5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (296+ words) Elon Musk agreed with a meme mocking the sensor-heavy appearance of Alphabet Inc.-owned Waymo's robotaxis compared with Tesla Inc.'s Cybercab as competition between the two autonomous-driving approaches intensifies. The meme juxtaposed a sharply dressed figure with another covered…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (648+ words) As senior reporter Sean O'Kane wrote before the event, "The Cybercab is Tesla's fork in the road. This is either the moment the company begins to transform urban transportation as we know it, or the moment that reveals that, despite…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (504+ words) Electric-vehicle maker Tesla announced the debut of its self-driving robotaxi, dubbed "Cybercab," on Thursday in a bid to compete with the likes of Uber and Waymo. First unveiled in October 2024, the gold-colored vehicle has no pedals or steering wheel. With…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (763+ words) That's a real upgrade over a chatbot that could book a destination and tell you a joke. It is not, however, an AI with its hands on your car. Worth understanding the difference, because the constraints on this thing are…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) Waymo has opened its next-generation Ojai robotaxi to the general public across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, making the Zeekr-built vehicle one of the few ways an American can ride in a Chinese-made EV they cannot legally buy. The…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) Tesla's Cybercab is coming soon, perhaps as soon as August. But who's getting to ride in it? On Monday, The Information published a report saying the company is preparing for a public launch of the Cybercab in Austin, possibly this…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Former "Top Gear" and "The Grand Tour" host James May has tested Tesla Inc.'s Grok-powered voice assistant in a Model 3, criticizing the AI's attempts to sound human as "insincere and phony." In a video shared on the "James May's…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (552+ words) Tesla's long-delayed next-generation Roadster could finally be unveiled this month, with a demonstration reportedly set to show the car fitted with cold-gas thrusters developed alongside SpaceX. The detail comes via Reuters, and marks the latest in a string of reveal…...