Waymo v. Uber, Tesla Struggles, and More Car News This Week

After nearly a year of hearings, discovery, motions, and legal maneuverings, Waymo v. Uber, a bitter battle over autonomous tech trade secrets, finally kicked off this week. And in its opening days, the case has lived up to its billing as the first great trial of this self-driving century. Good thing our own Aarian Marshall has volunteered to slog through days that start at 7:30 am and involve unyielding wooden benches to bring us all the haps: Uber ex-CEO Travis Kalanick's well hydrated testimony, deleted and embarrassing texts, the peskily hard-to-nail-down definition of "trade secret," and more. If you care at all about what's going on here, follow her on Twitter. Elsewhere in the car world, more fights: Tesla reported a record loss while Elon Musk races to ramp up Model 3 production; Ram Trucks caught flak for a questionable Super Bowl ad; Uber is trying to win back drivers; and someone slapped a self-driving Chevy Bolt. Let's get you caught up.