Tootfinder

Our cities are choked by cars – here’s how experts would fix them https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/cities-cars-experts-green-spaces-cyclists

"Transit is 95 percent safer than cars today, without a single algorithm. If AVs pull riders off the subway and onto robotaxi apps, the safety math goes in the wrong direction."
And the "if" is all but certain to be true, because that's exactly what happened last time companies drove down labor costs and regulation of taxi services. (Uber and Lyft)

With Waymo Testing Halted, We Have A Rare Chance To Get Ahead of the 'Driverless Revolution' - Streetsblog New York City
Two experts say we don't have to fear AVs, but we do have to prepare for them so we don't repeat the mistakes of the past.

I was walking to work today and 4 cars build around 1920 were passing me.
I reacted slowly and 1 car already moved beyond the shot.
Hope I'll be looking that good after 100 years in operation.😂
Have a nice day.😊

In case we need another reason to ditch cars and build walkable cities, robust cycling infrastructure, and ubiquitous (and free) public transportation.

There are now more battery-electric cars in the Dutch fleet than diesel cars.
https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2026/14/nederlandse-personenauto-s-stand-1-1-2019-t-m-1-1-2026

Amazon quietly expands Amazon Autos to offer cars from Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep, after launching with Hyundai; the service is in 130 US cities (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.ws…

And this car-brained gem...
"Bikes cause more traffic!"
My brother in cars... more people on bikes means fewer cars on the road.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Cars:
🎵 Shake It Up
#TheCars
https://mijorem.bandcamp.com/track/the-cars-shake-it-up-mijoremix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5OWokvF4QOqMDQ8ByQsm6V

eat a potato for peace. https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116211789947450037

The Public Domain Review (@publicdomainrev@mastodon.social)
Attached: 4 images At the height of the US postcard craze, “tall-tale” cards often imagined a land of giant-sized plenty. In this 1909 series, Californian rail cars haul colossal fruit and veg — turning agricultural pride into something surreal and strangely beautiful: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/giant-produce-postcards/

What’s wild about it, is that the drop off in quality and reputation is almost entirely due to Elon Musk
Via @… over on BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc…

John Scalzi (@scalzi.com)
I don't think recent memory has featured an industrial company with as much of a reputational fall-off as Tesla, both because of the decrease in quality of its cars and the increase in blithering fascism in its CEO. A decade ago a Tesla was a status object; now it's a vague embarrassment at best.

Okay this circuit does show that the cars are slower #ChineseGP

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Inara George & Dave Grohl:
🎵 Sex in Cars
#NowPlaying #InaraGeorge #DaveGrohl

I keep looking at logos on cars and not recognizing which brand is which. I’m curious enough that I’m going to have to do a lookup on something like Wikipedia of what all the big car companies have their logos as

I live near a fancy mafia family-owned private club here in #NYC and they often throw events that I find tacky and distasteful.Today is exceptional, though:
#Adobe is sponsoring a party for its AI products and they’ve paid for multiple cars with their “Adobe Firefly” (gen AI product) branding to literally drive around narrow busy streets in a circle during rush hour on a Monday.
Oh and all the cars are driven by young women with a ton of makeup.
Ugh.

"‘At a crossroads’: will piling-up crises force Europe to put brakes on SUV culture?"
#Mexico #Cars #vehicles #EV

Andy Burnham and other politicians in Greater Manchester, please note.
Unless you constrain cars you'll fail.
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets | Paris | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

Was at a startup conference recently where one company said that they don't build cars - they build smart devices.
I agreed to the person next to me that in the end ..
* it's still a car that should bring me from A to B
* we don't like driving
* we can't afford having a driver so that we can enjoy the entertainment system
* we prefer to be on a bike anyways

I walked by two FBI police cars earlier, and all I could think of was Kash Patel chugging champagne in the men's hockey team locker room.

Anyone ever replace the main battery in your hybrid car? I’m planning to do this for my 12 year old Honda Accord hybrid.
#ev #battery #cars

#OTD On this day in 2012, I saw more electric cars gathered together in Oslo than I had ever seen before. It’s now a much more common sight in more and more places around the world.
#EV

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year.
What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage,
protect 140,000 people from flooding,
and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year

Planting trees in the sea could act as a huge carbon sink and save millions of dollars in storm damage every year. What is stopping us from doing it?
A new study reveals restoring mangroves could save $800 million in storm damage, protect 140,000 people from flooding, and remove almost triple the amount of CO2 produced by cars in the U.S. every year.

