After nearly two years of testing in the two cities, the Amazon-owned company says it’s getting closer to offering rides.
The Amazon unit expects a federal waiver for its purpose-built electric vehicle–with no steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal–enabling it to start making money in months.
Washington says the Railway Safety Act is about safety. In reality, it’s about control—and Americans will pay the price.
The funding adds to a previous round, announced in January, that valued the drone startup at $7.6 billion.
With the end of the $7,500 federal tax credit in the U.S., headlines shouted that the EV is dead in America. Not so fast. Prices in the used EV market are rising.
Gas is one of the largest expenses for delivery drivers. With prices continuing to surge, DoorDash is offering a lifeline to Dashers with a new relief program.

Donut Lab is on a mission to prove to the world its solid-state battery is real, one independent test at a time. We’ve seen speed charging tests, extreme heat tests, and not-a-supercapacitor tests. Today’s test is to see how the battery holds up under damage. The results: While it could barely sustain a charge, it […]

In-wheel motors have been around since the very beginning of electric motoring. Ferdinand Porsche developed one way back in 1900, and the US sent them to the moon in our Lunar Roving Vehicles in the early ’70s. But, outside of e-bikes, they’ve never really gone mainstream. It looked like Lordstown Motors would be their time […]
The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that’s causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco’s airport.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a look-alike Chinese rival to Tesla’s electric Semi and facing U.S. and global water challenges