Andrew J. Hawkins is an Organizer at RealClearMarkets. He specializes in the automotive industry, with a focus on driverless cars, electric vehicles, car manufacturing, and aviation and aerospace topics. His insights and analyses have been featured in prominent publications such as The Verge, NewsBreak, and MSN.
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By: Andrew J. Hawkins
He said the company’s autonomous ridehail vehicles would be available to half the US population by the end of 2025. Well, here we are in June 2026, and Tesla only has 59 vehicles in a handful of Texas cities. Bloomberg breaks down the growing chasm between Musk’s bombastic predictions and the realities of a very slow, often inconvenient robotaxi service. [Link: Tesla’s Robotaxi Falls Short With Long Waits and Stalled Rides
By: Andrew J. Hawkins
Would you join Waymo Premier?
The concept, with its eye-popping red color, debuts a new design language for the Bavarian automaker.
By: Andrew J. Hawkins
17 pts Just in time for Le Mans, BMW is pulling the cover off its new M performance concept built on the Bavarian automaker's Neue Klasse next-generation architecture. The concept is the debut of a new design language for BMW's M division, signaling a shift toward a more electrified future. The company says it is…
SpaceX is now a publicly traded company. In one of the most highly anticipated and controversial public offerings of all time, the rocket venture helmed by Elon Musk started trading on Nasdaq on June 12th at the take-it-or-leave-it price of $135-per-share - though most retail investors will likely pay far more.…
The Autopian spotted the highly anticipated EV in Long Beach this week. Although it was heavily camouflaged, the outlet was able to estimate its measurements to be around 64-inches tall and about 195-inches long, which would make it a little smaller than a Ford Maverick. That’s extremely interesting to me as a person who thinks most trucks today are way to big for their britches. Sure, its no kei truck, but for Ford, it’s practically microscopic. Bring on the baby trucks! [Image: Ford’s diminutive electric truck is expected to go on sale in 2027. https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/MAIN-PROFILE-IMAGE-scaled-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
At 165 Wh/mi, the Cybercab is nearly 30 percent more efficient than the Lucid Air sedan.
The company has yet to launch in its first market (San Francisco, later this year) but is already gearing up for its second. In Houston, Uber will be competing for passengers with Waymo and Tesla. But the ridehail company is in it to win it, having already secured a 50,000 square-foot facility for maintenance, and a charging pitstop for its Lucid-made, Nuro-powered robotaxis. [Image: Uber’s robotaxis are coming to Houston in mid-2027. https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/image.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]
By: Andrew J. Hawkins
That’s what investigators in Texas aim to find out after Michael Butler’s Model 3 smashed into the home of a 76-year-old woman, killing her in her own living room. Tesla’s driver assist system has been linked to thousands of crashes and dozens of fatalities, and yet the company claims its tech makes driving safer. [Link: Tesla allegedly in autopilot mode crashes into Texas house, woman killed: Investigators
The Dual Standard variants had smaller batteries and less range than some of the other trims. But they also had some of the less expensive starting prices: $76,990 (before fees) for the Dual Standard R1S and $72,990 for the Dual Standard R1T. The move to simplify the R1 lineup comes as Rivian is ramping up production of the crucial R2, which initially starts at $57,990. [Media: https://twitter/Hilbe/status/2069441044274438178]
