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Tesla has lost its first jury trial following the failure of enhanced Autopilot that resulted in 1 death and another pedestrian being severely injured.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has says the company will reveal more plans about building EVs in Kentucky on Aug 11

Chevrolet has released the first teaser images of the 2026 Chevrolet Bolt this fall

Motional CEO Laura Major published a blog post announcing a new techical direction for the automated driving company using large driving models https://motional.com/news/how-motional-accelerating-scale-affordability-and-safety-large-driving-models-ldms

Despite headwinds from Washington, public EV charging infrastructure continues to expand

Electric and automated vehicles may be exacerbating motion sickness

Data is increasingly showing that electric vehicle batteries hold up much better than expected. 

Tesla could be banned from selling cars in California for 30 days if it is found guilty of falsely advertising the autonomous capabilities of its vehicles

Chinese president Xi Jinping is giving strong indications he wants to slow overcapacity growth in industries including automotive and AI

Uber is investing in Nuro and Lucid to produce robotaxis based on the Gravity SUV

A new study from YouGov reveals some very negative demographic trends for American automakers

Rivian is switching to Google Maps for the Navigation in its EVs

GM announced that the Ultium Cells joint venture battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee will convert at least some of its production capacity from nickel manganesse cobalt aluminum cells to lithium iron phosphate

24% of Cadillac's US sales volume in the first half of 2025 was electric and the brand is likely to remain commited to EVs to support a global expansion

Stellantis wants to make sure that its customers keep new vehicles connected as long as possible so it has simplified and reduced the cost of connected vehicle packages

The Republican majority in congress has approved a massive tax and spending bill that will add trillions to the US debt and make electric vehicles more expensive for American car buyers after Sept 30 2025

Automakers need to have more robust testing and validation processes in place for software before pushing out over-the-air updates

V1.5 of Ford BlueCruise adds automated overtaking capability

Redwood Materials is expanding from just battery recycling to integrating energy storage from second life EV batteries

After spending a week driving a 2025 Mini Countryman EV, I found it delivered better than expected range, but there are still issues with public charging infrastructure

Uber and its fomer CEO Travis Kalanick are reportedly in talks to buy the US assets of automated driving system developer Pony AI

Intel has decided not pursue competing against the likes of Nvidia, Qualcomm, NXP, Huawei and Horizon Robotics in the automotive chip market and is shuttering its automotive division.

The day after visiting Ford's still unfinished lithium iron phosphate battery plant in Marshall, MI, we visited the LG Energy Solution plant in Holland, MI that has recently undergone an expansion and is now the first in the US to be producing LFP cells at scale. While Ford is planning to use its cells in new EVs, LGES is targeting the stationary energy storage market

Despite the controversy and opposition from some local residents in Marshall Michigan, Ford is progressing with construction of its first lithium iron phosphate battery plant for EVs with production due to start in 2026.

On June 22, 2025 Tesla finally launched a robotaxi service in Austin Texas and it almost instantly started violating traffic rules.