Slate crosses 150,000 reservations despite waning EV truck enthusiasm TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 17 December 2025 at 00:05 It took Slate Auto about seven months to grow its customer list by 50%, but new reservations appear to be outpacing any cancelations.
How Luminarβs doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 16 December 2025 at 22:13 Luminar says trouble with Volvo started as early as 2022, and that the Swedish automaker made -- but then backed away from -- large orders of its lidar sensors.
Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the gridΒ TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane Β· Kirsten Korosec 16 December 2025 at 01:17 Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
Fordβs next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as itΒ pivots away from large EVsΒ TechCrunch By:Kirsten Korosec Β· Sean O'Kane 16 December 2025 at 01:05 The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.
Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 15 December 2025 at 21:34 The filing marks the end of a tumultuous year full of layoffs, executive departures, and piling debts.
Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 15 December 2025 at 19:16 It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.
Inside RivianβsΒ big bet on AI-powered self-driving TechCrunch By:Sean O'Kane 13 December 2025 at 01:44 Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.