Waymo's Las Vegas robotaxis are queuing at public chargers, and drivers noticed
Days after Waymo opened to public riders in Las Vegas, ride-hail drivers reported waits of up to 90 minutes at an Electrify America site. Waymo says it limits its public charging.
On the wire
New York hands its curbside charging buildout to a Brooklyn startup
The city picked Brooklyn's it's electric to build a curbside Level 2 network aimed first at ride-hail drivers who park on the street. Pricing has not been set yet.
Bolt wants 25,000 Lucid robotaxis. Lucid delivered 15,841 cars last year
Lucid and Bolt announced a plan for at least 25,000 autonomous EVs in Europe, but there is no order, no named driving software and the midsize platform has been delayed.
A ₹1.95 crore BMW, a ₹1.5 lakh scooter and an idle Ford plant walk into Tamil Nadu
BMW now builds the i7 in Chennai, Ultraviolette is spending ₹779 crore on a Hosur plant, and Ford may convert its shuttered factory into an EV hub. None of it is aimed at Indian buyers first.
The South cancelled $4.5bn of EV plants and kept selling more EVs anyway
Five Southeastern facilities were scrapped or downsized in twelve months, costing 9,670 anticipated jobs. Regional EV sales rose 25 percent over the same period.
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