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The Internet of Things (IoT) remains ripe with hacking opportunities. A breathalyzer company was hacked leaving drivers unable to use their vehicles to do things like drive to work. The company has “temporarily pause some of our systems as a precautionary measure.” The breathalyzers are used in 46 states.
It reads like a regulatory gap with no alternative for stranded drivers.
Tech Crunch | Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US
Tech Crunch & WSJ are covering an AI plane startup. The target audience appears to be defense contracts and not commercial, but time will tell.
It’s complicated in that the person behind this projector had a fraud conviction pardoned. So, lots of eyes on this. Until then the group is, “spending a few hundred thousand dollars on lobbying.”
TechCrunch | Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton is trying to raise $1B for AI-powered planes
“Uber founder Travis Kalanick has a new company called Atoms focused on robotics that, according to its website, will operate in the food, mining, and transportation industries.‘ It is being talked about as wheelbases for specialized, non-humanoid, robotics.
Tech Crunch | Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics
Tech Crunch | TechCrunch Mobility: Travis Kalanick’s return proves it really is 2016 again
This week news links Lucid autonomous vehicle models to a partnership with Uber for robotaxis. A prototype is out in the world. Lucid is planning to release subscription services that make their vehicles autonomous. Rivian announced something similar at the end of 2025.
This week news links Lucid autonomous vehicle models to a partnership with Uber for robotaxis. A prototype is out in the world. Lucid is planning to release subscription services that make their vehicles autonomous. Rivian announced something similar at the end of 2025.
How does AI fit into a car? It could adjust A/C settings or map services. So, what we can do in our cars without AI. Cool, cool, cool.
Tech Crunch | Lucid Motors shows off robotaxi concept called ‘Lunar
The veto letter for Arizona’s SB 1439 states that the bill inserts politics into the function of government. The bill would have “allocated $17 of the $25 license plate fee to the Conservative Grassroots Network Special Plate Fund, which in turn would make an annual donation to an organization founded in 2012 that helps with voter registration at high school and college campuses.”
The Hill | Democratic governor vetoes Charlie Kirk memorial license plates in Arizona
“Honda has canceled three electric vehicles it was developing for the U.S. market, blaming President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising competition from Chinese EV companies.”
TechCrunch | Honda scraps 3 EVs planned for the US, blaming tariffs and Chinese competition
A former brain who worked on satellites for Amazon and Tesla founded Lux Aeterna “to develop satellite structures with a built-in heat shield that will allow them to return to Earth with their payloads intact.” Why? The company says return to earth satellites are the next big thing.
In 2025, EV interest dropped/ began to plateau because of changes in federal policy. This in turn impacted US EV battery manufacturing.
An analysis from the Dallas Federal Reserve discusses that more than 20 gigafactories were announced from 2021-2022, accounting for more than $50 billion in potential investment and thousands of new jobs. More announcements of gigafactories continued in 2023 and 2024. The slow down in 2025 indicates that these investments will not be realized, but alas! There is a pivot to enrgy storage.
Australia is testing photoluminescence roadway paint. The paint gathers sunlight during the day that then glows after sunset. @wasted
Utilizing NSTB data, Electrek says that robotaxis crash at a rate 4x higher than human drivers. This includes crashes into stationary objects like poles. @gizmodo