Mobility

Tesla\'s own chart shows robotaxi growth stalled despite expansion push

Tesla has stressed expanding its robotaxi service, but a quarterly review of its own results materials shows growth in paid robotaxi mileage stalled in the second quarter. It reported cumulative paid mileage of more than 2.4 million miles, yet quarterly gains were about 900,000 miles in both the first and second quarters. Tesla expanded service areas to Tampa and Orlando but did not disclose vehicle counts, and its active unsupervised fleet across four cities was put at about 21 vehicles.

Mobility

China\'s June crude imports plunge 41 percent, focuses on electric taxis to ease oil supply strain

China’s crude oil imports fell to their lowest level in nine years in June, with rising electrification in taxis and ride-hailing seen as a key driver of lower oil use amid supply worries around the Strait of Hormuz. June imports dropped 41.3 percent year on year to 29.27 million tons. Gasoline and diesel consumption fell even as travel and freight rose, while analysts and experts expect further declines in fuel demand and refinery utilisation.