Revel shutters rideshare business, pivots to EV charging

Transportation Electric Cars The company is pivoting from its pivot. The company is pivoting from its pivot. by Andrew J. Hawkins Aug 11, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins 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… Continue reading Revel shutters rideshare business, pivots to EV charging

Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars

I first thought Ford CEO Jim Farley was briefing me on a new car. It turned out to be something altogether more ambitious: A completely new way to make a car. Or, more precisely, electric vehicles. “No one’s ever built a car in three pieces then fit them together at the end,” Farley says. “We… Continue reading Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with San Francisco–based startup Piramidal to develop a large-scale AI model that will be used to monitor patients’ brain health in intensive care units. Instead of being trained on text, the system is based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, which is collected via electrodes placed on the scalp and then read… Continue reading An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

In ‘Alien: Earth’, the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape

Seventeen years ago, Noah Hawley became a father during the Great Recession. If you look at everything he’s written since having children—including the TV series Fargo and Legion—Hawley says it all revolves around the same question every parent faces: “How are we supposed to raise these people in the world that we’re living in?” Hawley’s… Continue reading In ‘Alien: Earth’, the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape

These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories

Buying Guides Entertainment The accessory scene is exploding for the Switch 2, and there are already some must-have add-ons. These are my top picks. The accessory scene is exploding for the Switch 2, and there are already some must-have add-ons. These are my top picks. by Cameron Faulkner Aug 11, 2025, 6:30 PM UTC Cameron… Continue reading These are my favorite Switch 2 accessories

TechCrunch Mobility: The triple punch headed for automakers

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I took a tour through a few 10Q reports this week to get a sense of how EV makers like Rivian and Lucid… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: The triple punch headed for automakers

Revel shuts down its ride-hail business to focus on EV charging

Revel has shut down its ride-hailing service in New York City, in yet another pivot for the company that started out by renting electric scooters in 2019. Moving forward, Revel will instead focus on its nascent EV charging business, which includes operating five stations in New York and one in San Francisco. A visit to… Continue reading Revel shuts down its ride-hail business to focus on EV charging

Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’ 

Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend reports that Tesla has disbanded the team working on its Dojo AI training supercomputer, just weeks after announcing he expected to have Tesla’s second cluster operating “at scale” in 2026.  “Once it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some… Continue reading Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’ 

Ford is betting the future on smaller EV batteries

Transportation It will mean less range but also cheaper batteries. It will mean less range but also cheaper batteries. by Andrew J. Hawkins Aug 11, 2025, 4:15 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York… Continue reading Ford is betting the future on smaller EV batteries