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Controversial Tesla factory in Buffalo meets job requirements of $1 deal with NY
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (1216+ words) Published Feb 15, 2026 at 11:01 a.m. ET Last year, New York lawmakers were delighted to beat up on Tesla. Democratic legislators introduced bills to claw back some of the $1 billion the state spent to build a massive factory in Buffalo and revoke licenses…...
Self-driving cars wildly unpopular in New York, poll finds
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (385+ words) Published Feb 10, 2026 at 4:02 p.m. ET New Yorkers are saying no way to the type of driverless taxis operated by the company Waymo. The poll surveyed 802 registered New York state residents in late January. Nearly 60% said they would feel unsafe riding in…...
NY talks over Tesla Buffalo plant sputter in ‘fits and starts’
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (966+ words) Published Nov 24, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ET The state-owned Tesla factory in Buffalo is once again in flux. The electric automaker, which is behind on its job requirements, has been renegotiating its lease with state officials for the last two years. A resolution…...
NYPD fleet is nearly halfway to hybrid, but full electric transition faces big hurdles
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (568+ words) Published Oct 10, 2025 at 6:30 a.m. ET The NYPD unveiled 140 new hybrid vehicles on Thursday, but officials acknowledged significant infrastructure and technology challenges stand in the way of the city's mandated transition to fully electric patrol cars by 2035. The new hybrids will help…...
No Way-mo: Opposition to NYC's robot car pilot grows
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (575+ words) Published Aug 27, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET A street safety advocacy group on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of New Yorkers calling for regulators to revoke approval for a pilot program that allows a car service to test self-driving taxis on city streets....
New York City gives self-driving taxi firm Waymo the green light on pilot program
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (654+ words) Published Aug 22, 2025 at 3:36 p.m. ET Waymo, the company synonymous with self-driving taxis on the West Coast, is now allowed to start testing out the congested streets of New York City. The Department of Transportation issued a permit on Friday allowing the…...
NYC bans Uber and Lyft from randomly barring drivers from working
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (580+ words) Published Jun 26, 2025 New York City Uber and Lyft drivers will get a pay bump and new work protections under rules passed by the city Taxi and Limousine Commission Wednesday. A tweak to the formula used to calculate driver minimum wage…...
NYC cab drivers fear death of industry as Waymo aims to launch driverless taxis
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (661+ words) Published Jun 19, 2025 A decade after Uber upended New York's yellow taxi industry, another Silicon Valley giant is threatening to push the city's cabbies to the brink of extinction. Waymo, a robot-driven car service owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, applied…...
NJ solar customers are safe from energy rate hikes. Trump’s tax bill could change that.
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (662+ words) Published Jun 16, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ET In an age of surging utility bills, one group has largely escaped the pain of recent rate hikes: Solar energy customers not only harness the sun's rays to power their homes, the vast majority are putting…...
NJ lawmakers advance legislation to get more renters, lower-income residents solar power
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (713+ words) Published Jun 13, 2025 More than 210,000 New Jersey homes and businesses have gone solar to cut down on rising utility bills " but not everyone has easy access to the money-saving energy option. Solar can be costly to install on a home, some…...