Uber partnered with BYD for 100,000 EVs for the ride-hailing service The partnership could get BYD into the U.S. while skirting retail sales Uber's targeting a zero-emissions platform by 2040 and going all-electric by 2030 in some markets Uber on Wednesday announced a partnership with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker's EVs to its... Uber and BYD team up for EVs and autonomous vehicles
Uber partnered with BYD for 100,000 EVs for the ride-hailing service The partnership could get BYD into the U.S. while skirting retail sales Uber's targeting a zero-emissions platform by 2040 and going all-electric by 2030 in some markets Uber on Wednesday announced a partnership with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker's EVs to its... 
Volkswagen's reportedly having software issues with its next-gen EVs The software issues could lead to years-long delays for next-gen vehicles VW invested $5B in Rivian to get the startup automaker's electrical architecture Volkswagen's next-generation EV platform is being delayed due to software issues, reports Autoblog, citing German media... 
BMW’s i4 electric car gets new lighting treatments Range is up on the single-motor model, but down on the dual-motor model Prices have, naturally, increased—but in the hundreds of dollars, not thousands The 2025 BMW i4 is on sale now with mildly updated exterior styling and interior trim, and an apparent range boost for some models. Both the…
The Tesla Cybertruck's being turned into a police car The Irvine Police Department said it's taking delivery of its police-spec Cybertruck soon The conversion to police spec is being handled by UP.FIT The world hasn't gotten quite bad enough for the emergence of RoboCop, but the first police Cybertruck will soon report for duty in California... 
Alfa Romeo Junior is the automaker's first EV The Junior wasn't slated for the U.S., but Alfa Romeo might shift its plans If the Junior comes to the U.S. it might only be sold in certain states Alfa Romeo is considering bringing its Junior crossover—the automaker's first EV—to the U.S., reports Automotive News Europe. The Junior was... 
A new Toyota battery plant is reportedly in the works The Japanese plant would make batteries for Lexus EVs Toyota is building a battery plant in North Carolina as well Toyota plans to build a Japanese EV battery plant for its Lexus luxury brand, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday. Circulated by Reuters, the report said the new battery... 
Ford's CEO acknowledged small EVs are key to mass adoption and profitability Ford currently doesn't make a small EV in the U.S. Ford was a proponent of pickup trucks and SUVs, killed its cars and small SUVs Ford is shifting away from large EVs like the F-150 Lightning pickup truck to emphasize smaller models in response to high battery costs... 
Addionics developed a new foil current collector General Motors' GM Ventures backed Addionics with funding Addionics plans to build a factory in the U.S. A startup aims to make EV batteries cheaper by focusing on an oft-overlooked battery component. Addionics, which is backed by General Motors' GM Ventures venture-capital arm, has developed a new... 
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the automaker Robotaxi will now debut on Oct. 10 The new date means the reveal was pushed back two months Musk has provided no details about the Robotaxi The Tesla Robotaxi reveal originally scheduled for Aug.8 has been pushed back to Oct. 10, CEO Elon Musk confirmed during the automaker's second-quarter earnings call on... 
GM's Orion Assembly Plant won't build electric trucks until mid-2026, now Buick's EV timeline just became TBD The Cruise self-driving robotaxi will no longer use the Origin purpose-built platform General Motors is again delaying a planned ramp-up of electric pickup trucks, as well as the first Buick EV for the U.S., reports Bloomberg (via... 