Waymo is adding to its driverless taxi service areas in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is currently testing in Austin in advance of offering rides to the public soon. While we’re all waiting for the perpetually-delayed Tesla robotaxi or actually autonomous FSD, Waymo, Google’s driverless robotaxi service, has been offering private self-driving taxi… Continue reading Waymo expands its LA & SF service areas, with Austin coming soon
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Uber reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue for second quarter
watch now Uber on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings results that topped Wall Street estimates. The stock rose about 6% at the market open. Here’s how the company did for the period ending June 30, compared with what Wall Street was expecting based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per share: 47 cents vs. 31… Continue reading Uber reports better-than-expected earnings and revenue for second quarter
Waymo is expanding its robotaxi service areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles
/ The company is looking to add more customers to its burgeoning driverless car business. 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 expanding its robotaxi service areas in San Francisco and Los Angeles
Clean Technica: Cheap EVs in Africa & South America, Robotaxi Leaders, Tesla California Sales Crisis — Top Cleantech Stories003533
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It may be summer, but there are still tons of cleantech stories rolling through. From cheap electric cars making their way into African and South American countries, to robotaxi firsts and progress, to EV sales grow in different corners… Continue reading Clean Technica: Cheap EVs in Africa & South America, Robotaxi Leaders, Tesla California Sales Crisis — Top Cleantech Stories003533
China Flooded With Robotaxis Causing Traffic Jams
Sound familiar? Enter the Wuhan Hundreds of driverless robotaxis are causing mayhem in the Chinese city of Wuhan. As Bloomberg reports, the fleet of vehicles deployed by Chinese tech giant Baidu is triggering traffic jams by driving too cautiously, frustrating the city’s residents. And if that sounds familiar, you aren’t alone. Similar driverless robotaxi services… Continue reading China Flooded With Robotaxis Causing Traffic Jams
Tesla Full Self-Driving data makes Elon Musk lower expectations
Tesla still resists releasing its Full Self-Driving data, but early crowdsourced data shows that improvements are much more limited than CEO Elon Musk told us. He is now lowering expectations. Over the last few months, Musk has hyped up Tesla’s two latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) software update, 12.4 and 12.5. For 12.4, the CEO said… Continue reading Tesla Full Self-Driving data makes Elon Musk lower expectations
Elon Musk’s Obsession With Robotaxis Could Doom Tesla
“It’s a supercompetitive business that’s barely profitable.” No Free Ride Tesla sales have dipped dramatically, and in the self-driving industry at large, the future remains uncertain. Despite this, CEO Elon Musk — never easily disabused from his vision, right or wrong — has doubled down on his belief that Tesla’s fortunes lie in operating robotaxis, The… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Obsession With Robotaxis Could Doom Tesla
Uber Partners With BYD to Put Its Drivers Into 100,000 EVs
(Bloomberg) — Uber Technologies Inc. will team up with BYD Co. to put 100,000 electric vehicles onto the ride-hailing company’s platform, in a major deal between American and Chinese businesses that notably excludes the US. Most Read from Bloomberg Under the multiyear partnership, the two companies will offer drivers lower vehicle pricing and financing. The… Continue reading Uber Partners With BYD to Put Its Drivers Into 100,000 EVs
Google Maps is getting even more like Waze
/ Maps gets easier incident reporting and the ability to see building entrances and nearby parking, while Waze gets more camera alerts and prompts for upcoming events that might affect traffic. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years… Continue reading Google Maps is getting even more like Waze
Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.
As sales of its electric cars have fallen, Tesla and its chief executive, Elon Musk, have sought to convince Wall Street that the company’s future lies not in the grinding business of making and selling cars but in the far more exciting world of artificial intelligence. In Mr. Musk’s telling, one of Tesla’s main A.I.-based… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.