A Baidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi during Baidu’s Apollo Day in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced plans to bring robotaxis to London starting next year through its partnerships with Lyft and Uber, as the UK emerges as a growing autonomous vehicle battleground….
Some may call Franz von Holzhausen’s accidental destruction of a Tesla Cybertruck window a blunder; von Holzhausen would prefer to call it a “great meme” instead. During the 2019 reveal of the Tesla Cybertruck, von Holzhausen, the company’s chief designer, threw steel balls at the vehicle, intending to demonstrate the windows CEO Elon Musk that…
Ford Motor | Image: Bloomberg 2 min read Last Updated : Dec 18 2025 | 9:47 AM IST South Korea’s LG Energy Solution said on Wednesday that Ford Motor has terminated an electric vehicle (EV) battery-supply deal worth about 9.6 trillion won ($6.50 billion). The South Korean battery maker said in a regulatory…
European officials on Tuesday moved to ease their ban on sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, responding to pressure from governments and automakers who argued that the industry needed more flexibility in finding ways to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and help achieve EU climate goals. The proposal from the…
A fuel nozzle is inserted into a combustion engine at a petrol pump at a filling station during a refueling process. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The European Union on Tuesday is expected to water down its effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035, after lobbying efforts from Germany,…
STRASBOURG, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The European Commission is set to backtrack on the EU’s ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 by allowing up to 10% of non-electric vehicles after intense pressure from Germany, Italy and Europe’s auto sector. The EU executive appears to have yielded to the call from carmakers to be allowed…
Just last month, Ford seemed to be on the brink of the F-150 Lightning. Today, the vehicle manufacturer plans to reboot the truck as a hybrid. This next generation of the F-150 Lightning will contain Extended Range Electric Vehicle. An EREV is similar in concept to a plug-in hybrid but with a larger battery that’s…