The Volkswagen ID R electric race car may have a new mission on its hands: Obliterate the electric-car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Anonymous sources close to the VW program told Autocar in a report this week that Volkswagen has its eyes on the electric-car lap record, which Chinese automaker Nio currently holds. The Nio EP9…

Porsche hasn’t built its first battery-electric car, the Taycan sedan, but it already plans to increase production. The German brand’s CEO Oliver Blume told WirtschaftsWoche in a report last Friday that strong demand has led to increased production. Blume said the added production will be split between the standard Taycan sedan and the Cross…

Waymo won’t launch a public self-driving car service this year, the company admitted Wednesday. Instead, the self-driving provider will offer a small-scale service to existing volunteers that have already been screened, called Waymo One. The service is a step toward putting eventual autonomy. Waymo One will be offered only to users that the…