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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has he said that lidar sensors are a “crutch” for autonomous vehicles. But his company has bought so much of Luminar that…

Welcome back tThe TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and information about the future of transport. Before I got into all the news —…

The first electric vehicle I drove was a Tesla Roadster in 2011. I’ll never forget the feeling of the instant torque provided by the electric motor,…

Henrik Fischer stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to launch Fisker’s eponymous EV startup into the mainstream. There was the…

Lidar company Luminar is cutting its workforce by 20% and will rely more heavily on its contract manufacturing partner as part of a restructuring that will…

Hyundai has agreed to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, an investment that will give the automaker a majority stake while providing the self-driving startup with…

Rivian is Damn it $827 million in incentives from the state of Illinois to support the development of a next-generation electric vehicle known as the R2.…

Wander through the pits at any professional motorsport event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer screens full of telemetry. Modern teams are…

Tesla has dismantled its billing team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently beating out major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its…

Wander through the pits at any professional motorsport event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer screens full of telemetry. Modern teams are…