It can be done, as China and Europe show, although there is much more to be done, even there.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/12/london-san-francisco-and-beijing-achiev…

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Cars:
🎵 Let's Go
#TheCars
https://open.spotify.com/track/43G3McVkRa8V7oGQzfQuRr

My dad was right about cars: the simpler, the better. Crank windows, cable mirrors, 5spd manual transmission, and so on. I don't have patience for this shit.

A charming story. https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/collections/entitled-hikers-tried-to-sue-him-for-getting-their-cars-towed

Entitled Hikers Tried To Sue Him For Getting Their Cars Towed
They tried to sue him, but they blocked his driveway.

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/american-cities-cars-public-transportation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other…

Ga toch fietsen 😅
Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you - IMDEA Networks : IMDEA Networks
https://networks.imdea.org/your-cars-tire-sensors-could-be-used-to-track-you/

What's immediately noticeable in Hong Kong is the noise of the street traffic. Majority of the cars are still combustion engines. It's so fuckin loud compared to mainland China cities.

second time this week i am on my bike signalling to turn right into the narrow lane to the school
waiting for the motorist who is blocking the lane to squeeze their car out on to the road
and the motorist stops and tries to encourage me to go first
go where!? it takes them *ages* to realise they are in the way and i can’t go first
it’s extra fun when the cars coming the other way on the road (and who have priority) decide to stop so everyone gets even more confused ab…

1. All cities in car comercials
2. Many (most?) cities in real life…

Why did none of you tell me about this? https://shop.mattel.com/products/matchbox-toy-cars-trucks-4-pack-jhb37

Matchbox Mattel 80th Anniversary 4-Pack Of Die-Cast 1:64 Scale Toy Cars & Trucks With Moving Parts

Fascist paramilitary invaders & local police use chemical munitions on Americans who are trying to prevent an abduction (South Burlington, VT- 03/11/26 - 7:15pm)
Americans surrounded a house targeted by fascist paramilitary invaders for hours. The fascist paramilitary invaders finally broke down the door & abducted the occupants. Americans surrounded their cars to prevent them leaving with the people they abducted, local police and the fascist paramilitary invaders deployed che…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Cars:
🎵 Drive
#TheCars
https://open.spotify.com/track/3wfujdbamR3Z46F4xav7LM

"Fuel prices are driving more Australians to EVs ‑ and secondhand cars are in high demand"
#Australia #EV #ElectricVehicles

Fuel prices are driving more Australians to EVs - and secondhand cars are in high demand
There’s been a surge of interest in EVs as the oil crisis hits – and secondhand EVs are especially in demand

Just a #Waymo casually violating a red transit-only lane to sneak ahead of law-abiding human drivers. I love progress.

🔌 Platforms for charging wireless cars now fit on a bench, no test track needed
#engineering

Platforms for charging wireless cars now fit on a bench, no test track needed
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have devised a rotating tabletop device to study wireless charging in electric vehicles. Testing on real tracks takes up vast areas at significant cost. The team not only built a prototype but used simulations to demonstrate safety and similar charging to a linear track. They successfully reproduced movement at 40 kilometers per hour, promising accelerated global research into next-gen charging for EVs.

Google is rolling out Gemini to cars that have Google built-in, replacing Google Assistant, starting with English in the US (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/921117/google-gemini-ai-assistant-cars-upgrade

Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in
Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant.

Denmark now has more battery-electric cars on the road than diesel cars.
#EV

#MastodonPoll: Which of the following regulations regarding leaf blowers would you support? Choose as many as you like.
1. Decibel limits
2. Fuel efficiency standards (the relevant metric for cars is miles per gallon, so the corresponding one here would be what, leaves blown per gallon?)
3. Fuel type restrictions (i.e. ban gas-powered ones completely)
4. Full ban, both gas-powered ones and electric
Decibel limits
Fuel efficiency standards
Fuel type restrictions
Full ban

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Barry Can't Swim:
🎵 Cars Pass By Like Childhood Sweethearts
#NowPlaying #BarryCantSwim
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

Am planning my drive to pick up The Son from #yyj on Friday and discovered that the BC Hydro charging app has a very nice and comprehensive session summary for past charges.
It's a 2.5hr drive from home or 1.5hr from work, either way Ill need to charge before heading home.
I was trying to remember how long I charged for or what my starting point was, and there it is in the summary: 40min, going from 36% to 79%.
Now I can figure out what time I need to leave home/work to get down there, charge, and grab him from the airport. ✈️
Need to be at YYJ around 11:10. The chargers are only 5min away in Sydney (literally at the end of the runway lol) so if I'm charged by 11:00 I should have lots of time. So... at the chargers by 10:15.
done.
#evLive #EV #cars #HyundaiKona #Victoria #PortAlberni #VancouverIsland #travel

Life Tricks 🧮
生活技能 🧮
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

House Lawmakers Urge Trump to Prohibit China's Automakers From Building Cars in the U.S. (Ryan Felton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/house-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-prohibit-chinas-automakers-from-building-cars-in-the-u-s-a4b2fb8f
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p48#a260428p48

China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables.
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off. https://www.nytimes.com/20…

China’s Edge in an Oil Shock: Electric Cars and Renewables
Beijing’s decades-long push to reduce its dependence on foreign oil with huge investments in clean energy sources like electric vehicles is now paying off.

