Uber turns on electric vehicles in the UK, starting with 50 cars in London

The race for who will take the lead in the next generation of automotive technology is on, and today Uber is kicking off a program that it hopes will help put it in pole position.

PatrickOct 07, 2016 10:49 AM PT

Get ready to share the road with cars that have no one behind the wheel

The day when you pull up next to a car in traffic and find no one sitting at the steering wheel is probably closer than you think.

PatrickOct 07, 2016 10:46 AM PT

Google reportedly launching Waze ride-share carpooling in San Francisco

Google reportedly launching Waze ride-share carpooling in San Francisco.

MiaOct 06, 2016 4:20 PM PT

Nikola Motor does a 180°, scraps plans for battery-powered truck, turns to hydrogen

Nikola Motor explained how they can claim that: they dropped their entire powertrain technology for a new hydrogen fuel cell concept.

ElenaOct 06, 2016 12:08 PM PT

Audi confirms the launch of all-electric and self-driving Audi A9 e-tron in 2020

With the Volkswagen Group wanting to build 2 to 3 million electric cars by 2025, Audi, one of their companies, is leading the charge with some exciting new electric vehicle projects.

ElenaOct 06, 2016 11:53 AM PT

Tesla enters car insurance business as self-driving cars prepare to disrupt the industry

Self-driving cars will almost completely eliminate the occurrence of car accidents caused by humans, which represents about 90% of all car accidents in the U.S. according to NHTSA.

PatrickOct 06, 2016 11:50 AM PT

Lyft reportedly declined GM’s $6 billion acquisition offer

Recent reports have suggested that Lyft was involved in acquisition discussions with a variety of companies, including Apple, Google, Uber, and Didi Chuxing.

PatrickOct 06, 2016 11:43 AM PT

Drive.ai wants to help autonomous cars talk with the people around them

If you are walking around Mountain View, California and stumble across a car that beeps at you like R2-D2, it’s probably thanks to Carol Reiley.

AlanOct 06, 2016 11:38 AM PT

When will hydrogen fuel be available everywhere in the U.S.? Poll results

While you might think that any zero-emission vehicle would be viewed as a good thing, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles continue to generate opposition among some electric-car fans.

AlanOct 06, 2016 11:11 AM PT

Other countries are ‘beating’ the US to fully driverless cars. Let them.

Singapore has announced that it is the the first country to host a fully self-driving taxi, powered by a totally real-sounding startup called nuTonomy.

MiaOct 05, 2016 4:04 PM PT

Tesla 3,300-mile Australian camping trip

Tesla 3,300-mile Australian camping trip, sans Superchargers.

ElenaOct 05, 2016 3:58 PM PT

Electric-car range anxiety exists, but it's overblown, says MIT study

Electric cars available today could replace 87 percent of current personal vehicles, MIT professor Jessika Trancik and her colleagues concluded.

PatrickOct 05, 2016 3:54 PM PT

Tesla is reportedly heavily discounting inventory Model S P90D’s now that P100D is out

Tesla is reportedly heavily discounting inventory Model S P90D’s now that P100D is out.

PatrickOct 05, 2016 3:12 PM PT

California is poised for the most massive deployment of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S.

California is poised for the most massive deployment of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S.

AlanOct 05, 2016 2:56 PM PT

Tesla Autopilot with new v8.0 software update is able to handle highway interchanges

Version 8.0 with the new off-ramp and highway interchange features bring the Autopilot closer to this vision than ever before.

AlanOct 05, 2016 2:45 PM PT

Chemi Peres makes predictions for Israel’s tech scene

TechCrunch had the opportunity to speak with Chemi Peres, co-founder of Pitango Venture Capital, about Israel’s tech scene.

ShellyOct 05, 2016 2:35 PM PT

NHTSA releases raw 2015 traffic fatality data, calls for tech companies to analyze

The NHTSA is offering an open data set of anonymized but detailed info regarding these accidents today, three months earlier than it typically does.

ShellyOct 05, 2016 2:30 PM PT

The Obama administration wants to require electronic speed-limiting devices in big trucks and buses

Speed would be capped at 60, 65, or 68 mph.

ElenaOct 04, 2016 1:25 AM PT

Volkswagen’s 2019 electric car said to get 300 miles on a 15-minute charge

This year’s Paris motor show will host the unveiling of Volkswagen’s first all-electric car, according to an interview with company chairman Herbert Diess in German magazine WirstschaftWoche.

ElenaOct 03, 2016 9:00 PM PT

Google hires Airbnb’s Shaun Stewart to help bring self-driving cars to market

Google has a new director at its self-driving car unit: Shaun Stewart, former head of Airbnb’s vacation rentals business, and CEO at TripAdvisor prior to that.

ShellyOct 03, 2016 3:00 PM PT