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The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Elon Musk took to X earlier this week to announce that Tesla is now operating robotaxis in Austin, Texas, without safety monitors in the car. While we’re happy to call Musk out on a fib, it appears he was being quite literal about the whole situation. Tesla is indeed operating robotaxis in Austin without safety monitors inside those taxis, but that doesn’t mean they’re absent. Instead, they’re accompanying them from the confines of a separate chase car—or…
Get Spyglass: The insider hookup, in your inbox Your exclusive look at future cars and secret prototypes, straight from our spy photographer. Just a few days ago, our spies in Europe sent us photos of a “refreshed” Volkswagen ID.4 with a conspicuously large number of visible changes to the the body structure. Such things are uncommon for mid-cycle updates, and we said as much when we shared those images with you. Why would VW go to such lengths to update an EV in a sales climate showing renewed hostility toward electrification? Well, thanks to Automotive News, we may have the…