Autonomous

Apple Inc. has enlisted one of Lamborghini’s top car-development managers in a sign that it’s stepping up work on a self-driving electric vehicle, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

The 10 Roads Express company launched an autonomous truck route in partnership with Kodiak Robotics, a driverless trucking company, they announced July 26.

Tesla Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates, reflecting the company’s progress in getting production back on track while tackling supply chain hurdles and COVID lockdowns at its factory in China.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on July 19 set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it.

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, is considering at least two locations in Mexico for a manufacturing plant to potentially supply Tesla Inc. and Ford Motor Co.

General Motors Co.-backed self-driving startup Cruise is facing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and its own board of directors after a pair of on-road incidents raised questions about how ready the company is to expand its services.

Alphabet Inc.’s Wing subsidiary has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla Inc.’s top artificial intelligence executive and the director of its Autopilot self-driving system, is planning to depart the automaker.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in June were the highest of the year and improved 12.7% compared with the previous June, Wards Intelligence reported.

Tesla bulls rejoiced when Elon Musk sought to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter. That initial relief has given way to realization the hangover from this ordeal won’t lift anytime soon.