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Tesla faces NHTSA probe over Model 3 emergency door handles
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (287+ words) Tesla Inc.s door handles are facing renewed scrutiny in the US after federal auto safety regulators opened a probe into the emergency releases in certain Model 3 vehicles. The probe covers an estimated 179,071 Model 3 sedans from the 2022 model year. Tesla…...
Here’s where you can get a robotaxi in the US, and the cities they are coming to next
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (851+ words) Buckle up: the robotaxi race is heating up. After years of missed targets and false starts, driverless taxis finally hit the road in a big way in 2025. There are now seven cities in the US where you can hail a…...
Larry Ellison’s $40 billion pledge to his son’s Paramount deal shows a shift in billionaire giving: Philanthropic capitalism
21+ hour, 43+ min ago (1170+ words) Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old Oracle co-founder and longtime mogul of tech and sport, recently sent ripples through the business and philanthropic worlds by revealing plans to devote $40 billion of his own fortune to the Paramount'Skydance merger " a deal that redefines…...
Trump’s return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026?
22+ hour, 1+ min ago (954+ words) There were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while blocking wind and solar, according to dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians....
Slate’s design chief explains why the startup built its electric truck without screens, stereos, or power windows
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (944+ words) When it comes to its affordable electric truck, Slate is betting that less is more. Tisha Johnson, the head of design at the buzzy Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup, told Business Insider that the Slate truck is for drivers who have…...
Rad Power Bikes Files for Bankruptcy
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (350+ words) So it happened. Just last month, I'd reported on the looming possibility of Rad Power going out of business. Even Electrek, reporting on Rad Power's troubles, said that "the bartender of a brewery located next to Rad Power Bikes headquarters…...
7 reasons to feel actually hopeful about the clean energy transition
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1281+ words) It's been a rough year if you care about climate change policy in the United States. In Washington, the second Trump administration has moved quickly to dismantle the scaffolding of federal climate action: pulling the US out of the Paris…...
Study Finds Touchscreens in Cars Are Distracting, Shockingly
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (357+ words) You've got your eyes glued to the rear bumper of the car in front of you as the slow-moving mass of cars plays gridlock Tetris down the highway. Purring along at just a few miles per hour, you want to…...
How Elon Musk Won His No Good, Very Bad Year
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (546+ words) What a weird time to be Elon Musk. This year opened with the businessman turned political operator throwing what appeared, to Nazis at least, to be a Sieg heil. Read more Expired/Tired/WIRED 2025 stories here. In May, Musk blew…...
New York parents say kids ‘freeze’ on mandated electric school buses during brutal winter weather
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (468+ words) Parents in Western New York are raising alarms over cold rides and breakdowns after officials mandated that all school bus purchases'must be electric'by 2027. Local outlet WIVB reported that the law has drawn the ire of parents in the'Lake Shore Central…...