The Legal Argument That Could Destroy Uber

Days after Uber began selling stock, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer gave the company a huge gift. In an advice memo, the general counsel’s office determined that Uber’s drivers . If drivers are legally determined to be employees, it would throw Uber’s entire business model into question...

Apr 21, 2026

GM's New Electrics Could Be Why the Mid-Engine Corvette Isn't Here Yet

, then rest assured with the knowledge that a replacement is on its way. And it’s not just a replacement for the infotainment, either—it seems like there’s an update from the ground up. Unfortunately, this update may or may not have delayed GM’s other big projects; namely, the ....

Apr 21, 2026

Chevron and EVgo Partner to Build Fast Chargers at Gas Stations

EVgo wants to bring electric car charging infrastructure to the mainstream by fitting them in convenient places. Far too often are electric charging stations placed in the middle of nowhere without even so much as shelter from the rain or a place to relieve yourself. It makes sense to...

Apr 21, 2026

Tesla's Navigate Is Worse Than Human Driving: Consumer Reports

Car buyers have shown that they’re ready to —but are automakers actually equipped to meet that demand? A new Consumer Reports article evaluating the viability of Tesla’s Autopilot software says that we’re... not quite there yet. Tesla recently updated its Autopilot software to include , an optional program that...

Apr 21, 2026

Different Strokes For Different Folks: A Super Cruise Discussion

GM’s Super Cruise system is, by , the best semi-autonomous system on the market today.If safety is part of the consideration, and it should be, then it is . But it isn’t without its flaws, such as about direct sunlight throwing the system into total confusion and kicking control...

Apr 21, 2026

Volkswagen's Trying to Solve the Problem of Motion Sickness in Autonomous Cars

aren’t nearly as close as some automakers or tech companies would like the rest of the world to think, but, while we’re all thinking about them, we might as well also think about the consequences as well. Not danger, nor death, nor a potential machine uprising—no, more simple than...

Apr 21, 2026

Volkswagen Delivers What We've All Been Wanting in a Concept Car: Holograms in the Trunk

Have you ever been driving a car nice and hard, really giving it the beans and pushing it hard through the corners, when the realization suddenly hits you that, hey, this thing would be much better if there was a big hologram emitter in the floor of the trunk?...

Apr 21, 2026

Uber Launches New Program to Get Drivers Who Can't Afford Cars to Drive Cars for Them

Uber was once a modest company with modest goals: unleash the power of the free market in a heavily-regulated industry to provide on-demand, convenient rides while allowing folks with cars to make extra cash driving people around. It didn’t take long for that modest goal to morph into much...

Apr 21, 2026

Uber Lost Another Billion Dollars, NBD

Uber’s as a publicly-traded company tells us much of the same as report the about its finances: they can’t stop, won’t stop losing so much freaking money. In the first quarter of 2019, Uber lost $1.034 billion. Yes, billion, with a B. In three months. Following very quickly in...

Apr 21, 2026

Online-Based Ridesharing Mobility-as-a-Service Platform for Sale

A new mobility platform with an iconic brand and innovative approach to scalable modality is for sale, . The service, which boasts nearly 17 million yearly active users, uses a web-and-app-based purchasing platform to coordinate new mobility solutions using large transportation modules in a highly scalable, environmentally-friendly platform that...

Apr 21, 2026

Pogo Stick Sharing Micro Mobility Startup Cangoroo Is Truly Beyond the Pale

If you needed any further proof that we live in hell and everything is meaningless, there is a new tech-less pogo-stick-sharing micro mobility startup from Sweden that . Allegedly intended to compete with soul-crushingly popular danger sticks known as dockless e-scooters, this pogo nonsense is eventually coming to American...

Apr 21, 2026

Bird Launching E-Bike Type Deal This Summer

Bird, the mobility company known for its shared electric scooters, it will roll out a new “seated electric vehicle” this summer. The thing’s a little hard to categorize, but it’s somewhere along the e-bike/seated scooter spectrum. it will have a maximum range of about 50 miles, which is roughly...

Apr 21, 2026

This Video of a YouTuber's Tesla Driving on Autopilot With No One in the Driver's Seat Is Deeply Stupid

Full disclosure: I think all systems—that is, every sort of partial self-driving system you can get in a car today—are stupid. Not because the technology is necessarily bad, but that these systems, like Tesla’s Autopilot, are just not compatible with how human brains work. If you don’t believe me,...

Apr 21, 2026

These External Airbags Are Like Shields for Your Car

Red lights? I even don’t bother slowing down anymore, friends. Ever since I fitted ZF’s concept pre-crash external side airbags, I can pretty much just let traffic ping-pong off my car’s pillowed body. I’m kidding, of course, but the actual idea here is interesting. ZF is a monolithic automotive parts...

Apr 21, 2026

GM Claims Electric Cars Will Be the Same Price As Gas Cars 'A Lot Sooner Than People Think'

GM is stepping up the bullish rhetoric on electric cars. During a conference presentation on Sunday, the company’s president, Mark Reuss, said electric cars will soon cost the same as gas cars and “reach parity a lot sooner than people think,” . If we’re talking about sticker prices, this...

Apr 21, 2026