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Aarian Marshall

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Don't Let the Boeing Headlines Fool You. Air Travel Is Really Very Safe - WIRED

The incidents feel like they started in January, when a door plug blew out of a midair Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft operated by Alaska Airlines. Ensuing investigations have led to a series of revelations about a faltering safety culture at Boeing and its contractors. Then the creepy headlines kept coming. Just this month, a wheel fell off a United Airlines jetliner as it took off from San Francisco; flames shot out of an United flight’s engine as it left Houston, Texas; another United flight ran of…
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How Rivian Is Pulling Off Its $45000 R2 Electric SUV - WIRED

Critically, Rivian pledges its newest entry will be cheaper: At “around” $45,000, according Rivian’s press materials, the SUV will cost some $30,000 less than its bigger SUV cousin, and will still come with about 300 miles of range. Pulling off the feat of making its new SUV more affordable without sacrificing range or style should not only prove critical in making Rivian’s latest ride stand out in an increasingly crowded field of electric vehicles—it also might save the company. How did Rivian…
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Rivian R2, R3, R3X Electric SUVs: Price, Specs, Release Date - WIRED

The R2, Rivian’s newest, smallest, and most affordable option thus far, will be released first. And though the truck may be more diminutive than Rivian’s other offerings, it’s got a big part to play in the company’s future, as the automaker strives to prove it can make it work amidst a global EV downturn and its own production struggles. The company also introduced two other vehicles: the R3, a crossover; and the R3X, a high-performance variant. Those releases will come after the R2, though thei…
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Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challe...

Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to allow Alphabet subsidiary Waymo to operate in the city. Under the new ruling, Waymo is also permitted to launch service in a large section of the San Francisco Peninsula. The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission will likely prove controversial. It comes over the protest of local governments and agencies, including the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the San…
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Tesla's Charging Network is Now Open to Other EVs and Ford Is First...

Every six months, the automotive research company J. D. Power surveys some 5,000 US electric vehicle owners about their experiences driving their battery-powered cars. The latest edition of this survey, out this week, found that EV’s perennial bugbear is still bugbearing. In fact it has gotten worse: Drivers say they are even more dissatisfied with the availability of public charging stations than they were a year ago. In North America, additional charging stations are on their way, thanks in pa…
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RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died - WIRED

After a decade of rumors, secretive developments, executive entrances and exits, and pivots, Apple reportedly told employees yesterday that its car project, internally called “Project Titan,” is no more. Those working on the technology of some four-odd hype cycles ago—electric, autonomous vehicles—will reportedly now focus on the vaunted advancement of the day, generative AI. The project wind-down was first reported by Bloomberg; TechCrunch reports the restructuring of Project Titan will likely…
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Some Hydrogen Car Owners Are Still Waiting For the Future to Arrive...

“We got mostly very good reviews,” Snell says. After years of promises, drivers and salespeople told her, hydrogen fueling was really coming together. The Snells, who are retired, care about the environment. When they bought the hydrogen fuel-cell car, “we felt like it was a really pioneering thing to do,” she says. “We still do.” But the experiment went badly almost from the start. A fuel station 5 miles away from the Snells’ home, which was closed when they bought the car, reopened and then cl…

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The Switch to Electric Vehicles Was Always Going to Be a Slog - WIRED

This year’s headlines on electric vehicles have been a bummer. As the world races away from fossil fuels, which are driving up global temperatures and causing catastrophic climate change, EV manufacturers are still having a hard time getting drivers into greener vehicles. Ford is shutting down a production line on its F-150 Lightning. General Motors has halted sales on its new electric SUV after the vehicle had software issues, and the company has delayed production of three other electrics. The…
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Tesla Wins EV Charging: All Car Companies Using NACS - WIRED

A big pain point for electric vehicle owners could soon sting less, thanks to an announcement from the Jeep-, Ram-, and Chrysler-maker Stellantis—one of Detroit’s Big Three automakers. This week, the company said that it would add the Tesla-designed charging connection system, called the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, to its electric vehicles by 2025. In most cases, the new connector will supplement an older one called the Combined Charging System, or CCS, and an even older one, call…
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Apple Ramped Up Autonomous Vehicle Testing Last Year, Filings Show ...

The data covers December 2022 to November 2023. The majority of the testing miles were in the second half of the reporting period, with miles tested peaking in August at 83,900. Apple has a permit to test autonomous vehicle tech on California’s public roads only if the company has a safety driver behind the wheel—a first step that allows autonomous vehicle companies to collect more data on streets and determine how their software handles itself in traffic. A handful of other companies, including…
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Ford Is Giving Away Free Tesla Charger Converters That Will Unlock ...

The announcement underscored the importance of charging to the Detroit automaker’s electric vehicle strategy—and the degree to which Tesla has dominated public charging in the United States. Ford’s public North American charging network is made up of some 106,000 chargers. Drivers of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning pickup will now have access to double the number of fast charge points, Ford says. US and Canadian owners of Mustangs and Lightnings from model year 2021 through 2024 will b…