Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Elon Musk made a statement last week that was really hard to understand, because it was seemingly way outside of his normal statements on self-driving capability and Tesla robotaxis. I still don’t really know what to make of it, but let’s dive in. And then… Continue reading Clean Technica: Does Tesla Need Another Year of Self-Driving Training? New Elon Musk Prediction After HUGE Prediction Miss004326
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Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription
watch now Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the electric vehicle maker will stop selling its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software for a flat rate and instead make it only available as a monthly subscription. “Tesla will stop selling FSD after Feb 14,” Musk said in an early morning post on his social media platform… Continue reading Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription
Clean Technica: Competitors Pull Ahead on Tesla’s Technology Tangents at CES004322
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Walking the floor of CES, it is easy to become distracted. Although there was a lot of clean technology, there were also a lot of other cool technologies that were not very relevant. Even though I was on my feet from before the exhibit doors… Continue reading Clean Technica: Competitors Pull Ahead on Tesla’s Technology Tangents at CES004322
New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception
New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to introduce legislation that would effectively legalize robotaxis in the state — except for its most populous metropolis: New York City. Hochul, who made the comments Tuesday during her State of the State address, said the legislation would advance the next phase of the state’s autonomous vehicle pilot program. … Continue reading New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception
Clean Technica: Ford, Waymo, Tesla — Where Is Self-Driving Going in 2026?004321
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. One of the big automotive stories out of CES 2026 from the last week was Ford making an announcement about eyes-free driving coming to its models — affordable EVs even — in 2028. There are layers to this, though. Ford’s L3 Eyes-Off Driving Plans —… Continue reading Clean Technica: Ford, Waymo, Tesla — Where Is Self-Driving Going in 2026?004321
New Proposed Legislation Would Let Self-Driving Cars Operate in New York State
As self-driving car services from Alphabet’s Waymo, Amazon’s Zoox, and Tesla have slowly, quietly expanded across the US, one big, important state has mostly stayed mum: New York. The union’s fourth most populous state has some of the tightest laws governing autonomous vehicles, requiring companies approved to test in the state to only do so… Continue reading New Proposed Legislation Would Let Self-Driving Cars Operate in New York State
2026’s Top Tech ETF Is Little Known, Cheap, Perfectly Positioned, and Ready To Rally
After years of delays, autonomous vehicles are shifting from pilot programs to commercial reality. At CES 2026, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) unveiled partnerships with Mercedes-Benz (OTC:MBGAF) for city-street autonomy and a robotaxi alliance with Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) and Uber (NYSE:UBER). Waymo plans to expand to 12 new cities this year while targeting over one million weekly rides. iShares… Continue reading 2026’s Top Tech ETF Is Little Known, Cheap, Perfectly Positioned, and Ready To Rally
Why a Chinese Robot Vacuum Company Spun Off Not One but 2 EV Brands
For Chinese companies, the bet is that lower prices and more AI features will persuade people to wear smart glasses all day, recording their lives through constant video and audio. If you lower the price to around $200, “people will start to use them every day,” says Brian Chen, general manager of Appotronics’ innovation center.… Continue reading Why a Chinese Robot Vacuum Company Spun Off Not One but 2 EV Brands
Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi
Waymo has spent the past three years refining and testing a minivan-like vehicle made by Chinese automaker Zeekr. And now, before this robotaxi joins Waymo’s official commercial fleet, it’s getting a new name, the company told TechCrunch. The Zeekr RT robotaxi will now be named Ojai (pronounced “oh-hi”) — after the village in the Topatopa… Continue reading Waymo is rebranding its Zeekr robotaxi
Tesla stock falls 3% after Nvidia unveils open-source AI for autonomous vehicles
Investing.com — Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock fell 3% Tuesday after Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced a new family of open-source AI models and tools aimed at accelerating autonomous vehicle development. The Alpamayo family of AI models, unveiled by Nvidia at CES, is designed to bring “humanlike thinking” to autonomous vehicle decision-making through reasoning-based vision language action models. Nvidia… Continue reading Tesla stock falls 3% after Nvidia unveils open-source AI for autonomous vehicles