Flying, flipping Tesla Roadster delivered on style, THESE EVs deliver on substance
Flying, flipping Tesla Roadster delivered on style, THESE EVs deliver on substance

If last week’s headlines proved anything at all, it’s that the long wait for flying, flipping, fully self driving electric vehicles is finally over – especially if you’re shopping at Tesla’s competitors. On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got a …

GM just revealed an electric drive 3500 dually with VERY limited color options
GM just revealed an electric drive 3500 dually with VERY limited color options

GM just took the wraps off the electric-drive pickup America’s commercial fleets have been waiting for: a one-ton chassis, dually rear axle and massive capability baked in. The best part? You can have it in any color you want — as long as it’s Army gre…

E-quipment highlight: LEAPTING launches electric autonomous forklift
E-quipment highlight: LEAPTING launches electric autonomous forklift

Chinese PV and solar equipment brand LEAPTING has taken the wraps off its new, battery-powered Auto-Navigation Forklift Robot (AFR) designed to speed up the installation of large, utility-scale solar power projects.

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Autonomous military 6×6 packs electric drive and go-anywhere grit [video]
Autonomous military 6×6 packs electric drive and go-anywhere grit [video]

The Hunter WOLF military robot is one of six private-sector projects chosen for US Army’s Infantry Last Tactical Mile (ILTM) initiative – an advanced research initiative designed to modernize infantry support for soldiers on the battlefield.

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Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks
Autonomous Orange: YMX adds Outrider self-driving tech to its electric yard trucks

The logistics experts at 3PL provider YMX know a thing or three about running an efficient fleet, but even they are feeling the nationwide shortage of qualified yard operators. To help keep the goods moving and the wheels turning, the company is turnin…

Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO
Tesla’s two week notice, Volvo’s autonomous milestone, and fun with LEGO

On today’s completely predictable episode of Quick Charge, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the weather looks like it’ll be too rough to show off his new “flying” Roadster 2.0 on October 1st, so he’s pushing the reveal back another two weeks – but after 9 year…

Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously
Full Self Hauling: Volvo moves 3 million tonnes of Earth, autonomously

The deployed fleet of ultra heavy-duty trucks and mining equipment assets powered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions reached a major milestone last week, hauling their 3 millionth tonne of material out of the mines without a human driver.

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Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?
Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame?

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek readers who should be held responsible when AI fails, and people get hurt. After nearly 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us.

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Mazda adds LiDAR to CX-6e, rolls out “self driving” tech in China
Mazda adds LiDAR to CX-6e, rolls out “self driving” tech in China

Mazda’s CX-6e just got a major tech update in the form of a new LiDAR suite that makes the sporty electric SUV capable of delivering “advanced L2” autonomy, navigation on autopilot (NOA), and automated parking.

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Lucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe
Lucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe

Lucid and Bolt announced a partnership today to build and deploy autonomous vehicles across Europe, with the ride-hailing platform aiming to put at least 25,000 self-driving Lucid EVs on its network.

It’s the second big autonomous-fleet deal Lucid h…