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China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: china, ev recycling, battery materials

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Amazon's Zoox is the first steering wheel-free robotaxi to get regulatory approval for paid rides (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mariella Moon | tags: zoox, amazon, autonomous vehicles

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For the First Time, Zoox Can Charge People for Rides in Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Aarian Marshall | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxis

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Amazon's Zoox to begin charging for rides in Las Vegas after clearing NHTSA hurdle (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Annie Palmer | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxi

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Zoox clears final federal hurdle to launch paid robotaxi service (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, amazon, robotaxi

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Waymo Returns to Freeways After Recall (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: waymo, freeways, recall

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At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are — not when the model performs well (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, machine learning

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Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: waymo, robotaxis, phoenix

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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: waymo, robotaxi, autonomous vehicles

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Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: lucid motors, prince al waleed, saudi arabia

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GM redesigned its engineering workflows around AI agents — and tripled its merged pull requests (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: autonomous vehicles, ai agents, pull requests

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Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: baidu, lyft, robotaxi

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Vehicle Motion Cues (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: iphone, vehicle motion cues, accessibility