Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that lidar sensors are a “crutch” for autonomous vehicles. But his company has bought so many from Luminar that Tesla is now […]
Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup borne out of a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv, will pause its commercial operations and delay plans to […]
Hyundai antes up $1B for AV startup Motional and Elon unplugs the Tesla Supercharger team
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Hyundai is spending close to $1 billion to keep self-driving startup Motional alive
Hyundai has agreed to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, an investment that will give the automaker a majority stake while providing the self-driving startup with the necessary […]
Tesla profits tumble, Fisker flatlines, and California cities battle for control of AVs
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TikTok faces a ban in the US, Tesla profits drop and healthcare data leaks
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden […]
Tesla’s new growth plan is centered around mysterious cheaper models
Tesla’s been undergoing some major changes, and now we have a sense of why: The company says it is upending its product roadmap because of “pressure” on EV […]
Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids
Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy continued to cut into the automaker’s […]
Tesla earnings week spotlights EV price cuts, ‘balls to the wall’ autonomy push
Tesla investors, still digesting a 43% drop in share price since the beginning of the year, are gearing up for what will likely be unimpressive financial results for the […]
Mercedes-Benz beats Tesla to selling Level 3 autonomous cars in the U.S.
Mercedes-Benz is the first car maker to sell vehicles that can drive themselves autonomously (in some scenarios) in the U.S.