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Electric Vehicles

Why AVs still struggle with the unknown

When it comes to “edge cases,” even a teen with a fresh driver’s license has a leg up on autonomous vehicles.


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Electric Vehicles

What does 2026 have in store for mobility tech?

One trend to watch in 2026 is the expansion of robotaxi deployments into new markets like the Middle East and Europe.


A Rivian vehicle with lidar sensors.
Electric Vehicles

Rivian spells out its autonomous driving vision

The EV startup announced AI and autonomy advancements during its first “Autonomy and AI Day” in Palo Alto on Thursday.


Driverless car in the spotlight
Electric Vehicles

Forecast projects big growth in hands-free driving systems in coming years

Telemetry’s Assisted and Automated Driving Forecast predicts that over half of new cars will have hands-free capabilities by 2028.


An image of a Tesla, a woman wearing a headset, and an Austin city limits sign.
Electric Vehicles

What we know—or want to know—about Tesla’s robotaxi service

Tesla is rolling out a robotaxi service with a small fleet of Model Ys in Austin this month.


A member of the SciAutononics II team gives a thumbs-up gesture from the chase vehicle as they follow their autonomous vehicle from the starting line in a quest for a million-dollar prize at the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Challenge on March 13, 2004 near Barstow, California.
Electric Vehicles

Our self-driving future has yet to materialize. What’s next for AV tech?

Autonomous vehicles have yet to live up to the hype around them, but industry stakeholders still see them as a way to transform transportation as we know it.


A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives along California Street on April 11, 2022 in San Francisco, California.
Electric Vehicles

AV industry players team up—and more autonomous news from April

Waymo and Toyota said they’ve struck a preliminary agreement to collaborate on developing and deploying self-driving vehicle tech for personal vehicles.

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