Electric Cars Archive

Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

Emma RothJul 31, 2025

Ford’s planning a ‘Model T moment’ for EVs on August 11th

Emma RothJul 31, 2025

Dominic PrestonJul 31, 2025

When is a Tesla Robotaxi not a Robotaxi?

When it’s in the Bay Area. Tesla has sent out invites for its “ride-hailing service,” conspicuously absent any Robotaxi branding.

Tesla doesn’t have permits for autonomous taxis in California, so its rides include a supervisor in the driver’s seat, who Reuters reports must be “ready to take over at all times” — in Austin the supervisor sits in the passenger seat. A first fan video shows the car doing most of the work, but the human driver’s hands always stay near the wheel.

Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces plan to tunnel under Nashville

Emma RothJul 30, 2025

Dominic PrestonJul 30, 2025

Chevy teases the next-gen Bolt EV’s redesign.

Get a first look at the new fascia, NACS charging port, and brake lights on the Bolt, with Chevy promising “More this fall.”

GM killed the Bolt in 2023 before resurrecting it for its newer Ultium battery tech (which... it’s also killing, at least as a brand name). The new Bolt will boast faster charging and multiple models, but that won’t include a small hatchback — only the larger EUV Bolt is making a comeback.

Richard LawlerJul 28, 2025

Elon Musk says Samsung’s mystery $16.5 billion AI chip deal is for Tesla.

A regulatory filing surfaced Monday morning in Korea showing the underperforming electronics giant won an order to build chips for an unnamed large global tech company in a contract that runs through 2033.

Then, a few hours later, Elon Musk tweeted the arrangement was for Tesla’s “next-generation AI6 chip,” built at Samsung’s plant in Texas, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg.

Update: Added info from Elon Musk’s tweet.

Tweet by Elon Musk reading “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip. The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate. Samsung currently makes AI4. TSMC will make AI5, which just finished design, initially in Taiwan and then Arizona.”

Image: Elon Musk (X)

Lyft’s self-driving shuttle buses are coming soon

Emma RothJul 25, 2025

How can Tesla make a cheaper Model Y?

Andrew J. HawkinsJul 24, 2025

Andrew J. HawkinsJul 23, 2025

Elon Musk finally admits the new, more affordable Tesla is just a stripped down Model Y.

Tesla has been promising more affordable models as the thing that will help pull it out of its current rut. But in an earnings call Wednesday, the company’s CEO came right out and confirmed rumors that it would just be a stripped down version of the Model Y, rather than a brand new vehicle program. “It’s a Model Y,” Musk said. “I let the cat out of the bag there.” The cheaper Model Y is currently in production and expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Musk’s response to the question starts at 1:00:14.)

Undeterred by limits, Elon Musk plots a big robotaxi expansion

Andrew J. HawkinsJul 23, 2025

Tesla touts its first fully driverless vehicle delivery with a photo of the car violating parking rules.

The delivery took place in Austin, Texas, last month. Apparently the vehicle did fine until it arrived at its destination, at which point it promptly parked in a fire lane. This photo appeared in the company’s second quarter earnings report for shareholders. Nice work, everyone.