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Two top Faraday Future executives just resigned

Faraday Future, the much-hyped electric carmaker that lately has descended into turmoil, just lost two of its top executives, two sources confirmed to The Verge. Marco Mattiacci, chief brand and commercial officer, and Joerg Sommer, vice...

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Elon Musk says new version of Tesla's Autopilot could be coming next week

Tesla may be ready to enable more self-driving features in its newest cars before the end of December, Elon Musk tweeted tonight. "Looks like we might be ready to rollout most of Autopilot functionality for HW2 towards the end of next week," the...

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Tesla’s new update restricts Autopilot to the speed limit on undivided roads

Tesla cars are limited to the posted speed limit when Autopilot is engaged on an undivided road, thanks to an update now rolling out. Previously, Autopilot was limited to five miles per hour over the speed limit on roads where cars travel in both...

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UK Tesla prices to increase 5 percent following Brexit ‘currency fluctuations’

The HTC Vive, the iPhone 7, and now the whole Tesla range — all products that have increased in price in the UK thanks to “currency fluctuations,” aka the pound losing value relative to the dollar following the Brexit vote. An internal email sent...

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Behind the scenes at Faraday Future, an electric carmaker on the brink of collapse

“If you’re an investor, you’re fucked.”

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Uber launches electric fleet of Teslas in Madrid

In its battles with local government, Uber is happy to burnish its green credentials when it thinks doing so will help it curry favor. In Madrid, where the taxi service was banned until March this year for its use of unlicensed drivers, Uber...

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Waymo’s 100 autonomous Chrysler minivans are here

Chrysler has completed the 100 autonomous Pacifica minivans that will join the Waymo (née Google) fleet in early 2017. The vans, which are plug-in hybrid variants with Waymo’s self-driving hardware and software built in, are part of a partnership...

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We can't tell if Elon Musk is joking about his next 'boring' company

I believe that these tweets, from the CEO of two major companies, speak for themselves: Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging...— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2016 It shall be...

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Tesla owners who leave cars at Superchargers after charging will pay $0.40/minute

Tesla will begin charging owners who leave their cars at Supercharger stations after they have completed charging, the company announced today. The new fee is an attempt to increase turnover at the charging stations, which have become increasingly...

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Chevy shows off its autonomous Bolt EV as testing begins in Michigan

General Motors will begin testing its autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV in Michigan, expanding a program that started earlier this year in San Francisco and Scottsdale, Arizona. Chevy also released the first official pictures of its autonomous testing...

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BMW's HoloActive Touch floats a virtual touchscreen next to your steering wheel

BMW has announced the first details of HoloActive Touch, a concept dash interface that uses gesture commands. It's an iteration on the AirTouch system shown off at CES last year, and will itself make its debut at CES 2017 next month. The main...

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You can preorder Lucid’s 1,000-horsepower EV right now

Lucid Motors has unveiled its 1,000-horsepower, 400-mile range, Model S-fighting electric sedan. It’s called the Lucid Air and early versions will run north of $100,000 (exact pricing will be disclosed later), with available 100kWh and 130kWh...

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Your self-driving car won't be built by Uber or Google

But they might develop it

You can hail a self-driving Uber in San Francisco starting today

Is Silicon Valley ready for autonomous ride-sharing? Duh

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Google spinoff Waymo may be planning a ride-share service with Fiat Chrysler

Google and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) may be working together on an autonomous ride-sharing service that could launch as soon as next year, according to a Bloomberg report. It would be an expansion of a partnership announced earlier this year that saw...

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First Chevy Bolt is delivered in Tesla’s backyard

The first Chevy Bolt will be delivered to a customer today and, perhaps coincidentally, it’s going to a customer who lives in Tesla’s backyard. The Bolt is Chevy’s 238-mile electric car. It’s the first “affordable” EV that can travel more than 200...

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Google is spinning off its self-driving car program into a new company called Waymo

Today, Google announced that it would be spinning off its six-year-old self-driving project into a standalone business called Waymo, which stands for “a new way forward in mobility,” according to John Krafcik, the CEO of the new company. ...

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Wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communication would be required in new cars under proposed DOT rule

The United States Department of Transportation announced today that it is proposing a rule to require vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology in new cars. Vehicle-to-vehicle systems, or V2V, allows cars to communicate to each other in an...

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Google is no longer developing its own self-driving car: report

Google has refocused its autonomous driving efforts away from developing its own car without a steering wheel and pedals, according to a report from The Information. Instead, the company is said to be partnering with automakers on more...

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This Audi knows when the light’s going to change

A red light can be a stressful affair. Idling at the intersection, waiting for the light to turn green, your brain reminds you that you would rather do anything else. But do you have time to check your phone? Remove your jacket? Pick your wallet...

Elon Musk will attend Trump’s meeting with tech leaders

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will attend a meeting between tech leaders and President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday at Trump Tower in New York, The Verge has learned. Recode previously reported that Musk was considering skipping the event due...

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Proof that you've been mispronouncing Porsche all along

Porsche is a two-syllable word that is often made into one. I speak rudimentary German and had a German-Jewish Opa who sharpened my ear to the flow of the guttural language as an infant. The Oxford Dictionary pronunciation is ˈpôrSH(ə). But I have...

California gives Nvidia the go-ahead to test self-driving cars on public roads

Nvidia was granted a permit yesterday by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start testing self-driving vehicle technology on the state’s public roads. The company joins a growing list of autonomous vehicle testers in California that...

Apple’s CarPlay is now available in more than 200 different models

If reports are to be believed, Apple has scaled back ambitions to build its own car, but it’s still going strong with its more prosaic automobile offering: CarPlay. As spotted by 9to5Mac, the in-car operating system (like a stripped back version...

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Hyundai is reportedly preparing to mass-produce electric buses

Hyundai is gearing up to mass-produce electric buses, according to a report from South Korea’s ET News. The buses would be powered by two 51kWh batteries, and capable of traveling around 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) on a single charge. The...

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Watch Audi train its autonomous driving software using a toy car

Audi, like pretty much every other automaker under the sun, continues to introduce more and more automated driving features for its cars. The next step, says the company, will be machine learning-powered driver assist features that work in...

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Honda teases electric concept car with AI-powered emotions

Honda has teased the first image of what looks to be an ambitious new concept car — an experimental vehicle dubbed the NeuV. The automaker will be showcasing the car at CES on January 5th and says it will be automated, electric, designed for...

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Lexus covered a car with 41,999 LEDs to create the most phantasmagoric ride ever made

Here’s a car you probably won’t ever be able to buy: a 2017 Lexus IS covered in 41,999 programmable LED lights that changes color on a whim and, if it is ever allowed on the road, would probably be the world’s most distracting vehicle. The car,...

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Volkswagen spins off new company focused on ride-hailing and self-driving cars

Meet Moia

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$7 million LaFerrari becomes this century's most expensive car sold at auction

Ferrari's liveries and decorations have often shown a patriotic streak, but this year the supercar marque has expressed its love for Italy in a more material way by donating a one-of-a-kind LaFerrari to the cause of raising money to help rebuild...

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Apple just sent the strongest hint yet that it’s working on a self-driving car

Apple, which has been infuriatingly secretive about it’s efforts to build a self-driving car, has sent the strongest hint yet about its so-called Project Titan. In a letter submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the tech...

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Rolls-Royce’s upcoming SUV looks like a supersized Phantom

The last time Rolls-Royce let the world in on its upcoming SUV codenamed “Project Cullinan,” it was testing out the all-wheel drive platform using a freakishly modified Phantom. Now, some 20 months later, we’re getting the first glimpse of the...

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