China tech Self-driving autos to reach 70% of total domestic sales in 2035 under plan A Baidu robotaxi is seen on the streets of Wuhan in Hubei province. China is backing self-driving technology, as it has for EVs. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta) SHUNSUKE TABETA October 29, 2025 06:07 JST CHONGQING — China aims to extend its…
SHENZHEN — When rush hour calms down around 8 p.m. at Shenzhen’s Futian railway station, autonomous robovans get to work. They begin moving back and forth along a designated route, carrying parcels from a storage facility and dropping them off at a spot near the platform. The vehicles broadcast audio alerting people to keep a two…
The very day Elon Musk expanded the boundaries of his three-week-old autonomous ride hailing service in Austin, Joe Tegtmeyer’s Tesla tried to illegally run a railroad crossing just as a locomotive approached. “The robotaxi did not see that, and the safety observer had to stop the vehicle until the train had passed. So there’s a…
Rifle through Turkey’s car sales report for January and in the column next to Tesla’s name, you’ll find a big, fat zero. A lot has since changed. This June, Turkey nearly eclipsed the UK as the brand’s third-largest market in the world for the month. Tesla sold over 7,200 vehicles in the Eurasian country, within striking distance of the…
Tesla celebrated a historic first on Friday when a new Model Y left the factory in Austin and—without anyone in the vehicle—drove itself to a waiting customer a half-hour away. Already the second milestone this week after the commercial deployment of his robotaxi service, it marks an early birthday present for CEO Elon Musk. The entrepreneur had promised…