<p>Toyota announced at CES 2025 that its next-generation vehicles will have automated driving capabilities powered by Nvidia’s Drive AGX Orin supercomputer and safety-focused operating system, DriveOS. DriveOS is the operating system for Nvidia&#8217;s autonomous vehicle platform that promises safe, real-time AI processing and integration of advanced driving and cockpit features. TechCrunch has reached out to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sony has been trickling out details of the Afeela brand it launched with Honda ever since it unveiled the EV in 2023. But it&#8217;s held back one big detail &#8212; until today. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced Monday at CES 2025 that the four-door Afeela EV would have a starting price of $89,900. The Sony [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sony has been trickling out details of the Afeela brand it launched with Honda ever since it unveiled the EV in 2023. But it&#8217;s held back one big detail &#8212; until today. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced Monday at CES 2025 that the four-door Afeela EV would have a starting price of $89,900. The Sony [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Japanese automaker Toyota is &#8220;exploring rockets,&#8221; chairman Akio Toyoda announced onstage at CES 2025 on Monday, while hinting at the idea of moving people through space. The rocketry mention on the CES 2025 stage came while Toyoda was in the middle of explaining how he views his company&#8217;s myriad technologies as &#8220;invention by kakezan,&#8221; or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock-full of startups and technology. His message: Woven City — a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan — is open for business and searching for inventors. &#8220;Today, I say to anyone [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Flying Flea is the latest electric two-wheeler manufacturer to embrace the connected vehicle trend. At CES 2025, Flying Flea shared plans to integrate some of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products into its upcoming line of motorcycles, bringing connected capabilities like voice assistance, smartphone-enabled keys, and customizable ride modes.  Indian motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield introduced the Flying Flea [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Flying Flea is the latest electric two-wheeler manufacturer to embrace the connected vehicle trend. At CES 2025, Flying Flea shared plans to integrate some of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products into its upcoming line of motorcycles, bringing connected capabilities like voice assistance, smartphone-enabled keys, and customizable ride modes.  Indian motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield introduced the Flying Flea [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Trucks Venture Capital co-founder Reilly Brennan has spent more than a decade looking for — and investing in — entrepreneurs building the future of transportation, including autonomous vehicle tech, electric air taxis, EV charger maintenance, mobility data platforms, and more. Now, Brennan along with partners Jeffrey Schox, Kathryn Schox, and Puneeth Meruva, are on the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Trucks Venture Capital co-founder Reilly Brennan has spent more than a decade looking for — and investing in — entrepreneurs building the future of transportation, including autonomous vehicle tech, electric air taxis, EV charger maintenance, mobility data platforms, and more. Now, Brennan along with partners Jeffrey Schox, Kathryn Schox, and Puneeth Meruva, are on the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>German conglomerate Bosch announced on Monday at CES 2025 a new layer of theft prevention for its e-bike batteries: the ability to lock a battery through the company&#8217;s Flow+ app. With the feature activated, batteries will automatically digitally lock when owners turn off their Bosch e-bike. If a thief somehow steals one of these batteries [&hellip;]</p>

<p>German conglomerate Bosch announced on Monday at CES 2025 a new layer of theft prevention for its e-bike batteries: the ability to lock a battery through the company&#8217;s Flow+ app. With the feature activated, batteries will automatically digitally lock when owners turn off their Bosch e-bike. If a thief somehow steals one of these batteries [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three years ago, Bingrui Yang founded Pebble to bring electrification, automation, and the usability of an iPhone to the RV world. The public got its first glimpse Monday at CES 2025 of what that looks like: a production-ready all-electric travel trailer loaded with tech designed to make towing and camping stress-free. The 25-foot all-electric RV, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three years ago, Bingrui Yang founded Pebble to bring electrification, automation, and the usability of an iPhone to the RV world. The public got its first glimpse Monday at CES 2025 of what that looks like: a production-ready all-electric travel trailer loaded with tech designed to make towing and camping stress-free. The 25-foot all-electric RV, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>CES 2025 kicks off January 7, but many of the biggest events and reveals actually begin today through a series of live streams and press conferences. The annual Las Vegas event sets the tone for the year’s consumer electronics and automotive industries. As always, TechCrunch will be there, sniffing out stories from the most exciting [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Luxury electric vehicle startup Lucid produced and delivered a record number of electric vehicles in the fourth quarter and full year of 2024.&nbsp; Lucid produced 3,386 vehicles and delivered 3,099 in Q4. On a full-year basis, the company produced 9,029 vehicles and delivered 10,241 vehicles in 2024, meeting its previously announced target to produce roughly [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Five years ago, Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to share with the world his &#8220;personal field of dreams&#8221; — a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people would live and work amongst all of Toyota’s projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Five years ago, Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to share with the world his &#8220;personal field of dreams&#8221; — a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people would live and work amongst all of Toyota’s projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dara Khosrowshahi is resigning from the board of autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation, citing a desire to focus on his ongoing responsibilities as CEO of Uber and reduce external board commitments, according to a Friday regulatory filing. Khosrowshahi’s resignation was effective as of Tuesday. Aurora says Khosrowshahi’s decision to leave the board was not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volkswagen offshoot Scout Motors is getting a jump-start on CES 2025 next week, with some good news for people who plan to take the company&#8217;s EVs way, way outdoors: The forthcoming Traveler SUV and Terra pickup will have a built-in satellite connection. Scout Motors isn&#8217;t saying where it&#8217;s sourcing the satellite linkup hardware from, or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military veteran driving a Ford F-150 Lightning drove into a crowd of people, killing at least 15. Then, an active-duty Green Beret rented a Tesla Cybertruck, parked it in front of the [&hellip;]</p>