Tired: Playing Candy Crush on your phone while you wait in your car to pick up the kids. Wired: Using your smartphone as a controller to play video games on your BMW’s display screen. That’s right. BMW is partnering with gaming platform AirConsole to bring a collection of single and multiplayer games to new vehicles,… Continue reading BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023
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Honda to create $700M EV hub in Ohio
Honda said on Tuesday it is spending $700 million to retool three of its Ohio plants to build electric vehicles as it aims to phase out gas engines by 2040. Batteries for the electric vehicles from Honda and its Acura division will be supplied by a joint venture with LG Energy Solutions. The automaker confirmed… Continue reading Honda to create $700M EV hub in Ohio
Starship partners with Grubhub to bring sidewalk bots to colleges
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies is partnering with food ordering and delivery company Grubhub to provide robotic delivery services on college campuses across the U.S. Today, Starship’s bots deliver through Grubhub at the University of Kentucky, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wayne State University, Southern Methodist University and Fairfield University, but the companies… Continue reading Starship partners with Grubhub to bring sidewalk bots to colleges
More micromobility layoffs, digging into the Mobileye S-1 and a Rivian recall
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. This is a shorter version of The Station newsletter that is emailed to subscribers. Want all the deals, news roundups and commentary? Subscribe… Continue reading More micromobility layoffs, digging into the Mobileye S-1 and a Rivian recall
Elon Musk’s X app for ‘everything’ might be a non-starter in the US
As Elon Musk again nears a deal to buy Twitter, speculation is resurfacing around how the billionaire plans to transform the social network. Musk’s tweet this week offered a clue: “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” While Musk didn’t elaborate on what X would look like, many reckon he’s aspiring… Continue reading Elon Musk’s X app for ‘everything’ might be a non-starter in the US
Rivian voluntarily recalls 13,000 EVs for a potential loose fastener
Rivian informed customers Friday that it is conducting a voluntary recall of all 13,000 vehicles it has delivered so far due to a loose fastener. The fastener, which may not have been sufficiently torqued on a small percentage of vehicles, connects the front upper control arm and steering knuckle. This can cause loose and vibrating tires.… Continue reading Rivian voluntarily recalls 13,000 EVs for a potential loose fastener
Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that production on its long-delayed all-electric semi truck has started with the first deliveries beginning in December. The automaker introduced an all-electric Class 8 truck prototype, dubbed Tesla Semi, during a splashy November 2017 event held in Hawthorne, California, on the grounds of the company’s design studio and Musk’s… Continue reading Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries
Michigan is becoming the center of US battery manufacturing
Michigan, long the automotive manufacturing capital of the United States, is now getting pumped with investment both publicly and privately to build out a series of battery manufacturing plants that will power the wave of electric vehicles coming to market. The demand for domestically produced batteries has reached new peaks after the passage of the… Continue reading Michigan is becoming the center of US battery manufacturing
Volocopter completes crewed eVTOL test flight out of Rome vertiport
German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy Thursday morning. The flight launched from a vertiport built at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) testing vertiport, during a two-day event meant to demonstrate what a service between the airport and the city… Continue reading Volocopter completes crewed eVTOL test flight out of Rome vertiport
Honda doesn’t want to wait until 2024 for its SUV customers to go electric
Honda unveiled Thursday the 2024 Honda Prologue, its first-ever battery-electric SUV that represents a crucial milepost along the automaker’s journey to deliver 30 new EVs by the end of the decade. But executives, who worried about would-be EV buyers decamping for other brands in the interim, hatched a plan: a short-term lease program designed to… Continue reading Honda doesn’t want to wait until 2024 for its SUV customers to go electric