GM Dumped $500 Million Into Lyft But It's Not Really Working Out

Both General Motors and have ambitious goals to commercialize autonomous taxis in some way, but after teaming up more than two years ago, with the former investing $500 million in the latter, it seems they’ll no longer be pursuing that endeavor together. The plan originally was for GM and the...

Sep 12, 2025

Fuck Scooters

Maybe one day I’ll try an , but for now, after spending weeks reading about their sudden emergence in cities across the U.S., with writers everywhere gushing about how, actually they’re cool, and that they could develop into a viable business and ease congestion, I’ve concluded that I absolutely hate...

Sep 12, 2025

Dockless Bike-Sharing Startups Are Wreaking Havoc On Seattle

Dockless bike-sharing, , has proliferated across the U.S. at a rapid clip that . Nowhere has it developed into such an issue like the City of Seattle, Wired contends today in a deeply-reported feature. Here’s a nice little bit of context to set the scene, from Wired’s story: WHEN DOCKLESS...

Sep 12, 2025

GM Offers Bolt EV To 'West Wing' Actress After Her Husband's Tesla Model S Burst Into Flames

Actress Mary McCormack, best known for her role on the political drama “The West Wing,” called Tesla out on Saturday after her husband’s Model S abruptly caught fire while in traffic, a sight she captured on video and has since been shared widely on social media. The incident caught the...

Sep 12, 2025

The Koch Brothers Are Using The Promise Of Driverless Cars To Kill Public Transit Projects

The idea with autonomous driving technology is that, eventually, the driver will be removed from the equation to do whatever they want while their car drives itself. That vision, however, is decades away from becoming reality, if ever. Yet the Koch Brothers, the billionaire libertarian oil tycoons known for unleashing...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Sues Ex-Employee For Allegedly Stealing Confidential Data And Lying To Media

After cryptically saying in an email over the weekend that Tesla had been , the automaker sued a former technician on Tuesday, alleging he stole reams of confidential data and made false claims to news outlets. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court, Tesla accused Martin Tripp, a former...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's The Wild Email Exchange Between Tesla's Alleged 'Saboteur' And Elon Musk

Late Wednesday, after against former Gigafactory technician Marty Tripp, the ex-technician shared emails with the Washington Post that highlighted a . At first, it seemed like Musk fired off a quick jab before the suit was filed, calling Tripp a “horrible person.” But a copy of the entire exchange provided...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Leaker Is 'Looking Forward To The Lawsuit' Over Alleged Stolen Documents

Former technician Martin Tripp told Jalopnik on Thursday that he’s lawyering up and plans to file a countersuit against the automaker, which accused him on Tuesday of stealing reams of confidential data and making false claims to news outlets. That’s all to say nothing of his with CEO Elon Musk....

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla's Top Vehicle Engineer Is Out [Updated: He Is Not The Top Engineer, Only Elon Musk Is ;-)]

Tesla’s milestone on Monday in a single week, a long sought goal for the automaker, is being dimmed by the departure of another executive. Doug Field, Tesla’s top vehicle engineer, is leaving the company for good, after stepping away for a reported leave of absence in May. Tesla confirmed the...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Facing New Investigation From California Regulators, As It Builds Cars In A Tent

California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has opened a new investigation into Tesla, after receiving a complaint from one of the automaker’s employees at its assembly plant in Fremont, California, a spokesperson confirmed. It’s not immediately clear what the complaint entailed. Erika Monterroza, a spokesperson for the state’s industrial...

Sep 12, 2025

How Did A Golf Ball Wind Up Striking An Autonomous Chevy Bolt? An Investigation

California has the most stringent regulations for self-driving cars in the U.S., including a strict mandate for companies to file a “traffic collision” report involving any autonomous car. This, it turns out, encompasses even when a golf ball strikes a robot-operated car. GM Cruise, the autonomous driving unit of General...

Sep 12, 2025

Audi's New Touchscreen Virtual Side Cameras Actually Seem Like A Good Idea

We’ve been seeing concept cars featuring cameras in place of traditional side-view mirrors for what feels like forever, and here’s another one! The SUV concept has them too, and these are probably the closest to a production set up we’ve seen so far. I’m still not convinced replacing a perfectly...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Plans To Build China Plant With Capacity To Make 500,000 Vehicles Annually (Updated)

Tesla now wants to build a factory in China with an annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles, according to reports. The planned project comes just one day after due to a brewing trade war with the U.S. Tesla is set to sign a memorandum of understanding for the project with...

Sep 12, 2025

Faraday Future CEO Accused Of Setting Up 'Hundreds' Of Shell Companies To 'Escape Debts' In Lawsuit

After a rocky few years, would-be electric startup started 2018 on what seemed to be the most solid footing it has had since launching its ambitious electric vehicle project. The company $2 billion in new financing, and it’s working fast to build out a factory in California, breaking ground just...

Sep 12, 2025

Tesla Won't Say If It Passed The Federal $7,500 EV Tax Credit Threshold—But It's Damn Near Close

Tesla put up big numbers in the second quarter of 2018, having delivered a total of 40,740 vehicles to Model S, X, and 3 customers. But the increase to production drew Tesla ever closer to that customers can take advantage of. Tesla won’t say if it reached that threshold—200,000 vehicle...

Sep 12, 2025