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TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (1000+ words) Waymo gets a lot of attention for its fast-paced expansion. And for good reason; it seems like every week, the company's robotaxis are arriving in a new city, or expanding within an existing service area. We've known for a while…...
How scientists created a car alarm that could save lives
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (461+ words) Every driver has experienced the frustration of alarms. They wake us up, remind us about messages, and notify us about everyday events. But some alarms have a much more important job: warning us when danger is near. In modern vehicles,…...
Waymo Opens Zeekr Ojai Robotaxi to All US Riders
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (262+ words) Waymo has opened its next-generation Ojai robotaxi to the general public across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, making the Zeekr-built vehicle one of the few ways an American can ride in a Chinese-made EV they cannot legally buy. The…...
Tesla owner tests Superchargers on 700-mile drive to Arkansas with no backup plan
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (418+ words) A 700-mile drive is exactly the kind of scenario that still makes some drivers question whether an electric vehicle can really replace a gas-powered car. That is why one Tesla owner's decision to head to Arkansas using only Tesla Superchargers,…...
Zeekr X charging run undercuts a popular EV myth about what drives fast plug-in times
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (430+ words) A fast-charge test of the Zeekr X challenges one of the most common talking points in the EV world: that an 800V architecture is the main reason some electric cars charge so quickly. In a video from Out of Spec Roaming…...
Honda's Award-Winning EV Outlier Hides a Two-Wheel-Drive Bet Worth Arguing About
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (511+ words) Design awards are usually where concept bikes go to be politely applauded and then forgotten. Honda's latest one is worth a closer look, though — not because of the trophy, but because of what's hiding in the spec. Honda announced on…...
Stellantis Patented Emergency Lights for Cars That Have Already Rolled Over
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (263+ words) Every taillight ever engineered assumes the car will stay right-side up. Stellantis just filed a patent that quietly admits otherwise. That's the filing. Here's the story underneath it. Sit with that for a second: the safety feature engineered to work…...
The Tesla Cybercab Is Ready To Be Unleashed Upon The Public
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (676+ words) Tesla's strange little two-seat Cybercab has spent months appearing on public roads without actually carrying the people it was designed for, but now that could be about to change. Nearly two years after Tesla first revealed the purpose-built autonomous EV,…...
Lucid Air Sapphire Just Destroyed Supercars In 0-200-0 MPH Run
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (760+ words) There are fast cars, and then there are cars that make the usual performance hierarchy look badly outdated. Car and Driver's latest acceleration-and-braking test did exactly that when a four-door electric luxury sedan lined up against some of the quickest…...
Waymo develops custom chip for latest robotaxi generation
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (269+ words) Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, has developed a custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is now in production for its latest-generation robotaxis. The 5nm chip is designed to process raw sensor data, including LiDAR, radar and camera…...