Zoox opened a new 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hayward, Calif., where it will begin serial production of its purpose-built robotaxi. The Amazon-owned AV company plans to begin robotaxi service later this year in Las Vegas, followed by San Francisco. Photo: Courtesy of Zoox
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🇺🇸 Some of the most "American-made" vehicles you can buy carry foreign nameplates, per a new Cars.com survey, underscoring the complexity of the global auto industry. (Axios)
🚖 Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft, and people have to wait longer, too, a study by rideshare aggregator Obi found. Yet 70% of users who had taken a Waymo ride said they preferred it to a traditional rideshare or taxi. (TechCrunch)
Archer announced the next market for its Midnight eVTOL aircraft will be Indonesia.
Beta Technologies said Republic Airways will test its electric planes for regional flights.
DOT Secretary Sean Duffy announced an alliance with the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to streamline the global certification and deployment of eVTOLs, the first new type of aircraft in 70 years.
Eve Air Mobility amped up expectations with a report projecting 30,000 eVTOLs by 2045, serving 5 billion passengers — a $280 billion market.
