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

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

Kia Launches its First Modular Electric Van PV5 

Kia Corporation unveiled its new PV5 at the 2025 Kia EV Day in Tarragona, Spain on February 28, 2025. The mid-sized Car Derived Van (CDV) is the first production model in Kia’s Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) global business strategy, designed to redefine space and mobility through innovative modular architecture that provides flexible usage options for… Continue reading Kia Launches its First Modular Electric Van PV5 

Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a… Continue reading Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

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

Avride’s sidewalk delivery bots land in Japan

Avride sidewalk bots will start delivering restaurant orders and groceries in central Tokyo this week through a partnership with e-commerce giant Rakuten, the latest commercial expansion by the Yandex spinout into Northeast Asia. The Austin-based autonomous vehicle startup is one of four projects under Nebius Group, a Netherlands-based company formerly called Yandex NV that sold… Continue reading Avride’s sidewalk delivery bots land in Japan

Gozem nets $30M to expand vehicle financing, digital banking in Francophone Africa

Since its launch in 2018 as a ride-hailing service in Togo, Gozem has steadily expanded across French-speaking West Africa, integrating a wide range of services as it sought to become a super-app. The company now offers ride-hailing, commerce, vehicle financing, and digital banking across Togo, Benin, Gabon, and Cameroon. Now, in a bid to scale… Continue reading Gozem nets $30M to expand vehicle financing, digital banking in Francophone Africa

Le nouveau robotaxi GXR de WeRide inaugure les services commerciaux sans conducteur à Pékin

PÉKIN, 25 février 2025 /PRNewswire/ — WeRide (Nasdaq : WRD), leader mondial de la technologie de conduite autonome, a annoncé l’approbation de son robotaxi de nouvelle génération, le GXR, pour des services de transport payants sans conducteur à Pékin. Il s’agit du deuxième modèle de robotaxi de WeRide à réaliser des opérations commerciales sans conducteur… Continue reading Le nouveau robotaxi GXR de WeRide inaugure les services commerciaux sans conducteur à Pékin

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