Riding in a Zoox robotaxi at CES 2025: Everything that went right and wrong
A construction zone. A car crash. A double-parked truck. A motorcycle cop with its red, white, and blues deployed.
My one-hour trip along the Las Vegas Strip in a custom-built Zoox robotaxi during CES 2025 wasn't a dull one. A second, shorter ride the following evening proved less eventf
Tesla launches new-look Model Y in China
Tesla has revealed a new-look Model Y meant for the Chinese and other Asian-Pacific markets, marking the first major update to the SUV since its launch in 2020.
The redesign comes as Tesla finished 2024 having delivered fewer vehicles than it did in 2023. It was the first year-over-year drop sinc
Autonomous vehicles are having a moment and other vibes from CES 2025
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CES 2025: Where have all the US automakers gone?
The old chestnut passed around by industry watchers for the past decade was that CES — one of the world's largest consumer tech trade events — had turned into an auto show. Maybe even the most important auto show of the year.
And there was ample evidence of that. GM Chairman and CEO Mary B
We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo robotaxi on a dizzying loop
A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop — an isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle, according to Waymo.
Apparently, it wasn’t a one-time thing.
Around the same time, in another Waymo robotaxi headed f
Vay expands driverless car-sharing fleet in Las Vegas
Vay is hitting the accelerator on its driverless car-sharing service in Las Vegas.
The Berlin-based startup, which uses teleoperations technology that lets humans pilot empty vehicles to customers, has been operating a small commercial fleet of retrofitted Kia e-Niro vehicles in certain parts of
Delta SkyMiles members can soon earn miles riding with Uber, as deal with Lyft nears end
Uber announced during CES 2025 a multi-year exclusive partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows SkyMiles members to earn miles when they ride with Uber or order delivery through Uber Eats in the United States. The deal means an end of Delta’s partnership with Lyft.
The Uber partnership wi
Zeekr RT, the robotaxi built for Waymo, has the tiniest wipers
For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new.
In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a concept of the purpose-built robotaxi in late 2022 and began testing prototype versions on public roads in San Francisco last year, even as it began
Xpeng Aero HT unveils 'flying car' that's part van, part eVTOL at CES 2025
Xpeng Aero HT, the aerospace company under Chinese EV startup Xpeng, unveiled at CES 2025 its “modular flying car,” the Land Aircraft Carrier. It’s essentially an electric minivan with a small folding eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle tucked in the back, which can be r
Honda reveals its futuristic ‘0 SUV’ prototype at CES 2025
Honda unveiled Tuesday at CES 2025 the latest EV in its 0 Series — a midsized SUV prototype dubbed, surely enough, the 0 SUV. Honda’s take on the SUV will join the 0 Saloon that the automaker showed off at last year’s show.
And while Honda first showed us the 0 Saloon, the SUV will b
Serve Robotics raises additional $80M as it scales sidewalk delivery robots
Nvidia and Uber-backed Serve Robotics has raised $80 million via a direct offering of 4.2 million shares of common stock. The fresh cash will help the company extend its runway through 2026 and scale its fleet from the 100 robots on the streets of Los Angeles today to the 2,000 Serve hopes to deplo
Segway dropped two e-bikes at CES 2025 that are stylish and packed with tech for under $3000
Micromobility giant Segway launched two new e-bikes at CES 2025 that are designed to make the experience of riding a bike easier, safer, more convenient, and more accessible.
The new bikes – the Xyber that's giving dirt bike energy, and the classic-looking Xafari – are available for
Toyota's next-generation cars will be built with Nvidia supercomputers and operating system
Toyota announced at CES 2025 that its next-generation vehicles will have automated driving capabilities powered by Nvidia's Drive AGX Orin supercomputer and safety-focused operating system, DriveOS.
DriveOS is the operating system for Nvidia’s autonomous vehicle platform that promises sa
Sony Honda Mobility’s Afeela EV will start at $89,900
Sony has been trickling out details of the Afeela brand it launched with Honda ever since it unveiled the EV in 2023. But it’s held back one big detail — until today.
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced Monday at CES 2025 that the four-door Afeela EV would have a starting price of $89