Toyota is dusting off the Scion badge for a radically different mission. Rather than targeting youth-market hatchbacks, “Scion by Toyota” is being positioned as an experimental mobility incubator – and its first vehicle is an authentic Japanese-style kei truck built in Indiana. Kei vehicles, which are built to satisfy Japan’s light vehicle regulations, are enjoying […]
Serve Robotics is opening up its platform to make its autonomous last-mile delivery robots available to anyone who wants to use them. The company is launching a new AV Delivery Developer Portal, enabling third-party software engineers, independent businesses, and even autonomous AI agents to access its fleet of 2,000 sidewalk robots. With this new capability, […]
Electrification has done wonderful things for motorcycle design. By getting rid of the engine and the fuel tank that supports it, designers have the freedom to do whatever they want, and the results have been occasionally brilliant. I’m a big fan of the vaguely retrofuturistic stylings of the Maeving RM2 and the quirky minimalism of […]
Uber announced the launch of Uber Parking, a native in-app reservation feature that allows drivers to find, book, and pay for garage and lot spaces ahead of time. The new feature is a result of Uber’s recent acquisition of SpotHero, integrating a network of over 13,000 facilities across more than 400 cities into the company’s […]
Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.
The update to Waymo’s self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.
Elon Musk defended the company’s decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months.
This will be the fourth Texas city in which Tesla will launch robotaxis.
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I’m calling it: time of death, November 6th, 1:30 AM, by tweet. Elon Musk’s declaration Friday that Tesla would be “winding down” production of the Cybertruck next year to make room for the Cybercab was fascinating for a number of reasons. First, it was a humiliating way to kill a vehicle that was once hailed […]