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Here Comes the Flood of Plug-In Hybrids
Last week, the Biden administration made it official: American cars are really going electric. The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized…
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BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse X Has a Car-Wide Screen and a ‘Joy’ Brain
“The ‘heart of joy’ effectively takes 30 years of experience and blends it into a single control unit,” BMW chief…
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The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
The US government has launched an investigation into the national security risks posed by foreign-made vehicles with internet connectivity—especially those…
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Elon Musk Says a Cheaper Tesla Model Is Coming in 2025 as Chinese Competition Intensifies
A cheaper model of Tesla electric vehicle is coming late next year, CEO Elon Musk told investors today. If it…
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The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza
In California, the Bay Area’s Contra Costa County will get $15 million, for instance, to deploy more than 100 chargers…
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Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country
Workers at the seven Tesla-branded Swedish repair shops earn less and lack the same pensions and insurance as other mechanics…
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AI This Week: Cruise’s Robotaxi Meltdown
Headlines This Week Academic researchers at the University of Chicago are helping artists fight back against AI algorithms that would…
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How China’s EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel
David Tyfield, a professor of political economy at Lancaster University and author of the 2019 book Liberalism 2.0 and the…
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Workers Demand Job Security in the Autonomous, Electrified Future of Transport
Trucking and delivery driving jobs come in many different forms. Steve Viscelli, an economic sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania…
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How Elon Musk and Tesla Helped Spark the UAW Auto Strikes
Elon Musk hasn’t been sighted at the picket lines in Missouri, Ohio, or Michigan, where autoworkers are striking against the…
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