Andrew J. Hawkins

General Motors' product chief breaks down the company's software evolution, the physics of multisensor vehicle safety, and why personally owned autonomous vehicles beat robotaxis.

Ford's upcoming electric truck integrates an onboard inverter to dramatically slash the cost, hardware, and utility red tape of home backup power.

We're still a few months away from the official reveal of the Ford Fathom, the automaker's first next-generation electric vehicle. While we wait, Ford has been whetting our appetite with news about the sub-$30,000 pickup - including today's announcement about the Fathom's bidirectional charging capabilities.… Read Daily News

The game, which is called Roadflip and was made by Shopify software engineer Niko Draca , allows you to drive the Roadster up the vertical ramp , and then flip around as many times as you want before using the cold-gas thrusters to land safely on the ground — which, as it turns out, is harder than it sounds! The more flips you do, the higher your score. “Think Tony Hawk... but with a Roadster,” Draca said in an email. I have yet to land without exploding.

The robotaxi company is adding nearly 250 square miles of service area across five cities where it currently operates: Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s a mix of new markets like Nashville, and established ones like the Bay Area. The news comes as Waymo is reportedly looking to quintuple its current fleet of 4,000 robotaxis, bringing it to 8,000 by the end of this year. [Link: Waymo is getting you to even more places.

The mass-market R2 has quickly become the company's top seller by volume, but high-margin software deals and the Volkswagen partnership are the real forces keeping the automaker in good financial health.

Rivian reported its third quarter earnings of 2026, providing us a closer look at the company's financial health as it ramps up production of its all-important R2 electric vehicle - which is now, for the first time, outselling all of Rivian's other EVs. Rivian said it brought in $2.155 billion in revenue, a 38…

Toyota will assemble Waymo-equipped bZ4X electric SUVs directly on its factory line in Japan ahead of planned robotaxi rollouts in Tokyo and the UK.

Waymo announced today that when it launches a robotaxi service in Tokyo in 2027, it will use Toyota bZ4X electric vehicles that are assembled in Japan. The news builds on the strategic partnership between Waymo and Toyota which was first announced in April 2025. The robotaxis will be built entirely under one… Read Daily News

Toyota will assemble Waymo-equipped bZ4X electric SUVs directly on its factory line in Japan ahead of planned robotaxi rollouts in Tokyo and the UK.