Pulled something in my back so walked with shopping trolley to the wholefood co-op (usually cycle).
Allowed me to reflect on the queue of cars waiting, and those in the carpark.
Huge Mercs, Beamers and Audis. Large Vauxhalls and others.
A real mismatch between the store's philosophy and that of many (most?) of its customers.
Still, it allows me to scowl and curse.

Cars make way for bikes as Sydney commuters saddle up to circumvent ‘crazy’ fuel costs https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/fuel-crisis-sydney-commuters-cycling

"Urban trees can absorb more CO₂ than cars emit on some summer days, Munich study shows"
#Trees #Environment #Climate

Urban trees can absorb more CO₂ than cars emit on some summer days, Munich study shows
How much carbon dioxide do parks and individual trees in cities absorb, and how much do they release? To answer this question, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a high-resolution CO₂ biogenic flux model. Their findings show that, on average, around 2% of Munich's annual urban emissions are compensated by vegetation. Urban trees have the greatest impact, whereas grassy areas are often net sources of CO₂.

Amsterdam – Sarphatistraat
#kamafotos

Wild to see how fuel prices are driving car purchases. Walking past the BYD dealership in town, there's only 2-3 BYDs on the lot, the rest of trade-ins/used cars of other brands that they are trying to offload.

♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Bingo Boys (66) The Cars (60) Mudhoney (53) Restraining Order (52) Hemorrhoid (45). #myweekcounted 1188 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @…

I watched #F1 last night on a lark. It’s been ~20 years since I last did.
Actually maybe it’s because I bought and built the #Lego 2004 Ferrari set the other day.
I basically don’t recognize anyone other than Alonso and Ferrari. The cars have electric boosts now? Feels li…

I don't get why city authorities don't get that. What modern society expects is that all residential buildings in the cities are razed to make space for roads and car parks, so that the people who were forced to live in suburbs can now conveniently drive their cars to the office.
#CarFree #CarBrain

Today I discovered a new #oldtimer garage (workshop?) in #Zurich with quite a car collection in front of it: a #Citroën #CX

Poland bans Chinese-made cars from entering military sites https://therecord.media/poland-bans-chinese-made-cars-from-military-sites

How lidar and other tech developed for autonomous vehicles is now used in smart city systems, in-home elder care services, and major shipyards like Rotterdam (John R. Quain/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/autonomous-vehic…

After Stumbles, Technology Meant for Self-Driving Cars Finds a Second Act
After a crush of promises in 2016 that autonomous cars would soon rule the road, companies whose tech underpinned them have shifted to other industries, like managing shipyards and city traffic.

Finally reading David Graeber's "Utopia of Rules", his essay "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit" contains great observations about academia. A bleak, but great essay. #2026reads

I still enjoy seeing this as a historical record: a 2012 atlas showing the public EV charging points that existed in Amsterdam at the time

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Cars:
🎵 Candy-O
#TheCars
https://reptilianrecords.bandcamp.com/track/candy-o-the-cars

#Waterfall

American cities languish badly compared with transit leaders such as Sydney, Hong Kong and Barcelona,
based on the number of transit vehicles per 100,000 residents,
according to the Transportation for America study.
The gap is now so large that for major American cities to bring their public transit up to “world-class” status,
it would cost an enormous
$4.6trillion, involving 7,500 miles of new dedicated infrastructure for trains and buses, over the next 20 years…

Now this was a nice Rail & Hike from #warngau over the #taubenberg back home on mostly side roads and through forests along bike routes.
The idea to go to the start directly with the train was really good and worked like a charm. Lovely landscape, lots of flowers and green.

This is a very interesting comparison for Australia 🇦🇺, which uses real-time petrol prices and Amber’s electricity prices, and makes the most of EV smart charging, to compare the running costs of popular combustion-engine cars with those of electric models
https://elitre.com.au/dollar

How far on a dollar — 13 April 2026
How far can $1 of petrol take the average car vs $1 of electricity in an EV? Live comparison using real fuel and electricity prices in Melbourne.

