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The average car sits parked about 95% of the time it is owned

Volvo unveiled new electric trucks rated for up to 700 kilometers on a charge, pushing battery range into long-haul territory

A United regional jet diverted to Midland after an in-flight problem, landing safely

GM is recalling 1,191 Silverado EV and Sierra EV trucks over a stability-control warning fault

Ford is recalling its 2026 E-Transit electric vans over battery packs that could arc and ignite

China commissioned its 35th Type 052D destroyer, outpacing the U.S. Navy

If the mystery Chinese submarine runs on diesel, it would be the largest conventional sub afloat anywhere on Earth

Uber is sinking up to $1.25 billion into Rivian to put 50,000 self-driving R2s on the road, with the first 10,000 headed to San Francisco and Miami

Gatik became the first company in North America running fully driverless trucks at scale, completing 60,000 commercial deliveries with no human aboard

Nuro just won a California permit to run driverless Lucid Gravity SUVs with no safety driver, clearing the way for Uber robotaxis in Waymo’s home city this year

Tesla logged five fresh robotaxi collisions across December and January, pushing its driverless Austin fleet to 14 incidents since the service launched

Aurora Innovation validated a 1,000-mile driverless lane from Fort Worth to Phoenix, a haul longer than a single human trucker can legally drive in a day

Louisiana boatbuilder Metal Shark debuted Frenzy, a low-cost amphibious robotic boat that hauls payloads on its own with no crew

Electric cars are getting major range jumps for 2026, with the Lucid Gravity hitting 450 miles and the Rivian R1S reaching 410 on a charge

Tesla’s driverless robotaxis have now logged 14 crashes since launch, even as Uber bets up to $1.25 billion on putting 50,000 Rivian R2s on the road

Uber plans to roll out Lucid-Nuro robotaxis in San Francisco later this year, taking aim at Waymo right in its home market

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