Andrew J. Hawkins

That’s triple the number of fares it did in 2024, the company said today. Assuming that the average Waymo ride costs $20.43, that could mean in excess of $286 million in revenue for the company. Of course, some of that money is going toward taxes and other ride-hailing fees. Still, that’s an impressive number for a company that only operates in five cities in the US — and soon to grow to 20 cities internationally. Waymo also says it’s now on track to do 20 million lifetime trips by the end of the year.

Trump was talking about Japanese kei cars, specifically, but Stellantis is hoping his good will extends to Italian quadricycles like the Fiat Topolino. The automaker says it will bring the micro-EV to the US sometime next year, but I’m not convinced American car buyers will be as charmed as the president. Last year, Fiat had to pause production of the slightly larger 500e after record-low sales. At one point Fiat dealers were practically trying to give them away.

As spotted by TechCrunch, the new expansion to Grand Theft Auto Online, dubbed “A Safehouse in the Hills,” includes a fictionalized version of Waymo called “KnoWay.” The cars are recognizable as autonomous thanks to their rooftop lidar sensors and their Waymo-esque logos. But the similarities end there, as the vehicles are shown in a trailer for the game dangerously swerving all over the road and even crashing through a billboard. The expansion is available starting December 10th.

The Wall Street Journal found that the rate is the same for serious recalls, such as faulty brakes, engine fires, or defective air bags. The failure to address recalls has lead to a number of preventable deaths: the Journal found at least 12 people who were killed in crashes in which the air bag failed to deploy.

Jaguar Land Rover caught a lot of flack for its new design language, including the polarizingly pastel Type 00 concept. And while most of the rage was pure culture war nonsense, the British automaker is still struggling with the fallout from a recent cyberattack that took down its manufacturing plant. Now JLR has reportedly canned its head of design Gerry McGovern. Not only that, but according to Autocar India, McGovern had to be escorted from the building. Ouch.