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.
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.
