Rebecca Bellan
Waymo will begin testing its autonomous Jaguar I-Paces without a human safety operator in Los Angeles in the next couple of weeks. This is the company’s next step on its path to commercializing robotaxi services in its second California city.
To start, only employees will be able to hail...
Twitter has laid off at least another 50 employees, according to a report from The Information and posts on social media from former workers.
And apparently not even Elon Musk loyalist Esther Crawford, the chief executive of Twitter payments who oversaw the company’s Twitter Blue verification subscription, was spared,...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Tesla CEO Elon Musk still needs to get pre-approval from lawyers before tweeting Tesla-related information.
The SEC penned its renewed stance this week in a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York, arguing that...
Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 revenue, as well as 2023 production and delivery goals, causing the company’s stock price to tumble almost 10% in after-hours trading.
That’s a particularly rough outcome for a company that’s been battling supply chain...
Tesla is making California the home of its global engineering headquarters.
CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that Tesla’s new engineering HQ will be at the former offices of Hewlett-Packard.
The sudden rekindling of Tesla’s relationship with California may be surprising after the EV-maker up and...
Uber is releasing an updated version of its app that aims to simplify and personalize the experience for customers.
The new app has a more straightforward homescreen that removes the friction of a few extra taps when booking a ride or ordering a delivery. It also allows customers to...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Monday it has asked Tesla to provide more information after one of its vehicles crashed into a fire truck in California, Bloomberg reported.
The agency did not confirm to TechCrunch what kind of information it is seeking, but NHTSA likely wants...
Twitter is allowing cannabis ads to run on its platform in U.S. states where cannabis is legal and in Canada, according to the company’s blog and Axios.
Twitter updated its ad policy Wednesday, making it the first social media app in the U.S. to allow cannabis advertising. Google last...
The European Parliament formally approved a law to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars in the European Union starting in 2035 in a move designed to speed up the transition to electric vehicles.
The new legislation, which is part of a broader effort by the EU...
With lidar companies Ouster and Velodyne officially merged, CEO Angus Pacala has identified the next phase of growth. And it’s not self-driving cars or even advanced driver assistance systems. It’s smart infrastructure.
“I keep saying this and people think I’m crazy, but there’s a good chance that smart infrastructure becomes...
