Waymo using the Hyundai Ioniq 5 for next-gen self-driving taxis

VW recalling certain 2003-2024 ID.4s due to air bag inflator

2024 Volkswagen ID.4Volkswagen is recalling a small number of ID.4 electric vehicles that may have improperly installed airbag inflators. The recall includes just 837 vehicles from model years 2023 and 2024. In these vehicles, nuts securing the primary inflator of the passenger front airbag may have been left loose at the factory. This could cause airbags to inflate...

Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)First-term flashback: Coal lobbyist in charge of EPA, hobbled EV tax credit, mpg fines frozen Trump promises stiff tariffs vs. China and Mexico, may nix federal funding behind U.S. EV plants Tens of thousands more U.S. auto jobs now vs. 2019, pre-COVID Anti-EV talk may be bluster, but the poison pill is whether it becomes part of MAGA platform...

Waymo using the Hyundai Ioniq 5 for next-gen self-driving taxis

Waymo's Hyundai Ioniq 5 self-driving taxiThe Hyundai Ioniq 5 will be Waymo's next-gen self-driving taxi Self-driving Ioniq 5s will be on the road late in 2025 Waymo didn't say what's happening with the self-driving Chinese Zeekr minivan The Hyundai Ioniq 5 will become Waymo's next self-driving taxi, deploying a new generation of the Google spinoff's Waymo Driver autonomous-driving system...