Lucid Motors denies report it’s considering bankruptcy

The company said the “rumors are completely false” after its stock sank more than 50% on a report that it was weighing the option.

The Commoditization Of The Car Engine: How Horse Powertrain Is Carving Out A Niche No One Else Wanted

Matias Giannini, CEO of Horse Powertrain, is urging OEMs to outsource Powertrain development and focus on the brand and software as the engine becomes a commodity.

Volvo Trucks To Lead In Bringing Autonomous Trucks To US Market

Volvo AB leading in bringing Autonomous Trucks, where these trucks could be game changers halving per mile costs to $11.35 – $1.35 and capital payment within 1.5 years.

Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and dri…

The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices
The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices

As the US war on Iran sent gas prices soaring, American car buyers flocked to electric vehicles – and in particular hybrids. After a sluggish winter and fall, EV sales rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, with automakers posting some of their best numbers since the elimination of the federal EV tax credit last […]

Even Nvidia’s head of automotive fights with Nvidia for compute
Even Nvidia’s head of automotive fights with Nvidia for compute

Today, I’m talking with Xinzhou Wu, who is the head of automotive at Nvidia.  Nvidia is obviously in the news constantly because of the AI boom — it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, because the AI industry can’t get enough of the company’s GPUs. But Nvidia is also a key supplier […]

SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May

This will be the first Starship test flight for SpaceX as a public company, testing the market’s appetite for the company’s “fly, fail, fix” approach to rocket development, which often ends in fireballs.

LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy

The LAPD, one of Flock’s biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns.

Renewed Iran Fighting Will Sustain Shift To Clean Energy

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at California’s new EV rebates and Peak Energy’s sodium-ion battery plans

Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo

Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.