Google is launching its car ready mobile apps program next month. This program, announced at I/O 2024 last year, takes existing mobile apps that are large screen compatible and makes…
Deal | The Segway Ninebot F2 electric kickscooter is currently 24% off on Amazon, reaching its second-lowest price. The entry-level electric scooter has a 300 W motor that can peak…
Image: Daniel Golson The Biden administration finalized a new rule that would effectively ban all Chinese vehicles from the US under the auspices of blocking the “sale or import” of…
Umoja Biopharma CEO Andy Scharenberg. (Umoja Photo) Another Seattle-area health startup is raising a big new round of funding. Umoja Biopharma announced a $100 million Series C round that will…
One of the largest urban mobility companies has released an electric scooter with several versions that are powered by a sodium-ion battery for the first time. Source
It’s not an easy time to raise money for an electric vehicle startup, especially given how many have failed or are close to failing. But Los Angeles-based Harbinger has pulled…
A company specialising in flexible solar panels has demonstrated its tech by wrapping a Tesla Cybertruck entirely with solar cells, which produce up to 1.5 kW. The power flows through…
In Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, Death of the Author, a young author experiences the exhilaration, and panic, of living in the world she’d previously only dreamed of. Source
Electric motors and a 62kWh battery from a Leaf Nismo power the 90s iconProject lead wants future generations to experience the unique driveElectric performance matches the 280hp of the original…
Tesla managed to beat the 115-year-old German brand thanks to global Model Y sales, and its Juniper facelift just started production in Giga Berlin. Source
Elon Musk shifts Cybertruck deliveries and Starlink terminals to support LA wildfire recovery with Wi-Fi and Tesla power solutions. Source
The rapid rise of AI isn’t just transforming smartphones—it’s steering straight into the auto industry, too. Carmakers are racing to bring advanced AI tech into their vehicles, and Mercedes-Benz is…
Google and Mercedes are teaming up to integrate the former's Gemini AI with the latter's in-car navigation system and assistant. Source
The Verge eBay has “signed a definitive agreement” to buy online automotive transaction platform provider Caramel to help make buying and selling vehicles on the auction site “more simple than…
When we first tested Super Cruise back in 2018, the partially automated driver's assist impressed us enough that we wanted to see it rolled out across as much of General…
Currently in development, the Debian-powered Mecha Comet could be a Linux phone, drone controller, or interface for your car. If you dream it, you can make it. Source
Fire Starter Last night in a bizarre press-conference-for-one, a member of the LA County Fire Command Team schooled Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the basic physics of water pressure —…
Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX Virtual Assistant will use Google Gemini on the cloud. | Image: Mercedes-Benz / Google Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information”…
The Department of Transportation announced Friday another $636 million in funding that will be awarded to 49 applicants for electric vehicle charging infrastructure — and Tesla’s application for nearly $100 million…
E-commerce giant eBay has announced plans to acquire Caramel, a startup that helps car sellers and buyers complete the final steps of the transaction — including verification, financing, paperwork, ownership…