Tesla Semi’s Biggest Rival Might Be Its Chinese Twin

Windrose is selling a China-built electric big rig that looks an awful lot like Tesla’s Semi. Even with import duties, CEO Wen Han says it will make money in the U.S.

Tesla’s Best Growth Story Isn’t Robotaxis—It’s Batteries

Tesla’s robotaxi and humanoid-robot promises remain unproven businesses. Its energy division isn’t. And therein lies the company’s next bright idea.

Uber’s Next Robotaxi Deal: Amazon’s Zoox

Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

U.K.’s Wayve Snags Up To $1.5 Billion To Scale ‘Plug-And-Play’ Robotaxi Software

The round values the startup at $8.6 billion. Robotaxis using its tech go into service in London this year, and Nissan will use it for hands-free driving in personal vehicles.

Ex-Top Tesla Engineer Raises $140 Million To Rewire The Electric Grid

Heron Power, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Breakthrough Energy, is scaling up production of solid-state transformers that more efficiently move power to the grid.

Tesla’s Semi Is Finally Hitting The Road. The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse

Elon Musk’s “beast” arrives as federal support for EVs withers and rising power costs complicate his claim that it will be cheaper to run than diesel rigs.

Waymo Raises $16 Billion To Speed Up Its Global Robotaxi Push

The new round, the biggest in the Alphabet unit’s history, values the company at $126 billion — with much of it coming from its parent.

‘Hundreds’ Of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For U.S. Roads

The autonomous tech startup says it has $600 million of contracts running over the next five years to haul goods from warehouses to stores.

Robot Trucker Waabi Wades Into Robotaxi Battle With Billion Dollar Raise

CEO Raquel Urtasan says the funds, including $250 million from Uber, will help get 25,000 robotaxis on Uber’s platform and launch trucking operations with Volvo.

Brightline Hires Ex-Eurostar Chief As Vegas Bullet Train Costs Climb

Nicolas Petrovic, who led the London-Paris-Brussels train systems, will oversee the company’s expanding Florida operations and the first U.S. high-speed railway.