Toyota pushes back electric vehicle production plans in America

Detroit Free Press, October 7, 2024

Google’s Waymo Chooses Hyundai Ioniq 5 for Autonomous Driving Fleet

MSN, October 6, 2024

Autonomous vehicles could render personal auto insurance obsolete by 2044, new report finds

CBT News, October 4, 2024

Elon Musk Says ‘Safety First’ Over Convenience As Tesla Scales Up FSD To Fulfill Autonomous Driving Future

Benzinga, July 3, 2024

Toyota to unveil first ‘full’ self driving EV next year as it chases Tesla

Electrek, June 28, 2024

Tesla Is About to Lose Its EV Market Majority in the US

Bloomberg, June 26, 2024

Update To GM’s Cruise Robotaxis Will Try To Stop Them From Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

Jalopnik, October 16, 2023

Federal regulators open probe into Cruise after pedestrian injury reports

CNBC, October 17, 2023

Toyota’s road to autonomy relies on human drivers

AXIOS, October 16, 2023

Fleet Turnover and Electrification

Last year, in a piece replete with statistics and infographics, three New York times journalists explored the difficult task of moving the United States toward a fully-electric fleet (i.e., vehicles in circulation). According to the article:

Even in 2050, when electric vehicles are projected to make up 60 percent of new sales, the majority of vehicles on the road would still run on gasoline. Slow fleet turnover is a major challenge for climate policy.

If the United States wanted to move to a fully electric fleet by 2050—to meet President Biden’s goal of net zero emissions—then sales of gasoline-powered vehicles would likely have to end altogether by around 2035, a heavy lift.