Dockworkers Reach Deal To End Massive East Coast Strike
Good morning! It’s Friday, October 4, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
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Waymo’s New Agreement With Hyundai Raises Questions About China
Soon you could see Waymo self-driving tech in Hyundai cars. The autonomous driving tech developer Waymo said this week that it would partner with the Korean automaker Hyundai to equip …
Rideshare Drivers Are Using Teslas With Full Self-Driving As Half-Assed Robotaxis
People are apparently very stupid, and that is why Uber and Lyft drivers are using Tesla’s shoddy-at-best Full Self-Driving program to complete rides, creating – in essence – makeshift robotaxis. …
It Takes An Army Of Engineers To Make Self-Driving Cars Actually Self-Drive
The race to create a real self-driving car is heating up, with startups like Waymo deploying its autonomous taxis across U.S. cities, billions of dollars being plowed into new technology …
Autonomous Taxis Aren’t The Biggest Threat To Uber, Uber Is
Taxi drivers have been ferrying people around America’s cities for decades with the biggest change to the sector coming when Uber burst onto the scene and made us all rely …
Chrysler Not For Sale, Stellantis Won’t Kill Or Sell Any Brand
Good morning! It’s September 2, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the …
We Still Haven’t Figured Out How Self-Driving Cars Should Make Life-Or-Death Decisions
Autonomous cars are coming. Slowly. The rosy predictions that we heard back in 2016 proved to be overblown, and research and development have cost companies billions and billions of dollars, …
Ford Loses $44,000 On Every EV Sells As It Switches To Hybrids
Good morning! It’s Monday, August 26, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Stellantis ‘Starting To Come Apart’ As CEO Flies To Detroit To Salvage Sales
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, August 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Chasing Winter Storms Will Be A Frigid Nightmare For Waymo
Gif: Inside Edition / YouTube If the hostile public reception hasn’t been enough to halt Waymo’s expansion, maybe the autonomous tech company will face stiffer opposition from ice and lake-effect …