Volkswagen launched the latest version of its IQ.Drive ADAS system across its 2027 vehicles, including the Atlas, Golf, ID. Buzz, and Tiguan. The electric ID. Buzz van returns in 2027, bringing several upgrades.
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A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas – before the rules governing this new technology have even been finalized. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) selected eight state-led […]
A US congressman is demanding the Department of Transportation explain what it’s doing about Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving after an NBC News investigation surfaced dozens of videos of drivers apparently asleep at the wheel.
Rep. Raja Krish…
Universal Music Group is launching a new AI-powered platform that will allow users to draw from its catalog of licensed music to create song remixes, mashups, and new takes on tracks, according to an announcement on Thursday. The record label is developing the platform through a multiyear licensing agreement with ElevenLabs, a company that specializes […]
Volvo is pulling the EX40 from its US lineup, leaving the $60,000 EX60 as the brand’s most affordable EV, at least for now.
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Jimmy Kimmel will be interviewing Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico “under unusual circumstances,” posting the interview directly to YouTube, rather than airing it on TV during Jimmy Kimmel Live. In Wednesday night’s episode, Kimmel said this was out of concern for retaliation from the Trump administration’s FCC: [Trump’s] FCC has threatened me, threatened our […]
Electric car sales continue to rise around the globe, driven to newer heights by a wholly unnecessary oil conflict. Only a few backwards-thinking countries are resisting the rise… and one of those backwards-thinking countries is now seeing the light, b…
There are electric scooters, there are fast electric scooters, and then there are machines like the Nanrobot LS7+ that make you wonder whether we’ve stretched the definition of “scooter” about as far as it can possibly go.
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Snapchat is launching Plans, a new suite of features designed to help turn the plans already being made in group chats – everything from birthday celebrations to study sessions and weekend hangouts – into real life get-togethers without ever leaving the app. Plans lets users set event details, invite up to 200 friends with invitations […]
The Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling venture at $23 billion.
That’s roughly four times its 2022 valuation of about $5.7 billion. And most of the case for it …