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Tech Talk: WA law opens EV direct sales beyond Tesla, drawing praise and pushback
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (424+ words) Apr 10, 2026, 5: 06 PM The legislation clears the way for companies like Rivian and Lucid Motors to operate direct-to-consumer sales in the state, ending Tesla's long-standing status as the only automaker permitted to do so. Supporters said the change will make it…...
New Washington Law Paves Way for EV Direct Sales Across the State
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (138+ words) My Northwest. com New Washington Law Paves Way for EV Direct Sales Across the State Buying an electric vehicle in Washington could look very different soon. A new state law is opening the door for direct-to-consumer EV sales Gee Scott…...
California regulators decide not to suspend Tesla sales in the state
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (182+ words) Feb 17, 2026, 6: 46 PM The decision by the California Department of Motor Vehicles comes after Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker was found by an administrative law judge last year to have misled drivers about the ability of Tesla cars to drive themselves…...
Elon Musk's AI company x AI expands to Bellevue with new office lease
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (453+ words) Feb 10, 2026, 7: 56 AM According to city permit filings, x AI has leased a full floor at Lincoln Square South " approximately 25, 000 square feet in the heart of downtown Bellevue. The now vacant floor was previously home to Epic Games, the company behind…...
Breaking Down Malcolm Gladwell's Theory on Self-Driving Cars
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (171+ words) John discusses Malcolm Gladwell's theory that self-driving cars will fail in urban centers not because they'll make mistakes but because "they WON'T make any mistakes." Listen to The John Curley Show every weekday at 3pm on KIRO Newsradio 97. 3 FM. Listen to…...
Harger: WA's expired car tab crackdown is bigger, and harsher, than you've been told
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (728+ words) Host, Seattle's Morning News You know how we've been told for years that the transportation system is broke? The legislature found some money. Yours. This started as a story about car tab fines going up a little. Then I read…...
GM lays off 1, 700 workers at plants in Michigan and Ohio amid slower EV demand
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (308+ words) Oct 29, 2025, 10: 05 AM "In response to slower near-term EV adoption and an evolving regulatory environment, General Motors is realigning EV capacity," the company said in a statement about the cuts at its all-electric plant, while maintaining that it "remains committed to…...
Seattle's Rad Power Bikes warns of potential closure
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (458+ words) Nov 11, 2025, 7: 41 AM The Seattle-based electronic bicycle company, Rad Power Bikes, faces a potential closure as the company submitted a preemptive Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) on Friday to lay off several employees and close two Ballard locations. The WARN…...
Michigan terminates controversial EV battery plant and seeks to claw back millions in incentives
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) Oct 23, 2025, 11: 50 AM Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer supported the $2. 36 billion factory in 2022, and state lawmakers approved nearly $175 million in incentives for the project. The state is now holding Gotion Inc. in default of $23. 6 million, accusing the company of abandoning the project....
United States and Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (570+ words) The two leaders described the agreement as an $8. 5 billion deal between the allies. Trump said it had been negotiated over several months. "Today's agreement on critical minerals and rare earths, is just taking" the U. S. and Australia's relationship "to the next…...