When I was an avid sailor, I loved following the Volvo ocean race. The amount of physical stamina, intellectual maneuvering and courage to take risks epitomizes sportsmanship sth I really look up to. winning is hard but winning feels great

On Halloween in 2016, Hannah Eimers and a friend drove four hours from her home in Tennessee to Athens, Georgia, for a party. In the early hours of November 1st, she was on her way back when her Volvo drifted off Interstate 75—even though she was sober—and collided with a steel guardrail. Her car hit a safety feature on the rail that was designed to slow the vehicle and force the rail to curl up. Instead, it tore through the Volvo and cut Hannah’s body in half. Not long after Hannah’s death, her father, Steve, began researching guardrail accidents. He’s since driven some 40,000 miles through 25 states to inspect guardrails. Based on his research, he believes there are about 1,000 annual guardrail-related deaths in the U.S.—virtually all of them preventable—and tens of thousands of miles of dangerous guardrails presently on the country’s roads. Now he meets with politicians, advocates for guardrail safety in Washington, and posts inspection videos from the sides of highways on his YouTube channel, TheGuardrailGuy. Charles Bethea reports on the man who has made it his mission to fix the nation’s guardrail problem:

In the late 1970s, the USSR paid for ABBA's music albums entirely in oil. Because the Soviet rouble was worthless abroad, the band traded their music rights for tankers of crude oil, which briefly made ABBA Sweden’s second-largest corporate export behind Volvo.

NEWS: Tesla Korea was selected for South Korea's 2026 EV subsidy program, while Chinese rival BYD was excluded 🔥 The selection means Tesla vehicles sold in South Korea will continue to qualify for both national and local EV purchase subsidies. National subsidies pay up to 6.8 million won, about $4,700 per vehicle. Local subsidies on top can add more. 10 passenger vehicle companies were approved including Tesla Korea, Hyundai Motor, Kia, BMW Korea, Mercedes-Benz Korea, Volkswagen Group Korea, Volvo Cars Korea and Polestar Korea. BYD was excluded from the final list. New BYD subsidy applications submitted from July 1 will no longer qualify for government support. The new evaluation system was introduced this year to assess each automaker's ability to operate in the Korean market and provide adequate after-sales support. It scores companies on industry contribution, R&D capability and local investment. South Korea designed the system in part to favor domestic brands. Tesla was widely expected to be at risk because it has no dedicated EV R&D facility in Korea. Tesla cleared the hurdle anyway. The Korean Ministry of Environment had said foreign automakers need to expand local after-sales networks, collaborate with parts suppliers and increase Korean market contributions to remain eligible. For context, Tesla sold about 60,000 vehicles in South Korea last year. The Model Y is the best-selling EV in the country.

Self-driving has graduated from science problem to engineering challenge. That’s what Wayve’s @alexgkendall and Waabi’s @RaquelUrtasun told @Alex during today’s autonomous vehicle double-header. Wayve and Waabi are hard at work building the technology needed to bring self-driving to fleets of cars and trucks, potentially accelerating the global evolution away from humans being forced to sit, and steer. The good news? Both companies are making insane progress, and your days of being forced to drive are numbered. 0:00 Alex Kendall (Wayve) joins the show 1:19 The contrarian bet on end-to-end AI and world models in 2017 3:05 What is a world model? GAIA-2 and GAIA-3 explained 7:34 Sensor agnosticism: camera, radar, LiDAR and minimum bar for safety 9:56 $1.5B raised — have we cracked self-driving? 10:09 Render: Find out why 5 million developers are already using the all-in-one cloud platform, Render. Go to and apply for the Render Startup Program to get $500-$100,000 in free credits, depending on your stage and backers. 20:38 Squarespace: Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at 25:03 How consumers will actually pay: bundle, subscription, or free trial 28:41 Why robotics applications beyond cars get cheaper after autos 30:15 IM8 Health: Start feeling like your best self every day. Go to and use the code TWiST to get a free welcome kit, five free travel sachets, and 10% off your order. 35:59 Raquel Urtasun (Waabi) joins the show 36:25 World models as controllable simulators for physical AI 43:34 One AI brain across trucks, robotaxis, and beyond 47:35 What changed in AI to make 2026 the deployment year 52:28 Why Waabi raised $1B when they're capital-efficient 58:52 Where Waabi is today: Volvo VNL Autonomous, Dallas-Houston, Uber Freight 1:00:50 Per-mile pricing and the Driver-as-a-Service model 1:07:20 Has Uber tried to buy Waabi? "Not for sale" 🎥 Watch the full episode here 👇