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2+ min ago (346+ words) Elon Musk admitted that he wouldn't go back and lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency again, knowing what he knows now. Musk, in an interview with former DOGE adviser Katie Miller, said he was "somewhat" successful in his brief time in the temporary role, which ended in May. But the negative reaction by the public was enough to dissuade him from reprising it in the future, he suggested. "If you could go back and start from scratch like it's January 20th all again, would you go back and do it differently?" Miller, the 34-year-old wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, asked. "And, knowing what you know now, do you think there's ever a place to restart?" "I mean, no, I don't think so," Musk, 54, said in Tuesday's episode after a pause. "I think instead of doing…...

23+ min ago (680+ words) Deep inside these forested belts, survey teams say they have encountered unusually rich mineral deposits. In some pockets, the findings are far above anything earlier recorded in the region. Yet the minerals remain untouched, locked beneath layers of old-growth forest, where digging cannot begin without formal approval. The tension between development and conservation has turned these deposits into a debate rather than a discovery. What Survey Teams Have Found In the Amrapur block of Koppala district, early tests have indicated gold content as high as 12 to 14 grams per tonne of ore. This is significantly higher than the 2 to 3 grams per tonne often considered viable in many commercial mines. If confirmed through deeper drilling, this area could emerge as one of the richest gold-bearing regions in southern India. In Raichuru district's Amareshwara region, teams have found traces of lithium, a mineral…...

49+ min ago (818+ words) Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will remove "safety monitors" from the passenger seats of Tesla's Robotaxi vehicles in "about three weeks," which would mean we'd see completely driverless Teslas in the Austin area potentially by the end of the year " if that timeline sticks. Tesla has been working on a system that would allow vehicles to drive themselves, which has been in "beta" release for over a decade now. It calls this system "Full Self-Driving," despite the fact that the system does not currently drive itself. That has not stopped Musk from consistently promising more and more of the system, despite its stagnating capabilities. Over the course of the last decade, Musk has consistently promised driverless vehicles within the coming year, with deadlines consistently passing by without achieving that goal. One of those promises has been the creation…...

49+ min ago (362+ words) Image: NASA Johnson Space Center / Wikimedia Commons The FY26 NDAA and Solar for the Warfighter: National security leaders in Congress get it. The final FY26 NDAA recognized both the vulnerability posed by certain solar technologies where China controls the critical mineral supply chains and the promise of U.S. solar manufacturing:" More power means more lethality. That is what the next generation of solar offers for our surveillance and communications equipment. Now that the silicon supply chain has been secured, the U.S. can pursue the next generation of solar technologies for the warfighter. Getting to the next generation of solar technology before China is critical for meeting our defense energy needs. By generating energy from different wavelengths of light, tandem solar modules (tandems) combinesilicon and perovskite or thin-film layers to reach higher efficiencies. Recent testing shows that tandems can provide over 50% greater lifetime power output…...

51+ min ago (369+ words) A rendering of the Samsung Battery Box 2.0 containing lithium iron phosphate batteries for energy storage systems / Courtesy of Samsung SDI Samsung SDI said Wednesday that its Michigan-based subsidiary signed a contract with a U.S. energy infrastructure developer to supply lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) over a three-year period starting in 2027. The Korean battery maker did not disclose the buyer's name or the exact size of the deal, though it said the contract is worth more than 2 trillion won ($1.36 billion). The announcement has drawn attention as Samsung SDI is reportedly in talks with Tesla to sign a separate three-year agreement worth 3 trillion won to supply 10 gigawatt-hours of LFP batteries annually for ESS. However, the Korean firm denied speculation that the buyer in the recent deal is the U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer. "In addition to the latest contract, Samsung…...

59+ min ago (383+ words) Tesla has been rapidly growing its reliable charging network and has been rolling out more charging stations across many parts of Australia, including the most southern site, opening last month, near Hobart in Tasmania. Now, Tesla has been spotted developing its most northern site in Australia, this time in Darwin, and the site been officially labelled as "In Development" on its supercharger map. This was first picked up by an avid reader of The Driven, Charles G, who shared on TMC forum: "It's just popped up on the website map!" The new site is located at Millner in NT, north of Darwin CBD, close to the Darwin International Airport, at the Jape Homemaker Centre. The number of charging stalls or their speed is still unknown and is likely to surface after construction begins. As per other Tesla supercharger sites under…...

59+ min ago (410+ words) Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe wants his EVs to be able to service themselves. In an interview with Fortune released on Tuesday, the host asked Scaringe what AI should and shouldn't do in a car. Scaringe, who is also the automobile company's founder, replied that self-driving capabilities have been talked about for years in the EV industry, but he wants his cars to go beyond that. Scaringe said he was "very bullish" on his cars being self-driving in the next couple of years, such that "you can own a car, but it can drop you at the airport, it can pick your kids up from school, it can go get things from the store for you." But beyond driving, he said the car can help with a lot of things that people don't want to be doing, like handling service appointments....

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (312+ words) SBB 2.0, Samsung SDI's energy storage systems product equipped with LFP battery / Courtesy of Samsung SDI Samsung SDI, Korea's second-largest battery maker, said Wednesday its U.S. subsidiary has secured a deal worth more than 2 trillion won ($1.36 billion) to supply lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to a U.S. energy company through 2027. SDI America signed the three-year contract with an undisclosed U.S. energy-related infrastructure developer to supply LFP batteries for the company's energy storage systems (ESSs), Samsung SDI said in a press release. The LFP batteries will be produced at the U.S. plant of Samsung SDI's first U.S. joint venture with Stellantis, it added. "The latest ESS battery deal is significant as it has enabled the company to secure a new market for LFP batteries. Building on this agreement, the company plans to expand supplies of LFP batteries," a company official said. LFP batteries are increasingly favored for…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (919+ words) Are you a GM Factory Zero worker? Fill out the form at the end of this article for assistance in building a rank-and-file committee to fight the layoffs and defend every worker's job. GM is slashing production by half at its flagship EV plant that straddles the border between Detroit and the enclave of Hamtramck. These job cuts, which GM now calls "permanent," are cascading through supplier plants in the Detroit area, leading to hundreds of additional layoffs. This is part of a brutal wave of downsizing in the auto industry since the supposed "record contract" negotiated by the UAW in 2023. This includes the mass firing of thousands of temp workers and layoffs at major plants in the Detroit area and throughout the country. "It is time to draw the line and defend the right to a secure job and…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (1029+ words) Mumbai, December 10, 2025 " The newly listed commercial vehicles arm of Tata Motors is fast emerging as Dalal Street's new auto favourite. Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles (TMCV) has surged to fresh record levels this week, riding a 17% rally in just two weeks, a bullish initiation from Ambit Institutional Equities, and the strongest commercial-vehicle upcycle in years. [1] Even after the sharp move, the CV-focused stock continues to trade at about a 6% valuation discount to rival Ashok Leyland, a gap brokerages say could narrow as earnings catch up. [2] Tata Motors' CV entity, listed under the TMCV ticker, has been on a tear since late November. On Tuesday, December 9, the stock hit a new intra-day high of around "371.20 on the BSE, surpassing its earlier peak of "367.90 recorded on December 2. [3] Market data from Moneycontrol and Trendlyne show the stock flirting with fresh 52week highs again in Wednesday's…...