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Chinese EVs Can Now Project Entire Movies From Their Headlights
China's EVs are getting a new trick: they can project movies. Huawei's latest headlights offer full-color projection, which adds on to the already impressive driver-assistance capabilities they offer today. Meanwhile, American cars are just getting adaptive beams figured out. The…
GM’s Next-Gen Super Cruise Is Training On ‘100 Years Of Human Driving’ Every Day
GM wants to deploy a new generation of Super Cruise with eyes-off, hands-off capability. It will debut on a lidar-equipped Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028. The automaker also plans to extend this capability to its combustion engine vehicles. General Motors…
Dealerships Are ‘Terrified’ Direct Sales Might Be The Future
Dealerships are "terrified" of direct-to-consumer sales opening to any manufacturer. 28 states still restrict or outright ban direct sales. New EV companies have taken advantage of the lack of franchise models, and that same workaround could eventually also apply to…
GM Hits 1 Billion Hands-Free Miles, Drops Google Gemini Into 4 Million Cars
General Motors’ Super Cruise driver assistance system has logged 1 billion hands-free miles. The company has nearly 750,000 Super Cruise-enabled cars in North America. Separately, GM is dropping Google’s Gemini AI voice assistant into 4 million cars via over-the-air software…
A Defunct EV Startup’s Assets Are Up For Grabs, Including 20 Electric Trucks
The assets of bankrupt EV startup Bollinger Motors are being auctioned off. The lots include 17 brand-new Class 4 electric cab-forward truck chassis and 3 test vehicles. Manufacturing equipment, a DC fast charger, and a high-voltage battery tester are also…
Ford’s Souped-Up Mustang Cobra Jet Is Now The Fastest EV On The Quarter Mile
Ford’s new Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 is the fastest electric drag racer on the quarter mile. To set the record, engineers had to shed serious weight, including using slimmer vinyl. Despite having more power than the previous Super Cobra Jet…
Geely Says This Is China’s First Purpose-Built Robotaxi. I’m Not So Sure
Geely says the EVA Cab was designed from the ground up for robotaxi duty. The EVA Cab has no steering wheel and supports battery swapping and automatic cleaning. Geely's ride-hailing division, CaoCao, wants 100,000 EVA Cabs in service by 2030,…