Andrew J. Hawkins

The recently passed bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration contains a whole section on “advanced air mobility,” which is an industry term for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. According to The Air Current, the bill contains provisions that would make it much easier for first generation eVTOL operators like Joby, Archer, Supernal and Beta — all of which have been spending crazy money on lobbying in Washington — to launch commercial airtaxi operations.

GM’s Cruise reportedly settled with the pedestrian who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then drug 20 feet by one of the company’s driverless cars last October in San Francisco. The settlement, which was reached earlier this year, was between $8-12 million, according to Fortune. The pedestrian has since been released from the hospital, and Cruise just started driving autonomously in Phoenix after months on the sidelines.

So says federal Judge Rita Lin, in her ruling on a lawsuit brought against Tesla alleging the automaker misled consumers by overstating the capabilities of its driver assist products. She dismissed several other claims brought by the plaintiff asking for injuctive relief and monetary damages. But fraud? Fraud’ll do.

It was suspected that Elon Musk fired Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s top EV charging executive, because she pushed back against his demand for more layoffs. And now eight former employees confirmed the account to Reuters, basically exposing Musk’s decision as petulant, poorly thought out, and unnecessarily reactive. And now, with the whole 500-person team gone, Tesla’s Supercharger expansion plans are well and truly borked.