Slate Auto drops ‘under $20,000’ pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has stopped promoting that its upcoming pickup truck will start “under $20,000” following passage of President Trump’s tax cut bill. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law by Trump on July 4, will cause
Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production
Lucid delivered 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a 6% increase in sales from the previous period and a new sales record for the EV maker.
Lucid also reported it produced 3,863 vehicles in the second quarter, nearly 1,000 more than it made in the previous period. Lucid produced 2,212 vehicles
Tesla faces second straight year of falling sales after another bad quarter
Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, wrapping up another weak quarter for the company as it struggles to bring the pace of sales back up to 2023 levels.
That represents a 13.5% drop from the number of cars Tesla delivered in the second quarter of 2022, and it means
Rivian receives the next $1B from Volkswagen as sales struggles continue
Rivian has hit a milestone in its agreement with German automotive giant Volkswagen that will bring $1 billion into the EV startup’s coffers in the form of a share sale. Rivian also announced Wednesday that it delivered 10,661 vehicles in the second quarter.
That represents a 23% drop in sa
The electric Hummer is almost outselling the F-150 Lightning
General Motors sold 4,508 electric Hummer trucks and SUVs in the second quarter in the U.S., putting it close to Ford’s F-150 Lightning despite a price gap in the tens of thousands of dollars.
The Hummer sales were part of a banner quarter for GM’s electric vehicles, making it one of t
Ford EV sales fall 31% while hybrids rise
Ford saw a 31% drop in U.S. sales of electric vehicles in the second quarter of 2025, led by a collapse of E-Transit vans and declining popularity of the F-150 Lightning. At the same time, hybrid sales jumped more than 23% compared to last year.
Halfway through the year, and the company has sold j
Tesla sends driverless Model Y from factory to customer to promote its robotaxi tech
Just a few days after launching a limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, Tesla pulled off an additional stunt meant to show off the progress of its self-driving car software. The company let a Model Y SUV drive roughly 15 miles from Tesla’s factory to the apartment complex where the car&#
Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI ? and Uber might help
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI, according to The New York Times. Kalanick is reportedly working with investors to finance an acquisition, and Uber may even help make the transaction happen, the Times reports.
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Rivian cuts dozens on manufacturing team ahead of R2 launch
Rivian has laid off around 140 employees, or roughly 1% of its workforce, as it prepares for the launch of its more affordable R2 SUV in 2026, TechCrunch has learned.
The cuts were mostly made to Rivian’s manufacturing team and have been ongoing since Wednesday, according to multiple former
Elon Musk reportedly fires Tesla’s top sales exec
Omead Afshar, Tesla’s vice president in charge of sales and manufacturing in North America and Europe, has reportedly been fired by CEO Elon Musk, according to Forbes.
It’s not immediately known why Musk fired Afshar, who was one of his top lieutenants and closest confidants at the com
Intel hits the brakes on its automotive business, and layoffs have started
Intel is shuttering its automotive architecture business and laying off most of its staff as part of a broader restructuring at the chipmaker.
The news was first reported by The Oregonian/Oregon Live, which cited an internal memo that was shared with employees Tuesday morning. Intel confirmed to
Kodiak is using Vay’s remote driving tech in its self-driving trucks
Self-driving trucks developed by Kodiak Robotics contain some remote-driving DNA courtesy of Vay, a driverless car-sharing startup out of Berlin.
The two companies, which announced a partnership Wednesday, have been working together since last year when Kodiak's self-driving trucks began
Feds question Ford in hands-free driving investigation
The top federal vehicle safety regulator has sent Ford an exhaustive list of questions about its hands-free driver-assistance system known as BlueCruise. It’s the latest development in an investigation that started more than one year ago following two fatal crashes involving the software.
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Uber and Waymo’s commercial robotaxi service is open for business in Atlanta
Waymo robotaxis can now be hailed in Atlanta via Uber. The two companies, which already offer the “Waymo on Uber” service in Austin, said on Tuesday the commercial service will initially cover about 65 square miles in Atlanta.
The launch, if successful, is poised to propel the business