Cover story · Autonomy
FSD v14 is the quiet rewrite Tesla wasn't loud about
The interventions are down. The naming is the same. Underneath, almost nothing is.
May 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Analysis · Robotaxi
Waymo is in five cities. The hard part starts in the sixth.
Phoenix worked. SF worked. LA worked. Austin worked. Each new city tested a different muscle. The next one tests the whole org.
May 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Charging
NACS won. Now the chargers have to actually work.
The connector war is over. The reliability war is just starting, and it's the one that decides whether EVs become normal.
May 10, 2026 · 3 min read
Policy
NHTSA's new framework is a permission slip, not a rulebook
The federal autonomous vehicle framework just landed. It clarifies less than the industry asked for and more than the industry feared.
May 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Tech · China
BYD's autonomy stack is quietly the most interesting in the industry
Nobody talks about God's Eye. They should. It's the only L2++ system that ships in a $20,000 car.
May 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Opinion
The driver-seat question is the only question that matters
Everything in autonomy comes down to whether the car needs a human in it. The industry is finally being forced to answer.
May 4, 2026 · 3 min read