Waymo Is Launching A Fleet Of Actual Driverless Cars In Arizona

Waymo, the self-driving car project launched by Google, spent last week showing off the company’s autonomous vehicles to reporters. Now, Waymo said Tuesday, it’s deploying driverless cars for testing in Phoenix as part of a pilot program. Cars without actual people in the driver seat. Driving people around. It’s wild...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future Says Someone Faked Documents To Suggest It's Planning Bankruptcy

The saga of is full of weird twists and turns—and the last several weeks for the company have been no different. In the last month alone, FF has taken steps to prepare to file for bankruptcy, and has also scaled back its product plans from six vehicles to just one,...

Sep 11, 2025

Uber Teams Up With NASA To Build A Flying Car By 2020 Which Is (Looks At Watch) TWO YEARS Away

Completely focused and scandal-free ride-hailing giant Uber said it struck an agreement with NASA today to develop a new traffic control system for the company’s “flying cars,” which are more accurately Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles. By 2020, Uber plans to start testing the vehicles—which currently don’t exist—in Los Angeles;...

Sep 11, 2025

This Weekend's NYT Magazine Is All About The Future Of Cars

Though they’ve only taken center stage in the transportation debate a few short years ago, everyone is beginning to realize autonomous vehicles are A Thing. Lately we’ve seen outlets from Car and Driver to Automotive News roll out packages that assess the future of driving. Now The New York Times...

Sep 11, 2025

Your Daily Reminder That We Need To Seriously Revamp Our Infrastructure To Support Autonomous Cars

If the future autonomous pod you see above is ever going to successfully navigate around town, it’s going to need clearly-painted roads to drive on, flawless traffic signals and functioning pedestrian crosswalk lights. There’s a lot of work to be done—and some cities are starting to come to grips with...

Sep 11, 2025

Chinese-Backed Electric Car Startup NIO Raises $1 Billion

The Chinese-backed electric vehicle startup raised more than $1 billion in its latest fundraising round, on Wednesday, breaking away from a crowded field of young Chinese-funded car firms who’ve notably struggled to raise money for their own ambitious endeavors. A spokesperson for NIO declined to comment. Citing two unnamed people...

Sep 11, 2025

CFO Brought On To Get Faraday Future On Track Apparently Headed For The Door After Eight Months

Just eight months after joining the company to “secure a sustainable path forward,” Faraday Future’s chief financial officer, Stefan Krause, appears to be likely headed for the exit door in the coming days, multiple people familiar with the matter told Jalopnik. A decision could come as early as Friday. Krause...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future's CFO Actually Resigned On Oct. 14 (UPDATED)

On Thursday, Jalopnik reported that Faraday Future’s chief financial officer, BMW and Deutsche Bank veteran Stefan Krause, appeared likely to leave the company in the coming days. As it turns out, we have since learned Krause is already gone. His resignation was effective immediately on Oct. 14. When reached Friday...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future Accuses Ex-CFO Of 'Malfeasance' During His Tenure In Bizarre Statement

The saga of would-be world-beater electric car startup Faraday Future got weirder than usual this week, and this evening it escalated further. Just hours after FF’s ex-chief financial officer Stefan Krause confirmed he quit in October, the startup publicly accused him of “malfeasance” in a bizarre statement and claimed it’s...

Sep 11, 2025

Airbus Plans To Test Its 'Flying Car' By The End Of 2017

Among the myriad hurdles that need to be cleared for so-called flying cars to start ferrying passengers through the sky, some tests actually need to be conducted. Airbus, one of several companies trying to launch vertical take-off and landing aircrafts, says it’ll be able to do that by the end...

Sep 11, 2025

Will The Autonomous Car Revolution Leave Poor People Behind?

Depending on whom you ask, our driverless car future will happen in five or 10 or 20 years, but no one is certain exactly what that future is going to look like. It may have us all owning cars that pilot themselves; it may eliminate car ownership altogether and shift...

Sep 11, 2025

Elon Musk's Alleged Response To Tesla Racism Complaints: 'Be Thick-Skinned And Accept Apology': Report (UPDATE)

Another former Tesla employee is seeking permission from a judge to sue Tesla for racial harassment on behalf of over 100 affected African-American workers, according to a report from . The complaint, Vaughn v. Tesla Inc. in the Superior Court of California, alleges that Tesla workers, including supervisors, regularly used...

Sep 11, 2025

Jaguar Land Rover Parent Company Won't Say If It's Investing $900 Million Into Faraday Future

After launching a very unusual public spat with its now-former chief financial officer, has reportedly received a $900 million lifeline from Indian automaker Tata Motors, which perhaps most famously now owns Jaguar Land Rover. The timing of such a significant investment from Tata would be stunning enough as it is,...

Sep 11, 2025

Tesla's New Semi Truck Might Be Its Biggest Challenge Yet

As it continues to grapple with a sedan, Tesla is set Thursday night to reveal its long-awaited, supposedly “unreal,” all-electric semi truck. There’s a number of questions surrounding the vehicle: How far can it go on a single charge? Where, and when, will be it produced? Does it have automated...

Sep 11, 2025

All The Questions Tesla Has To Answer Now

introduced a new show-stopper on Thursday in the form of a colossal big-rig electric semi. It’s carrying hugely impressive specs, too. But what Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered up on Thursday was nothing short of a high-flying reveal party for a couple of concepts. Here’s why. With the Tesla Model...

Sep 11, 2025