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VW’s insane I.D. R electric car is headed to the Nürbugring this summer

Enlarge / On the left, the Volkswagen I.D. R electric racer. On the right, the I.D. Buzz, which goes into production in 2022. (credit: Volkswagen)
2018 was a something of a banner year when it came to hybrids and electric
Report: Toyota and Panasonic to create an electric car-battery spinoff company

Enlarge / This photo taken on June 5, 2009, shows Toyota Motors’ third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle battery module displayed at Panasonic’s EV Energy headquarters in Kosei, Aichi, prefecture. (credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
According to Nikkei Asian Review, Toyota
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names

Enlarge / Plans for a potential tunnel connecting Sydney, Australia, to the West. (credit: Jeremy Buckingham)
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the
Why Uber wants to build scooters and bikes that can drive themselves

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Uber is looking to hire people to help it develop autonomous scooter and bike technology, according to Wired-editor-turned-robotics-entrepreneur Chris Anderson. The goal would be to allow bikes and scooters to “drive themselves to charging
Review: Toyota Sienna minivan mixes the solid with the subpar

Enlarge / The Sienna resplendent in an elementary school parking lot.
In the early 2000s, I was in the market for a big car. We needed something that could ferry our daughter and stuff around, carry drywall and other home-improvement
“Our worst fears have come true,” VW Group exec wrote to Audi exec

Enlarge / A sign for car service for Audi and VW is pictured on January 09, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (credit: Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)
On Thursday, a federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, indicted four Audi
Verizon offers free robocall blocking, two years after AT&T and T-Mobile
Verizon yesterday said it will make spam and robocall blocking features free for all wireless customers …
VR headsets, augmented windshields, and multiscreen infotainment at CES

Enlarge / Yes, I am wearing VR in the backseat of an electric car. Yes, this is Peak CES. (credit: Aurich Lawson)
LAS VEGAS—I’d been on the ground for less than twelve hours before I strapped on the virtual reality
Elon Musk announces Tesla layoffs, warns about weak Q4 profits

Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk visiting China in January 2019. (credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tesla is cutting its workforce by about 7 percent, CEO Elon Musk announced in a Friday morning email to employees. Musk said that