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GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows

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General Motors will launch its own in-vehicle AI assistant later this year, built to access vehicle data that Google’s Gemini cannot reach. The system will integrate with OnStar, GM’s telemetry systems, and proprietary vehicle knowledge to offer predictive maintenance, real-time diagnostics, and auto-specific commands that a general-purpose assistant cannot provide. GM is working with an […]

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BYD’s answer to its car-sales slump: a humanoid robot in every showroom

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BYD sells more electric cars than anyone. Next month, it wants to sell you one using a robot. China’s biggest EV maker will unveil its first humanoid robot in August, at its Di Space experience centres in Zhengzhou, the company told the South China Morning Post. It will be a working prototype, not a concept, […]

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Amazon’s Zoox just won the first US OK to charge for rides in a no-wheel robotaxi

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Amazon’s Zoox has become the first company allowed to charge for rides in a robotaxi that has no steering wheel and no pedals. US regulators granted the exemption on Wednesday. It is a first for the driverless-car industry. The clearance came from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and was first reported by Reuters. It […]

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BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm

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BMW had two messages for staff this week. It is cutting about 8,000 jobs. And it is handing the brains of its future cars to Qualcomm for the next decade. The German carmaker will shed the roles in Germany by the end of 2027 through a voluntary redundancy scheme, Reuters reported. The cuts hit administration […]

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Porsche is cutting another 5,000 jobs. Total layoffs now approach 9,400.

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Porsche will cut another 5,000 jobs by 2035 under a second restructuring package agreed between management and labour representatives. The cuts come on top of 3,900 job reductions and an additional 500 announced by CEO Michael Leiters earlier this year, bringing total planned layoffs close to 9,400. The Volkswagen subsidiary described the reductions as “socially […]

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Waymo keeps parking in tow-away zones in Austin. It has been fined 64 times.

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Waymo’s robotaxis have accumulated 83 parking citations and $9,325 in fines in Austin since the fleet arrived in 2024, according to city records obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The company has paid most of them. The more revealing number is 64: the count of violations involving tow-away zones, far more than any other category. […]

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Volkswagen wants tariff protection after Chinese brands grab 28% of Europe’s PHEV market

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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is demanding the European Union impose higher tariffs on Chinese plug-in hybrids after the Tiguan PHEV dropped from Europe’s best-selling plug-in hybrid to fourth place in a single year. The BYD Seal U now leads the segment, followed by the BYD Atto 2 and the Jaecoo 7. All three are Chinese. […]

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EV owners are more satisfied with their cars than gas car drivers in nearly every category, JD Power finds

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Electric vehicle owners are happier with their cars than drivers of combustion vehicles in nearly every category measured, according to JD Power’s 2026 Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout study released this week. The survey of 78,514 owners of 2026 model-year vehicles found that EVs outscored internal combustion engine cars by 109 points on a 1,000-point […]

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New data shows EV batteries are lasting far longer than buyers think, yet US sales keep falling

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Modern electric vehicles retain an average of 97 percent of their original range after three years and 95 percent after five years, according to a new analysis by EV data company Recurrent. For a 2026 model with a rated range of 325 miles, that means roughly 309 miles would remain after half a decade of […]

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Waymo to end Uber exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own app in January 2028

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Waymo has notified Uber that it plans to launch its own app in Austin and Atlanta in January 2028, ending the exclusivity arrangement that has kept its robotaxis available only through Uber in both cities. An Uber spokesperson confirmed the notice to CNBC and Bloomberg on Friday, adding that the change would also free Uber […]

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