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What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit

Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle… Continue reading What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit

Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached

Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis. The temporary permit, which was announced Monday evening by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, kicked off March… Continue reading Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached

Fast Guard App: The Original “Uber with Guns” Returns to Set the Record Straight

Fast Guard App, the Original ‘Uber with Guns,’ Returns to Revolutionize On-Demand Security Services in 2025 MIAMI, March 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Fast Guard Service, a national leader in security services since 2013, is set to relaunch its revolutionary Fast Guard App in April 2025. Originally developed by company owner Roderick Payne in 2017, the… Continue reading Fast Guard App: The Original “Uber with Guns” Returns to Set the Record Straight

Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Available as both an interior dash cam and bumper-mounted camera, the Wolfbox G900 Tripro 3-channel mirror dash cam is powered by PureCel®Plus pixel technology that can capture minute details such as license plate numbers in low lighting conditions. DALLAS, March 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Wolfbox, a leader in automotive electronics, is expanding its suite of… Continue reading Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Wolfbox Unveils New G900 Tripro Dash Cams With Superior, High-Clarity Night Vision

Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch

Tesla applied for a permit with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to operate a transportation service in the state — a required first step if the automaker wants to eventually operate a robotaxi service there. Tesla’s application for a transportation charter-party carrier permit was first reported by Bloomberg. TechCrunch has independently confirmed with the… Continue reading Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch

Tesla applies for ride-hailing service in California, but with human drivers

Tesla has applied for a permit to operate a ride-hailing service in California, but it will be using human drivers rather than the promised robotaxi. Last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would launch “unsupervised self-driving in Texas and California in Q2 2025.” However, we suspected that this would not be “unsupervised self-driving’… Continue reading Tesla applies for ride-hailing service in California, but with human drivers

We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

On The Vergecast: the future of cars, what’s next for ActivityPub, and the price of the iPhone 16E. On The Vergecast: the future of cars, what’s next for ActivityPub, and the price of the iPhone 16E. David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol,… Continue reading We can’t quit electric cars — or robotaxis

NinjaOne Secures $500M Funding At $5 Billion Valuation

NinjaOne, an Austin, TX-based provider of an automated endpoint management platform, raised $500M in Series C funding, at $5 Billion valuation. The round was led by ICONIQ Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent investment fund, with participation from other prominent private investors. The company intends to use the funds to drive research and development focused on… Continue reading NinjaOne Secures $500M Funding At $5 Billion Valuation

RMI report finds rideshare drivers prefer to charge their EVs at home

Electrifying vehicles used by rideshare drivers delivers a lot of emissions-reduction bang for the buck, because drivers for services such as Uber and Lyft travel many more miles than average drivers. Electrification can also save money for the drivers, who are usually responsible for their own vehicles’ fuel and maintenance costs. Obviously, drivers are only… Continue reading RMI report finds rideshare drivers prefer to charge their EVs at home