May 14, 2025 - Business

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Joann Muller

Illustration of a drive-thru window with the attendant passing a newspaper that reads "drive-thru" to a customer through a window — Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

🚖 Waymo is recalling more than 1,200 robotaxis to update software after a series of minor collisions with chains, gates and other barriers. (Reuters)

🚚 GM poached Sterling Anderson, co-founder of autonomous trucking company Aurora, to be its chief product officer, giving him broad responsibilities to develop its high-tech cars of the future. (Axios)

🔋 Speaking of GM, it announced a breakthrough battery for its next-generation electric trucks and SUVs.

⚡️ A new global EV outlook shows how badly the U.S. is falling behind China as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans reverse Biden-era subsidies and rules. (Axios)

A stacked column chart showing the quarterly global sales of electric cars from Q1 2021 to Q1 2025. There has been a steady upward trend from 1 million sales to a peak of almost 6 million in Q3 2024. More sales have been made in China than anywhere else, followed by Europe, the United States and the rest of the world. — Data: IEA; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios

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