Lucid Motors Apparently Tried To Get Ford To Purchase It: Report

For months, startup Lucid Motors has been up front that to move forward with plans for a factory to make its all-electric vehicle, the Lucid Air. Behind the scenes, the fledgling automaker has also been seeking out a possible buyer, according to a new report from , which says that...

Sep 11, 2025

Here's What's Next For U.S. Regulation of Autonomous Cars

Expect autonomous car testing and manufacturing to ramp up significantly across the country, as the House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday morning to put on public roads. The legislation is called the Highly Automated Vehicle Testing and Deployment Act of 2017. Currently, only 2,500 of these cars can drive among...

Sep 11, 2025

Meet The Former Tesla Engineers Who Want To Fix Self-Driving Cars' Maps Problem

Andrew Kouri was a member of Tesla’s Autopilot team when the owner of a Model S sedan, Joshua Brown, died in a Florida crash in May 2016. Brown’s car had been in Autopilot, the vehicle’s semi-autonomous mode, at the time. Kouri didn’t take the incident lightly. After talking it over...

Sep 11, 2025

Lyft Is Now Developing Self-Driving Tech Of Its Own

Lyft has been trying to gain momentum on the incessant slip-ups of its main competitor Uber, and this week it took another step to gain some ground: The company says it’s going to develop its own self-driving technology, following a to focus on bringing autonomous cars to the public. On...

Sep 11, 2025

Surprise! The Lack Of Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Is Stymieing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Sales

Toyota has tossed around a lot of money in the name of hydrogen, most recently with a project to build a . But the Japanese automaker has also been trying to boost sales in the U.S. for its car of the future—the Mirai. But as , sales are sluggish, and...

Sep 11, 2025

Daimler And Bosch Create Autonomous Parking Garage To Imagine A Valet Service Of The Future

Parking is a tedious task, and frankly . Thankfully, Daimler and Bosch are working together to take this task out of humanity’s very flawed hands. The two companies debuted a service on Monday that takes a stab at what such a system might look like, calling it Automated Valet Parking....

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla Model 3 Reservation Holders Say They’ve Had Radio Silence From Tesla

Many Tesla Model 3 reservation holders are looking for guidance on when to be delivered, as a report today showed. More info is expected at a Tesla event on Friday, but several who’ve paid a $1,000 deposit for the car offered Jalopnik varied opinions about the car’s delivery date. What’s...

Sep 11, 2025

Here's Another Reason Why Self-Driving Tech Is Still So Expensive

Our self-driving car future may be farther away than the hype suggests. Besides Tesla, self-driving car developers depend on an expensive piece of technology called LIDAR, a laser-based radar that allows an autonomous vehicle to see the road. There are cheaper options, but the explains that these more-affordable solutions won’t...

Sep 11, 2025

What To Look For At Tesla's Model 3 Event Tonight

On Friday, Tesla is set to publicly reveal the $35,000 all-electric Model 3 sedan, the culmination of intense buildup and speculation that began a year-and-a-half ago, when the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced the vehicle. The company’s handing over keys to the first 30 customers, to mark the occasion. There’s...

Sep 11, 2025

Google Didn't Actually Pay City To Use Emergency Vehicles In Driverless Car Test (Updated)

, Google’s driverless car developing unit, conducted an “emergency vehicle testing day” in the city of Chandler, Arizona last month to help driverless cars better understand the sights and sounds of police cars and fire trucks. Now, documents and interviews with the city and Waymo reveal Waymo did not pay...

Sep 11, 2025

Why We Can't Ignore Self-Driving Commercial Trucks Any Longer

Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are working on legislation to regulate the testing and deployment of autonomous cars and trucks across the country. Last week that bill passed a crucial benchmark, receiving unanimous approval in a U.S. house committee. But the measure leaves out large commercial trucks, and that’s probably...

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla Warns Already Burnt-Out Workforce Of Model 3 ‘Production Hell’

When Tesla chief executive Elon Musk handed over the first 30 Model 3 sedans to reservation holders last Friday, he warned employees they’ll be in “production hell” for the next several months. It was a curious remark, as Tesla employees have been voicing concerns about workplace injuries since earlier this...

Sep 11, 2025

Humans Don't Handle Abrupt Braking In Autonomous Cars Very Well

Do you love that sensation of suddenly being hurled forward when you have to abruptly slam on the brakes? If you’re in a self-driving car, the effect’s apparently even more dramatic, researchers from the University of Michigan announced Thursday. People have a tendency to jolt forward as much as 8...

Sep 11, 2025

Uber Knowingly Leased Unsafe Honda Vezels To Drivers: Report

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is engineering a bid to reassume power at the ride-hailing giant, but a new report could derail his effort before it really gets off the ground: Uber knowingly leased defective Honda Vezels to prospective drivers without getting the necessary repairs, . Back in 2013, Uber...

Sep 11, 2025

Advertisers Will Inundate Your Future Autonomous Car With Ads Because Of Course They Will

Ah, man, you see that up there? The Volkwsagen ? Imaging hitting the road in this adorable little guy someday. The Future’s going great and you’re relaxing in Sedric while it carts your non-driving ass around town. Life’s peachy. Sure, that is, if you enjoy being held captive for a...

Sep 11, 2025