<p>Though Apple rarely misses self-imposed deadlines, it&#8217;s done so with the next generation of CarPlay. The company originally teased the update back in 2022. With this new version, CarPlay will integrate seamlessly with the instrument cluster to provide information on speed, climate control, and other car data. Apple had promised an initial rollout for a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tesla has announced that its redesigned Model Y SUV is coming to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in March, with a starting price just shy of $60,000. The news comes just two weeks after Tesla revealed the new-look Model Y and said the SUV was coming to China and other Asian markets, also in March. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Security researcher Jane Wong found a hidden feature that let her change the top display of a Waymo robotaxi. </p>

<p>Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We’re just a few days into a new Trump administration, and it’s already a firehose of executive orders, declarations, and even pardons. A few have crossed into [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As long as employees have access to such data, that information is vulnerable to evolving methods of hacking. </p>

<p>Amperesand’s technology replaces the iron cores that define old transformers with silicon carbide.</p>

<p>Amperesand’s technology replaces the iron cores that define old transformers with silicon carbide.</p>

<p>President Donald Trump is trying to halt the flow of funding for EV charging infrastructure from two programs that have benefited Tesla — the latest example of how Elon Musk&#8217;s political interests seem to be at odds with his car company&#8217;s goal of advancing sustainable energy. It&#8217;s not a given that Trump&#8217;s gambit will succeed. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>President Donald Trump is trying to halt the flow of funding for EV charging infrastructure from two programs that have benefited Tesla — the latest example of how Elon Musk&#8217;s political interests seem to be at odds with his car company&#8217;s goal of advancing sustainable energy. It&#8217;s not a given that Trump&#8217;s gambit will succeed. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford&#8217;s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration&#8217;s Office of Defects Investigation launched a probe into Ford BlueCruise last April after the agency confirmed the system was active [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford&#8217;s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration&#8217;s Office of Defects Investigation launched a probe into Ford BlueCruise last April after the agency confirmed the system was active [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and will &#8220;cease operations immediately.&#8221; The company is liquidating its assets in a Chapter 7 proceeding in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. The company said in a press release published late Friday that it was &#8220;in discussions with foreign sources of capital&#8221; that proved unsuccessful and also [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon has paused testing of its delivery drones following a crash involving two of its models, according to Bloomberg. It&#8217;s the latest setback for Amazon&#8217;s beleaguered Prime Air program, which aims to deliver around 500 million packages a year to customers by the end of the decade. Bloomberg reports two Amazon drones crashed in rainy [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of car accidents and a major reason why auto insurance premiums are expected to increase in 2025. For commercial fleets, that’s a nightmare. But for California-based startup Netradyne, it’s a tailwind.&nbsp; Netradyne provides fleet owners, including big names like Amazon, with AI-enabled dashcams that collect vehicle data [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on their respective mega-rocket test flights this week. The regulator said both companies must perform what&#8217;s known as a &#8220;mishap investigation.&#8221; These probes involve the companies and the FAA working together to understand what went wrong, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rivian and the Department of Energy have finalized a $6.6 billion loan announced in November with just a few days left until Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. The company will use the loan to help build out its planned factory in Georgia, east of Atlanta, with construction beginning in 2026. The first R2 SUVs are scheduled to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rivian and the Department of Energy have finalized a $6.6 billion loan announced in November with just a few days left until Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. The company will use the loan to help build out its planned factory in Georgia, east of Atlanta, with construction beginning in 2026. The first R2 SUVs are scheduled to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The order bans the automaker from selling consumers&#8217; information to data brokers for five years.</p>

<p>The order bans the automaker from selling consumers&#8217; information to data brokers for five years.</p>

<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told TechCrunch it had to &#8220;briefly&#8221; slow and divert a number of aircraft in the airspace near Puerto Rico, where debris was seen falling after SpaceX&#8217;s Starship exploded during a test flight Thursday. Multiple flights could be seen entering holding patterns or completely changing course in the airspace near the [&hellip;]</p>