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These three unibody pickup trucks combine capability with maneuverability for a good everyday driving experience.

After polling owners on what they'd like their new hi-po off-road truck to be called, Toyota trademarked the winning name.

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber who helped pioneer the ride-hailing industry, says Waymo is “obviously” ahead of Tesla in the robotaxi race, and that Elon Musk’s company needs a “ChatGPT moment” for its vision-based autonomous driving to catch up.

The comments came during an appearance on the All-In podcast this week, where Kalanick also revealed he’s jumping back into the self-driving game himself with a new robotics venture called Atoms.

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The new BMW i3 delivers where it matters most with 440 miles of range, 800V ultra-fast charging, and Neue Klasse EV style.

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Washington state legislators just voted overwhelmingly to allow Rivian and Lucid to sell electric vehicles directly to consumers, ending a 12-year arrangement that gave Tesla exclusive access to direct sales in the state.

Senate Bill 6354 passed the House 84-9 and the Senate 47-2 — a bipartisan blowout that now heads to Governor Bob Ferguson’s desk for signature.

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Electric hydrofoiling boat maker Candela just pulled off something that’s getting harder to do in today’s climate tech landscape: raise a significant new round of funding – and do it while the rest of the sector is cooling off.

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See the interior of the 2026 Toyota Corolla FX hatchback from every angle.

It's no GR Corolla, but the sporty-looking FX is also a lot less expensive than its hot-hatch sibling.

See the exterior of the 2026 Toyota Corolla FX hatchback from every angle.

Velotric is taking a notable step into the growing lightweight e-bike segment with the launch of its new Tempo, a city-focused electric bike designed to feel much closer to a traditional bicycle than most of today’s heavier commuter models.

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See the inside of BMW's new mid-size electric sedan from every angle.

The i3 debuts as a sibling to the iX3 SUV and the electric analog to the 3-series sedan, marking several changes for BMW.

See the exterior of BMW's new mid-size electric sedan from every angle.

EVs are starting to chip away at one of the global economy’s biggest vulnerabilities: oil.

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Volkswagen’s electric SUV will adopt the Tiguan name and a familiar style as part of its overhauled lineup. The new ID.4 is expected to debut later this year as the ID. Tiguan.

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China’s clean energy boom is saddled with a major challenge: what to do with all its old wind and solar equipment.

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After reversing course for its new models, Ferrari is now offering customers with haptic controls on their steering wheel the chance to replace them with real buttons.

Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO and the former head of Uber’s self-driving car division, totaled his Tesla Model X while using “Full Self-Driving” on a residential street. His kids were in the back seat.

In a new essay published in The Atlantic, Krikorian breaks down the accident and offers what might be the most informed critique yet of the fundamental problem with Tesla’s approach to “supervised” autonomy — from someone who literally built self-driving systems for a living.

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The electric SUV, due to be revealed by year's end, could end up being named for Woolf Barnato, an influential Bentley racer and executive from the 1920s.

Toyota may deny it, but it’s increasingly relying on local parts to compete in China’s brutal electric vehicle market. Some estimates claim nearly 90% of the parts in the bZ3X, Toyota’s electric SUV that sells for just $15,000 in China, are sourced locally.

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