Andrew J. Hawkins

Transportation editor

Lyft to lay off 13 percent of its workforce as economic outlook darkens

Andrew J. HawkinsNov 3, 2022

Panasonic breaks ground on $4 billion EV battery plant in Kansas

Andrew J. HawkinsNov 2, 2022

Faraday Future has entered its “death threats” era of messy drama.

Bloomberg reporter (and Verge alum) Sean O’Kane has another bonkers dispatch from the bowels of whatever hell EV startup Faraday Future currently occupies. Sean wrote numerous stories about the dysfunctional California company when he was at The Verge, so I’m glad to see Bloomberg is letting him continue to pursue his passions.

Faraday Future (FFIE) Burns Cash, Board Seats Under Founder Jia Yueting

[Bloomberg.com]

Mercedes-Benz EQE electric sedan will start at $76,050

Andrew J. HawkinsNov 1, 2022

Waymo’s robotaxis are now making passenger trips to the Phoenix airport

Andrew J. HawkinsNov 1, 2022

I’m not sure Tesla can afford to loan out its Autopilot engineers to Twitter.

CNBC is reporting that Elon Musk has authorized dozens of Autopilot software engineers and other Tesla employees to do code reviews and more at the social network. I’m old enough to remember when the automaker laid off at least 200 people tasked with labeling data to help train Autopilot. Anyway, good luck with Full Self-Driving 10.69.3!