Tesla reported first-quarter results that beat market expectations despite concerns about slowing electric vehicle demand. Revenue rose to $22.39 billion from a year earlier, while expanded capital spending focused on AI and robotics is adding to financial pressure. The company also faces controversy over cash flows, putting the balance between growth strategy and profitability in focus. Separately, Sony Group and Honda decided to effectively suspend their EV joint venture, and GM halted plans for a next-generation revamp of large electric pickups and SUVs.

Humble Robotics has unveiled the Humble Hauler, an electric autonomous freight platform that removes the driver’s seat entirely. The Class 8 platform targets closed or controlled logistics environments such as warehouses, rail yards and ports, focusing on repetitive hub-to-hub moves rather than long-haul highways. The modular design can be lengthened or shortened and supports multiple configurations. The company is running pilots with logistics and supply-chain firms and raised $24 million in seed funding led by Eclipse.