Every month automotive expert Sven Beiker publishes his Chart of the Month, in which he’s highlighting different aspects of the…
Navya Factory Visit
French startup Navya, which develops autonomous shuttles and taxis, gave me a behind the scene tour. At a factory visit…
EasyMile 56th Company with California Test License
The 56th company is an old acquaintance of ours: French autonomous shuttle maker EasyMile received as 56th company the license…
Wunderwaffen: The Myth of Secret German Automotive Technology for the 21st Century
My talks on the state of development of autonomous and electric cars – which currently keep me pretty busy traveling…
Sabotage at Tesla Production Line
Apparently, news of a serious case of sabotage at the Tesla factory in Fremont in California were reported in an…
Voyage Unveils Next Generation Of Its Robotaxis
There are startups that you admire, startups where you barely shrug your shoulders, and then there are those that you…
How Are Early Riders Using Waymo’s Robotaxis?
Seven million miles, or 11.2 million kilometers, is the distance that Waymo-cars haven been driving since 2009 in autonomous mode.…
Kitty Hawk’s Flying Cars Are Coming
Self-driving cars? Electric vehicles? For Silicon Valley, these challenges are already solved, the train has left the station, the cat’s…
German Car Makers Struggle With Problems – But Mainly With Themselves
If you talk to German automotive engineers or just read German media, then you can easily conclude that Tesla is…
Waymo Doubles Down And Reaches 7 Million Miles
At the start of this month, Waymo passed 6 million miles in autonomous driving mode, and barely one moth later…