#GIGGLE: “Unlike human drivers, we make significant efforts to park appropriately during pick up and drop off,” she wrote in an email. “The pickup and drop-off options currently available on Market would require double parking, potentially impeding transit.”
OK, how many times have you seen Waymo creating obstructions for transit? bike lanes?
Illegal cars on Market Street surge after …

#GIGGLE: “Unlike human drivers, we make significant efforts to park appropriately during pick up and drop off,” she wrote in an email. “The pickup and drop-off options currently available on Market would require double parking, potentially impeding transit.”
OK, how many times have you seen Waymo creating obstructions for transit? bike lanes?
Illegal cars on Market Street surge after …

Ford and G.M. Face a Dilemma as China Excels in Electric Vehicles (Jack Ewing/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/business/ford-gm-ev-self-driving-cars-china.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.dqjT.LyymfOvpW5SO&smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260303/p41#a260303p41

Much better photo conditions today at the Zhangjiajie national forest park (Avatar Mountains)

Waymo says it is continuing to "refine" its system preventing kids under 18 from riding alone, after adult riders reported new age-verification checks (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-trying-to-crack-down-on-solo-kids…

Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars
As adult riders report new age-verification checks, the self-driving car company says it’s continuing to “refine” its system in places where kids aren’t allowed to ride alone.

Not that we should *ever* want war for oil (or anything else) but perhaps there can be a positive outcome?
“Jacinta Peperkamp is among a growing cohort of people who are relying on their bike due to eye-watering fuel costs. “We haven’t used our car since fuel prices went crazy,” the single mother of two says.”

Cars make way for bikes as Sydney commuters saddle up to circumvent ‘crazy’ fuel costs
The shock of the oil crisis is playing out on Australian streets, where bike shop sales are up and cycle lanes are busier

Amsterdam – Buiksloterdijk
#kamafotos

The answers to this question are, for D4, relative to expectations, refreshingly reasonable. I'm glad even the candidates with a track record of being quite car-brained (lookin' at you Albert Chow) at least feel the need to talk about balance and aren't all, "Yes, there is a war on cars, bicycles are ruining everything and only white people ride them" or something.

Meet the District 4 candidates: Is there a ‘war on cars’ in San Francisco?
In the Sunset and Parkside, over 88 percent of households own at least one car. Should travel by car be prioritized here in urban planning?

"Cars make way for bikes as Sydney commuters saddle up to circumvent ‘crazy’ fuel costs"
#Australia #Sydney #Cars #Vehicles

⚡ Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/03/doubling-the-voltage-what-800-v-architecture-really-changes-in-evs/

Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs
Confused about electric vehicle voltages? You won't be after reading this.

For £12m, you could buy a seven-bedroom mansion in Hampstead, north London,
or a Bugatti La Voiture Noire, one of the world’s most coveted sports cars, with a few hundred thousand quid to spare.
Or you could blow it all on a Pokémon card
https://www.t…

Human Traces II🚶
人类踪迹 II🚶
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Harman RED 125 (FF)
If you like my work, buy me a coffee or a roll of film from PayPal #filmphotography

Nice to see what I normally call "Right Wing Overpass" is showing something different this week. 😳

Sales of second-hand electric cars in Sweden 🇸🇪 have risen by 51%, whilst sales of diesel cars have fallen by 20%. In fact, 25% more second-hand electric cars were sold than diesel cars.
https://alltomelbil.se/rusning-efter-begagnade-elbilar-upp-51/

Rusning efter begagnade elbilar – upp 51% – Allt om Elbil
Försäljningen av nya elbilar ökade med nästan 30 procent i mars. Men när det kommer till begagnade elbilar är ökningen ännu större. På begagnatmarknaden

"Electric cars can make power grids more reliable (and earn owners money)—so why aren't we doing that?"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #cars

Electric cars can make power grids more reliable (and earn owners money)—so why aren't we doing that?
Electric vehicles (EVs) can effectively serve as mobile batteries that provide energy to the power grid when not being driven, improving the reliability of the grid, serving as a source of backup power and potentially reducing energy and EV ownership costs. So why have so few places adopted the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) model? A new study details the barriers to V2G adoption and outlines possible paths forward for this technology.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Jamie T:
🎵 90s Cars
#NowPlaying #JamieT
#radioeins gespielten Titel als #Spotify Playliste: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3hdH98B6uyXilhcWxCA6nv

A profile of BlackBerry's QNX division, whose operating system controls safety features in 275M cars and accounts for half of BlackBerry's revenue (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/blackberry-qnx-so…

Whilst the US is falling behind in the global #EV race, there is fortunately one place where dreams still come true: Disneyland is going 100% electric
(as part of a commitment to net zero by 2030)
https://w…

Disneyland begins testing electric Autopia ride vehicle prototypes
Disneyland is designing, engineering and testing a fully electric ride vehicle prototype.

