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insideevs.com > news > 783157 > musk-promises-2025-eoy-robotaxis

Tesla's Big Robotaxi Promises Fall Flat As 2025 Comes To A Close

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (559+ words) "Teslas will be in the wild with no one in them, in June, in Austin," the automaker's CEO, Elon Musk, declared on'Tesla's 2024 Q4 earnings call. "This is not some far-off mythical situation; it's five, six months away." Any way you want…...

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insideevs.com > news > 783165 > rivian-point-to-point-test-ride

I Got A Sneak Peek At Rivian's Answer To Tesla Full Self-Driving

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (579+ words) Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) may not actually be autonomous, but it is still one-of-a-kind in the U.S. even years after its initial launch. For now." At the event, I got a roughly 20-minute ride in an R1S that was running a unreleased…...

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insideevs.com > news > 783028 > waymo-robotaxi-door-closing-gig

Waymo Ditched Drivers, But It’s Paying People To Close Robotaxi Doors

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (347+ words) Multiple companies are touting a future filled with autonomous vehicles that make pick-ups and drop-offs pretty much everywhere in the world.But until that happens, Waymo, the leader among robotaxi companies, has to deal with an old-school problem that few…...

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insideevs.com > news > 782984 > rivian-r1t-range-extended-500-miles

How This Rivian R1T Went Over 500 Miles At Highway Speeds

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (571+ words) The Tesla Cybertruck never got the range-extending battery option the carmaker advertised way back when. But thanks to the ingenuity of a crack team of electric-vehicle nerds, at least one Rivian R1T now sports such an upgrade. The project is a…...

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insideevs.com > news > 782837 > tesla-cybercab-150-cleaning-fee

Tesla Will Charge You $150 If You Puke In A Robotaxi

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (403+ words) Tesla's Robotaxi service just gained one of the most realistic features imaginable: cleaning fees for when you lose your lunch in the back seat. Light vacuum work for something like spilling your fries or tracking in dirt? That'll be $50. But…...

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insideevs.com > news > 782878 > hyundai-ev-autonomous-42dot-ces

Hyundai's Next Act: Raising Its Autonomous Driving Game

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (361+ words) When you buy an electric vehicle from the Hyundai Motor Group, you're getting a car with lots of range, a ton of style, impressive performance and some of the finest charging speeds in the business. What you are not getting…...

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insideevs.com > news > 782831 > mercedes-cla-ai-assistant-review

I Tried Mercedes' New In-Car AI Assistant. Then I Was Sad To Give It Up

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (504+ words) I realized just how useful Mercedes-Benz's new in-car AI assistant can be when I was driving a different car. After testing the impressive new 2026 Mercedes CLA-Class in San Francisco, I flew back to New York, but then faced several hours…...

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insideevs.com > features > 782823 > podcast-2025-recap-tesla-waymo

Tesla, Waymo, Slate's Affordable Truck And Beyond: The 10 Biggest EV Stories Of 2025

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (187+ words) A year ago, I wrote that 2024 marked the end of "business as usual" for the global car industry and its electric transformation. I can pretty confidently say now that 2025 looked at everything that had happened in the last few years…...

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insideevs.com > news > 782685 > all-ev-battery-chemistries-explained

All Major EV Battery Chemistries, Explained

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1067+ words) There's no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to batteries, especially those used in automotive applications. For electric vehicles, automakers use different chemistries, cell formats and pack designs based on trade-offs around cost, range and performance'much like how engines range from…...

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insideevs.com > features > 782245 > byd-breathrough-2026-megawatt-charging

Why BYD's 5-Minute Fast-Charging Is Our Technology Of The Year

Why BYD's 5-Minute Fast-Charging Is Our Technology Of The Year1+ week, 5+ day ago  (665+ words) If you look at the headlines, you might believe that 2025 is the year the electric-vehicle transition crashed out for good. But two bigger stories are playing out behind the headlines. The first is that the next crop of EVs coming…...