🚖 Uber is adding Lucid electric vehicles equipped with Nuro's self-driving technology to its growing robotaxi network, and is buying a stake in both companies. (Axios)
🇯🇵 Detroit automakers aren't happy about a new U.S.-Japan trade deal that could leave tariffs lower on cars imported from Japan than those built in North America. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the deal. (CNBC)
💠Thought bubble: Don't be fooled, though. Nobody expects U.S. carmakers to start selling right-hand-drive pickup trucks in Japan.
🥤The Tesla Diner & Drive-In, Elon Musk's long-awaited restaurant that blends retro nostalgia and futurism with the automaker's fast-charging network, officially opened this week in Hollywood. (TechCrunch)
Tesla Diner & Drive-In in Hollywood, Los Angeles. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)