Transit first city.
(Yup, we missed the entire green cycle)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
The Cars:
🎵 Drive
#TheCars
https://mijorem.bandcamp.com/track/the-cars-drive
https://open.spotify.com/track/3wfujdbamR3Z46F4xav7LM

Brief summary of our China vacation so far. We've seen Beijing, Chongqing and Zhangjiajie so far. The air quality is good. Much better than 10 or even 20 years ago. Because the majority of the vehicles is now electric. Normals cars, busses, motorcycles. That also makes the cities much quiter. The difference to German cities is stunning.
We travel between the cities by high speed trains. They are punctual, clean and equipped with USB charging ports at every place. You can order food…

You might think switching to an electric vehicle is the best step.
In fact, for short trips, an electric bike or moped might be better for you, and for the planet.
That’s because these forms of transport – collectively known as electric micromobility – are cheaper to buy and run.
But it’s more than that – they are actually 💥displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present,
due to their staggering uptake in China and other nation…

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

Yet another hydrogen filling station in Germany is closing after ten years. This is likely to coincide exactly with the end of the grant period. Battery-electric cars run on green electricity, hydrogen cars on subsidies...
https://

Westfalen schließt Wasserstoff-Tankstelle in Münster-Amelsbüren
Die Westfalen-Gruppe stellt den Betrieb ihrer Wasserstoff-Tankstelle in Münster-Amelsbüren am 30. April 2026 ein.

Sony and TSMC announce a new JV to build next-gen image sensors for robots and cars, as Sony moves from in-house manufacturing to a more asset-light approach (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/tsmc-and-sony-t…

TSMC and Sony to Form Joint Venture on Image Sensors
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation are planning to form a joint venture to build next-generation image sensors.

"How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets"
#France #Paris #Cars #Vehicles

Yesterday, Finnish EV smart charging service Synergi organised a mass 'smart charging' event in Finland, demonstrating 2.5 MW of controllable capacity.
#SmartCharging

Beijing night impressions

China's EV makers are competing on in-car AI features; ByteDance says its Doubao AI is used in 7M cars across 145 models, including from Mercedes, Audi, and VW (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/01/china-ev-ai-fea…

China’s EV price war turns into AI arms race beyond cheaper cars
Chinese EV firms are rapidly rolling out in-car AI features to gain an edge, but as the price war drags on, those technologies are quickly becoming commoditized.

"New EV registrations reach record high, reports SMMT"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles

New EV registrations reach record high, reports SMMT
According to new data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), March marked the best month on record for EV uptake in the UK.

"‘Doesn’t make sense to hold on to a combustion engine’: used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits"
#Australia #EV #ElectricVehicles

Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testified about tense negotiations with Musk in 2017, saying "he knows rockets, he knows electric cars" but "does not know AI" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Stellantis, which is struggling to build electric cars that can compete with the competition, is clinging to the lifeline of its close partnership with China’s Leapmotor. The latest ‘German’ Opel #EV will be fitted with a Chinese powertrain and built in Spain.

Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on his plan to make Uber an everything app, Uber's AI integrations, investing in autonomous cars, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/922909/dara-khosrowshahi-uber-drivers-ai-ho…

Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers — and himself — with AI
Dara Khosrowshahi and Nilay Patel discuss AI coding, disruption, driver pay, and becoming an “everything app.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/115745403732433160
Last year, Norway passed the milestone of more battery-electric cars on the road than diesel cars

"After Setbacks, Ford Says Its Affordable Electric Truck Is on Track"
#Ford #Cars #Vehicles #EV

Ford Says an Affordable Electric Pickup Truck is Still Coming Next Year
Ford Motor has written off $20 billion in electric vehicle investments but says it is forging ahead with an electric pickup that will sell for $30,000 next year.

Alibaba says its Qwen AI models will be integrated into BYD, Volkswagen, and other cars, letting users buy food and tickets via voice commands on select models (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/alibaba-qwen-ai-integration…

Alibaba’s Qwen AI is coming to cars, allowing drivers order food and book hotels by voice
Alibaba is rolling out its Qwen AI across multiple car brands, promising hands-free features like ordering meals and managing deliveries from the driver’s seat.