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Europe's first commercial robotaxi service is live in Zagreb
1+ week, 5+ day ago (520+ words) Verne, the autonomous mobility company spun out of Croatian hypercar maker Rimac, launched commercial robotaxi rides in Zagreb on 8 April alongside Pony. ai and Uber. The vehicles operate with safety operators onboard for now. Waymo is targeting London for Q4 2026. Verne,…...
Tesla eyes Shanghai Gigafactory for Optimus humanoid robot mass production
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (245+ words) Tesla's China president has described the Shanghai Gigafactory as a "golden key" to mass-producing Optimus humanoid robots, the first time a Tesla executive has publicly linked the company's most productive car factory to its robotics ambitions. Wang's argument is that…...
UK startup Altilium bags "18. 5m to build Britain's first commercial EV battery refinery
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1115+ words) In short: Altilium, a UK clean technology company, has secured "18. 5 million in grant funding from the government's DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund to build ACT3, the country's first commercial refinery for recovering critical minerals from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. Located in Plymouth, Devon, the…...
Uber and Nuro begin employee testing of a Lucid Gravity robotaxi
1+ week, 26+ min ago (382+ words) The Lucid Gravity SUV runs Nuro's autonomous driving system, powered by Nvidia Drive AGX Thor. A human safety operator sits behind the wheel. Uber has committed to buying at least 20, 000 of these vehicles over the next six years. Uber and…...
The Netherlands becomes the first European country to approve Tesla's FSD Supervised
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1067+ words) In short: The Dutch vehicle authority RDW approved Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software on 10 April 2026, making the Netherlands the first European country to authorise the system under UN Regulation 171, the EU standard governing driver control assistance systems. The approval follows…...
Kia cuts EV target, confirms electric pickup, and plans to put Atlas robots in its Georgia factories
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1009+ words) In short: On the day that 25% US tariffs on South Korean imports took effect, Kia held its 2026 CEO Investor Day in Seoul and presented a plan built for a changed world: a quietly reduced EV sales target for 2030, a major…...
Volkswagen's MOIA and Uber begin testing self-driving ID. Buzz minibuses in Los Angeles
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1042+ words) In short: Volkswagen's autonomous mobility subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have begun on-road testing in Los Angeles with roughly 10 autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles, the opening phase of a deployment that is scheduled to offer commercial rides with human safety operators by…...
Tesla beats BYD in Q1 2026 EV sales but inventory build and Europe slump cloud the win
2+ week, 3+ day ago (865+ words) The Next Web Tesla delivered 358, 023 battery electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2026, edging past BYD's 310, 389 pure electric sales to reclaim the global quarterly BEV lead it surrendered across all of 2025. The margin, roughly 48, 000 units, was enough for the headline....
Geely will stop building factories and use Volvo's plants instead
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1350+ words) Li Shufu, the billionaire chairman of Geely Holding Group and the man who bought Volvo Cars from Ford for $1. 8 billion in 2010, has arrived at a conclusion that many of his peers in the global automotive industry have been slower to…...
Europe's first commercial robotaxi is coming to Zagreb
3+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) On-road testing in Croatia's capital is already underway using Pony. ai's Gen-7 system on the Arcfox Alpha T5, a Chinese-manufactured robotaxi. Uber intends to invest in Verne. The three companies plan to scale to thousands of vehicles across Europe, but have…...