A Self-Driving Maserati Just Hit Nearly 200 MPH A self-driving supercar just broke the speed record for an autonomous car by going 197.7 mph at the Kennedy Space Center. InsideEVs · Mar 3, 2025
I tested this standing desk with touchscreen controls and built-in cable management for 2 months — and I’m in love The Autonomous SmartDesk 5 is a chic electric standing desk that’s packed with useful features even though it carries a mid-range price. Tom’s Guide · Mar 1, 2025
Waymo Hits 200,000 Paid Trips Per Week Before Tesla Even Gets Started In the race to lead the autonomous vehicle space—and maybe even the future of transportation—Google's Waymo has about a 100-mile head start. The self-driving taxi division just hit a new milestone: over 200,000 paid rides per week through its Waymo One service. InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025
Android Auto reboot issue seems to have a fairly innocuous explanation Have you been experiencing Android Auto reboot problems? This is what caused it. T3 · Feb 26, 2025
Americans Are Still Afraid Of Robotaxis: Study Automakers are throwing a lot at American car buyers at the moment: electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, extended-range EVs and, now, a growing emphasis on robotaxis. Many consumers may not even be fully aware of the gazillion powertrain options that will soon be available to them across segments. The vast… InsideEVs · Feb 25, 2025
BMW's Next Act: The Ultimate Transformation Of How Cars Are Made For more than 100 years, BMW’s factories in Bavaria have turned out some of the most iconic performance cars in history. For the next 100 years, the automaker is retooling everything it does for performance of a different sort: batteries, electric motors, and even robots to make them. InsideEVs · Feb 24, 2025
Tesla Snubs Uber On Robotaxi Partnership: ‘They Want To Do It Alone’ Uber wants in on Tesla’s robotaxi ambitions, but so far, the interest has been somewhat one-sided. InsideEVs · Feb 24, 2025
Rabbit’s new Android agent can send WhatsApp texts with just a prompt After introducing R1, the company now demos interesting actions performed on Android tablet with its new agent. Android Central · Feb 21, 2025
Stellantis' AutoDrive Is 'Eyes-Off, Hands-Off' In Traffic For Jeep, Ram Drivers You can’t be a modern automaker without some sort of self-driving, autonomous component, right? While Ford and General Motors have thrown down against Tesla with their respective BlueCruise and Super Cruise systems, Stellantis’s efforts have been pretty tepid. InsideEVs · Feb 20, 2025
Tesla Cybertruck's FSD Crash Raises Red Flags For Robotaxi Launch Over the past few days, at least two Tesla Cybertruck owners learned the hard way that their stainless steel behemoths equipped with the Full-Self Driving (FSD) software are anything but self-driving. InsideEVs · Feb 14, 2025
Tesla Trademark Hints At Robovan Sharing Program Tesla has submitted two trademark applications in the United States that might have something to do with its autonomous ridesharing plans. As first seen by CarMoses, the American EV maker is trying to trademark the “Robus” name in two different categories. InsideEVs · Feb 12, 2025
Adaptive Cruise Control Leads to More Accidents, Study Says Modern vehicles have more on-board assistance systems than ever. In theory, they not only reduce stress but also add another level of safety. In the real world, that's largely how these systems work. However, a recent study suggests cruise control could cause more harm than good. Motor1 · Feb 10, 2025
BYD's Answer To Tesla Autopilot Is Way, Way Cheaper It’s self-driving, connected-car week for China. Last week, Geely and Dongfeng announced their intent to integrate DeepSeek AI into their vehicles. This week, BYD announced its new smart assisted driving system that the brand intends to integrate into all of its models. Yes, that includes the entry-level BYD Seagull, a car… InsideEVs · Feb 10, 2025
Why Uber Stock Is Falling After Earnings Uber stock is lower Wednesday as the ride-hailing firm's soft first-quarter outlook offsets its strong fourth-quarter results. Here's what you need to know. Kiplinger · Feb 5, 2025
InsideEVs · Feb 3, 2025 Tesla Needs You To Use Full Self-Driving So Badly It's Offering Insurance Discounts Tesla has bet the farm on its efforts to turn the absolutely-not-self-driving "Full Self-Driving" software suite into a real, marketable autonomous system. Investors have largely bought this narrative, and seem to agree with CEO Elon Musk that Tesla is no longer a car company. It's an AI company, he says.
InsideEVs · Jan 29, 2025 At Tesla's Q4 Earnings Call, The Check Is Due Elon Musk is a very busy man. These days, his interests are varied and multi-faceted. He's focused on the AI race, cutting government spending in Washington D.C., advising President Donald Trump on just about everything of import, gaming, posting on his social media platform, space travel, and... whatever that was…
InsideEVs · Jan 29, 2025 GM Is Making A Big Bet On Super Cruise. It Seems To Be Paying Off After General Motors pulled the curtains on its Cruise robotaxi division last year, it’s hoping to keep at least one foot in the autonomy game with its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). Now there are early signs that focusing on consumer applications for autonomy rather than a robotaxi…
InsideEVs · Jan 29, 2025 Tesla Says Its EVs Now Drive Themselves From The Factory To The Loading Areas Tesla isn’t a stranger to controversy. Thanks in no small part to its outspoken CEO, the American electric vehicle got into its fair share of trouble because of its advanced driving assistance systems, which are called Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and Autopilot. That’s despite neither of them being considered Level 3…
InsideEVs · Jan 23, 2025 Rivian CEO Says 'Eyes-Off' Autonomous Features Are Coming In 2026 Amid an attack on EVs and general confusion by the Trump administration, alongside Elon Musk’s troubling on-stage symbols, it’s been a weird week for electric vehicles. Still, Rivian’s found the time to announce some interesting plans for the future. Watch out Tesla "Full Self-Driving," General Motors Super Cruise and Ford…
RideApart · Jan 22, 2025 Can Motorcycles Benefit From Goodyear’s Rain And Ice-Sensing Tires? Safety has always been a top priority in the car and bike world, ‘coz duh, we all need to be alive to keep driving and riding. These days, the push for safety has brought about tons of innovations—cars that come standard with all sorts of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS),…
International Business Times · Jan 21, 2025 Dutch Researchers Employ Unique E-bike To Make Cycling Safer Dutch university researcher Holger Caesar heads out into the afternoon traffic on a bicycle like no other, equipped to collect data he believes may one day save lives.
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 Luke Johnson: My ten point growth plan to fire up the London economy The celebrity entrepreneur outlines his manifesto to make our capital more dynamic and prosperous
InsideEVs · Jan 14, 2025 'We Need Each Other’: Why China's Zeekr Is Optimistic About The U.S. And Europe It was standing room only in Mandalay Bay, one of CES’s satellite locations away from the main Las Vegas Convention Center area. I was late, not realizing just how far it was from my hotel, but CES’ takeover of the entire city can make travel daunting. But I should have…
Cycling News · Jan 8, 2025 Lezyne Strip Drive Pro 400+ review: Fantastically bright light that holds securely and lasts well Impressive maximum battery life and hugely bright daylight option. Strap is a little limiting on deep aero seatposts though.
International Business Times · Jan 7, 2025 Invisible Man: German Startup Bets On Remote Driver With no one in the driver seat, the SUV pulling up resembles an autonomous robotaxi like those becoming increasingly present in some cities -- but the car from German startup Vay is something else.