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AutonomyEV

Tracking the future of fully autonomous transportation

  • Tech · EVs · Autonomy · AI
  • United States · Europe · Asia
  • Edited by Yair Knijn

About

AutonomyEV

AutonomyEV is a one-stop hub for tech, electric vehicles, autonomous driving and AI, and the regulations that shape them. We aggregate the news, add the analysis, and track the stories that move the industry forward. Every story earns its place by having a point to make.

All articles are human-curated and written by a human. AI tools are used to fact-check.

This is a passion project. The editor has been following the EV community since 2014, through the first wave of modern EV adoption and the long autonomy winter that followed. Coverage runs as continuous monitoring, not as a retransmit of whatever the OEMs sent out that morning.

What we cover

Autonomy and EVs are a global story told in three different regulatory languages.

  • United States. Supervised autonomy, Waymo, NHTSA rulemaking, state-level robotaxi permits, NACS charging build-out. This is where the volume coverage lives.
  • Europe. Mercedes Drive Pilot, EU type approval, Germany's L4 framework, fleet electrification mandates, CCS-to-NACS questions, the regulatory consequences of accidents in Paris and Stockholm.
  • Asia. BYD, XPeng, NIO, Li Auto, the Chinese robotaxi operators, the Korean and Japanese OEM responses, and the Tier-1 supplier ecosystem that increasingly defines what every other region's cars can ship.

Who writes here

Yair Knijn

Yair Knijn, founder and editor-in-chief, writes everything you read here. Based in the Netherlands, covering all three regions. If a guest contributor ever files a piece, they'll be named on the byline.

Ownership and disclosures

AutonomyEV is a private passion project edited by Yair Knijn in the Netherlands. The site is independent, self-funded, and written from a pro-progress view of autonomy and electrification. Waymo, Zoox, BYD, XPeng, Mercedes, NIO and Tesla all get covered on their merits.

Money and editorial

Articles are free to read. There are no ads, sponsorships, affiliate links, paid placements, or partner posts right now. If that ever changes, the label will be clear before the article starts.

Tips and corrections

Drop us a line at tips@autonomy-ev.com. Corrections to corrections@autonomy-ev.com. Encrypted channels on request.