Telemetry Transportation Daily

Slate has officially priced its new electric truck at $24,950, but is it still too expensive?

New York officials have pulled back on plans to approve robotaxis in New York

Online used car retailer is getting into new car sales and has acquired seven Stellantis dealers

Ford has begun initial production of lithium iron phosphate batteries at its BlueOval Battery Park factory in Marshall, MI in preparation for building its new Universal EV platform toward the end of this year.

Uber, Wayve and Stellantis are investigating a partnership to deploy robotaxis

Chevrolet has revealed its 2027 Silverado 1500 with new, larger v8 engines

The FIA, ACO and IMSA have announced the rules for the next-generation of Hypercar/GTP prototype racers to launch in 2030

Operation Frodo EV 2026 successfully transported 16 rescue dogs from Nebraska to Oregon and Washington with a fleet of four electric vehicles from Cadillac, Hyundai, Kia and Lucid and some complimentary charging from EVGo

Most of the people training Tesla full self-driving don't believe it's safe enough to use

BYD is introducing its own system on chip design for driver assist systems.

Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center is now 15 years old and has announced 10 new projects

Facing a lawsuit from owners in China, Tesla has rebranded Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving

The Zoox robotaxi service in Las Vegas is improving

As it scales its robotaxi business, Waymo is encountering more issues and is now pulling back on some services

Sam has some product highlights from the 2026 Stellantis Investor Day

Stellantis is hoping to get its business back on track with help from at least three partnerships including LeapMotor, Dongfeng and Jaguar Land Rover

Electrifying ground transportation doesn't just apply to consumer vehicles as airport equipment increasingly gets batteries

Volvo has announced US pricing and range numbers for the US market version of the new EX60 electric midsize crossover

Ford Energy has a deal with EDF Power Solutions to provide up to 4GWh annually of its containerized energy storage systems from its Kentucky battery plant

Geely and Chery have begun shipping Chinese built EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles to Canada under a new trade deal

Data from Recurrent shows that EV batteries are holding up very well over time and showing suprisingly little degradation

Hyundai plans to start shipping Ioniq 5s for use as Waymo robotaxis by the end of 2026 and they will be upfitted by Magna

Elektrobit CEO Maria Anhalt calls on automakers and suppliers to stop constantly reinventing basic software functions and make interfaces more consistent

Sedans may be making a comeback in the next few years

Government and union officials in Canada have rejected a Stellantis plan to build Leap Motor EVs at its Brampton, Ontario plant

Nearly five years after re-joining Ford, Doug Field is leaving and much of his organization is being folded into a new product creation and industrialization group

Volkswagen has launched a heavily revamped version of the ID3 in Europe that finally does away with most of the touch-based controls

Slate and Lucid have both raised new capital as they prepare to launch crucial new models later this year

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued recommendations following 2 fatal crashes involving Ford vehicles using the hands-free BlueCruise system

Waymo and Waze are teaming up to provide information about potholes to cities

Kia is expanding its electrified vehicle lineup while VW is ending US production of the ID4

Sony and Honda have officially confirmed that they are cancelling development and production of the Afeela line of EVs

GM is starting on-road testing of its hands-off, eyes-off level 3 automated driving system

Uber is doing deals everywhere to get robotaxis on its platform

At Nvidia GTC 2026, the GPU maker announced several new and expanded partnerships for its Hyperion Drive systems

At its first investor day in New York this week, Lucid gave investors, analysts and media a first look at its new midsize product family.

Honda has decided to cancel its upcoming electric vehicle products for North America

The growing Middle East war is becoming very assymetrical and that will likely lead to a prolonged conflict and high oil prices for some time making EVs, especially used examples a potential solution for many customers

Peter Faricy is taking over as CEO of Slate Auto from Chris Barman is moving over to president of vehicles

With its new Blade 2.0 battery cells, BYD and the rest of the Chinese auto market are leaving the US industry further in the dust