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CES 2025 preview: The new tech we’re expecting (and hoping) to see in January

The holiday season has barely begun, but some of us are already getting ready for CES 2025. Shortly after New Year’s Day, many from the Engadget team will be packing our bags to fly to Las Vegas, where we’ll be covering tech’s biggest annual conference. As usual, our inboxes are already flooded with pitches from… Continue reading CES 2025 preview: The new tech we’re expecting (and hoping) to see in January

Waymo will start testing its driverless cars in Tokyo next year

Waymo will deploy its driverless cars in Japan and will test its technology in another country for the first time. According to CNBC, the company will begin testing its Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025 and expects to remain in the country for an “extended period.” During the vehicles’ experimental phase, which will… Continue reading Waymo will start testing its driverless cars in Tokyo next year

Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests

/ The Tokyo ‘road trip’ will be in partnership with taxi companies Nihon Kotsu and GO. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Share this story Photo by Andrej Sokolow… Continue reading Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests

Wall Street mostly upbeat on GM’s decision to pull the plug on Cruise

For the year to date, GM has far outpaced its competitors. General Motors needed to exit its Cruise robotaxi business, most Wall Street analysts agreed on Wednesday, but the automaker’s decision to do so was still a disappointing end for an operation that GM had touted as a potential USD 50 billion revenue generator by… Continue reading Wall Street mostly upbeat on GM’s decision to pull the plug on Cruise

From growth to gone: GM’s Cruise robotaxi business is latest growth initiative to falter

A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — For years, General Motors CEO and Chair Mary Barra has promised a new future for the company, away from a stodgy metal-bending automaker into a tech-driven, forward-thinking company poised for growth.… Continue reading From growth to gone: GM’s Cruise robotaxi business is latest growth initiative to falter

Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla

As I arrive, he’s laying out an impressive lunch spread of salads and carved ham and huge blocks of good cheese. There are already 385 mouths to feed in London alone, and almost 450 staff in total now, including at the new US headquarters and testing base Wayve has just opened in Sunnyvale, California: Its… Continue reading Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla

Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared in the author’s newsletter, Exponential View. When people ask me to describe my work, I say I take a critical look at exponential technologies—which I define as technologies that follow an exponential growth curve. I’m the founder of the research group Exponential View, and my mission… Continue reading Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars

German Manager Magazine: News about Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Lufthansa – in the newsletter “manage:mobility”003820

Dear reader, Volkswagen’s board of directors and employee representatives are currently far apart. This applies to the right way to position the group for the future. But this also applies to things as banal as the number of employees who protested against the planned austerity measures with warning strikes at the beginning of this week.… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: News about Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Lufthansa – in the newsletter “manage:mobility”003820

Tesla sued by deceased driver’s family over ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ of Autopilot safety

Tesla Supercharger stations are seen in a parking lot in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 16, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Tesla is being sued by the family of a driver who died in a 2023 collision, claiming the company’s “fraudulent misrepresentation” of its Autopilot technology was to blame. The Tesla driver, Genesis Giovanni Mendoza-Martinez,… Continue reading Tesla sued by deceased driver’s family over ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ of Autopilot safety