Certain non-Tesla vehicles in China can now charge at selected Superchargers, the company said Tuesday. The expanded access will also be available at certain destination charging points, which are wall connectors available in public locations. To start, 10 Supercharging stations across Beijing and Shanghai, as well as 120 destination charge points in 25 provinces and… Continue reading Tesla expands non-Tesla Supercharger access to China
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Cruise robotaxis are now operating everywhere, all at once in San Francisco (for employees)
Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt said Tuesday that the company’s fleet of robotaxis are now operating 24 hours a day throughout all of San Francisco. And if you’re an employee, you can access it. The operational milestone comes a decade since Vogt and Dan Kan co-founded Cruise, which was acquired by GM in 2016.… Continue reading Cruise robotaxis are now operating everywhere, all at once in San Francisco (for employees)
Lucid has finally started testing its all-electric Gravity SUV on public roads
Lucid Group said Tuesday it has started testing pre-production versions of its all-electric Gravity SUV on public roads in the United States, a signal of progress for an automaker with just one model in its portfolio. Lucid currently produces several versions of the Air, an all-electric luxury sedan that came to market in 2022. The… Continue reading Lucid has finally started testing its all-electric Gravity SUV on public roads
GM is killing off the Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV
General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday the automaker will stop producing its two top-selling EVs: the Chevy Bolt and its larger sibling, the Bolt EUV, by the end of 2023. Barra told investors during the company’s earnings call that its Orion Michigan factory, which currently assembles the Bolt, will be retooled for… Continue reading GM is killing off the Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV
How Aurora is navigating the bumpy road to commercial self-driving trucks
Amid economic uncertainty, tight capital markets, wary investors and consolidation in the nascent autonomous vehicle industry, Aurora Innovation is still motoring on toward its target of commercializing self-driving trucks by 2024, ticking off waypoints and milestones along the way. It’s even managed to rack up a few wins in the past year, including launching or… Continue reading How Aurora is navigating the bumpy road to commercial self-driving trucks
Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions
CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund. According to the company, the target for this round is $6 million. The idea behind CorrActions is to use sensors that… Continue reading Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions
China EVs rising, Tesla loses profit ground and Lyft preps for deep cuts
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. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point… Continue reading China EVs rising, Tesla loses profit ground and Lyft preps for deep cuts
Honey, I shrunk the revenue multiple
With new leadership and a soon-to-be-thinned employee base, Lyft is going to look a heck of a lot different at the end of 2023 than it did at the start. After its co-founders said they’d relinquish their roles as CEO and president in March, the company last week said it intends to dramatically cut its… Continue reading Honey, I shrunk the revenue multiple
How Swytch used ‘crowdshopping’ to scale without VC money
The pandemic era taught many of us that bikes are a great way to get around cities. Doubly so if they are e-bikes, replete with batteries to help reduce the amount of sweat required to get somewhere. Swytch Technology, a startup that builds e-bike conversion kits, isn’t targeting your average cyclist in the United States… Continue reading How Swytch used ‘crowdshopping’ to scale without VC money
Tesla wins Autopilot crash case in California
Tesla scored a victory Friday after a California jury determined the automaker was not to blame for a 2019 crash that involved its advanced driver assistance system, known as Autopilot. The jury awarded no damages to Los Angeles resident Justine Hsu, who sued Tesla in 2020 alleging negligence, fraud and breach of contract. This appears… Continue reading Tesla wins Autopilot crash case in California