It’s the latest streaming music channel you can link to while riding in a Waymo robotaxi, after Spotify and iHeart. And the absence of a human driver means you can play all your guilty pleasure tracks without fear of judgement. What song do will you be blasting next?
Amazon’s robotaxis are headed to our nation’s capital for testing. Zoox cites DC’s complex streetscape, plus its weather mix, as among its reasons for wanting to test there. The vehicles will be from Zoox’s testing fleet of retrofitted SUVs — which means no toaster-shaped fully autonomous vehicles for now.
Manual mapping comes first, followed by autonomous driving. No word yet on when the company plans to launch a commercial service.
EV sales are sure to dip, and automakers are pulling back their investments. Now the real challenge will emerge.
The Financial Times has a good rundown of the extensive executive churn across Elon Musk’s companies in recent months, from Tesla’s robotics team to xAI’s CFO. Musk’s “24/7 campaign-style work ethos” is apparently a little difficult to keep up with.
The next-gen charging station, which is located in Redwood, Calif., is capable of putting out 500kW of peak power. Currently, the only Tesla vehicle that can accept that rate is the Cybertruck. The station also is only available to Tesla vehicles for now.
He put down $5,000, and then another $45,000, to reserve a revamped Tesla Roadster when it was first unveiled in 2017. But Tesla never got around to making one, so he decided to cancel it. The cancellation process involved multiple emails and phone calls, but eventually he got a check from Tesla... for $45,000. That’s right, they kept the $5,000 initial deposit.
Guest host Joanna Stern and the head of Ford discuss Apple CarPlay Ultra, competing with BYD, and what car she should lease next.
Fisker Ocean owners are fighting to keep their EVs alive after the company’s bankruptcy.
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The California governor, who is already angling for a presidential run, has a stack of AI regulation bills he can veto before October 12th. Newsom has a slew of tech donors — and may want more tech money for a presidential run. OpenAI is also staffed up with Newsom-affiliated operators. So will Newsom sign the bills?
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The airline now offers a selection of ad-free YouTube videos, podcasts, and music playlists in case you forget to download a movie on your phone. That includes content from some of the platform’s most popular creators, including MrBeast, Nick DiGiovanni, Kinigra Deon, Michelle Khare, and others.
