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theatlantic.com > technology > 2026 > 01 > china-electric-cars-america > 685734

Chinese Carmakers Are Closing In on America

Chinese Carmakers Are Closing In on America2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (158+ words) The world is falling for China's cheap electric cars. Is the United States next? Two decades ago, a California company called Tesla Motors almost single-handedly created the electric vehicle as we now know it. Elon Musk's company has dominated the…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 12 > trump-ai-executive-order > 685243

Sam Altman Got What He Wanted

Sam Altman Got What He Wanted1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (54+ words) And as Nvidia caught Trump's ear on this issue over the past several months, Altman has softened his position, saying that export controls may not provide an effective form of leverage over China's AI ... Read: Billions of people in the…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 11 > elon-musk-tesla-optimus > 684968

Tesla Wants to Build a Robot Army

Tesla Wants to Build a Robot Army2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (120+ words) Elon Musk, already the world's richest man, is now on the path to becoming its first trillionaire. Tesla's shareholders recently approved a massive pay package for the CEO, including some $1 trillion ... And so does the rest of the auto industry…...

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theatlantic.com > international > 2025 > 11 > china-electric-cars-market > 684887

China’s EV Market Is Imploding

China’s EV Market Is Imploding2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (430+ words) How Beijing's grand ambitions threaten to take down the global car industry. Bloated by excessive investment, distorted by government intervention, and plagued by heavy losses, China's EV industry appears destined for a crash. EV companies are locked in a cutthroat…...

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theatlantic.com > newsletters > 2025 > 11 > elon-musk-trillionaire-tesla > 684822

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire

The People Who Will Determine Whether Musk Becomes a Trillionaire2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (152+ words) This week's Tesla shareholder vote could give the world's richest man more money and more control. Elon Musk wants to be anointed the world's first trillionaire'but he swears it's not about the money. There Was One Dick Cheney All Along…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 10 > electric-car-software-updates-tesla > 684643

My Car Is Becoming a Brick

My Car Is Becoming a Brick3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1072+ words) But Musk is already starting to leave my car behind. In July, Tesla rolled out a version of Musk's AI assistant, Grok, to its vehicles. Even as a chatbot skeptic, I could see the usefulness of asking ... For most of…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 10 > cheaper-tesla-elon-musk-trump > 684528

It’s All Catching Up to Tesla

It’s All Catching Up to Tesla3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (997+ words) Elon Musk's embrace of Donald Trump continues to haunt his car company. No modern car company is better-known for advancing technology than Tesla. Inside one of Elon Musk's vehicles, you can stream Netflix on a massive touchscreen while you wait…...

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theatlantic.com > books > 2025 > 10 > extraction-mineral-mining-thea-riofrancos-book-review > 684214

The Costs of the Green Transition

The Costs of the Green Transition3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (159+ words) A new book argues that simply replacing fossil-fuel extraction with critical-mineral mining is no way out of the climate crisis. Beiser describes the green transition as "a paradox" for human civilization: "We must do everything we can to stave off…...

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theatlantic.com > technology > 2025 > 10 > is-waymo-safe > 684432

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Move Fast and Break Nothing3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1283+ words) Every trip in a self-driving Waymo has the same dangerous moment. The robotaxi can successfully shuttle you to your destination, stopping carefully at every red light and dutifully following the speed ... Every trip in a self-driving Waymo has the same…...

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theatlantic.com > culture > archive > 2025 > 09 > tesla-diner-elon-musk-review > 684265

The Tesla Diner’s Real Failure

The Tesla Diner’s Real Failure4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1351+ words) I went to the Tesla Diner because I needed to see it for myself. The restaurant has been in the works since 2018, when Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, announced his intention to put an "old-school drive-in" ... The spiral staircase leading up…...