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Slate accelerates toward full-scale electric truck manufacturing
54+ min ago (639+ words) Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle Slate's been busy in Warsaw, Indiana. While the company's product development team has been putting in long hours in Troy, Michigan and at test sites in the American West, Slate's manufacturing facility is nearing…...
New Crop of Electric SUVs Ready for Suburban American Moms
3+ week, 2+ day ago (658+ words) Jun 15, 2026 at 05: 50 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle America's suburbs are about to get an electric upgrade. A new quartet of premium and luxury battery-powered SUVs is hitting the market, and they've got their sights set squarely on…...
After Record IPO, Elon Musk Recalls Expecting Space X To Fail
3+ week, 4+ day ago (124+ words) Newsweek - Global Iran War Russia-Ukraine Middle East China And Asia Live Blog Better Planet All World News Red Bull Challenges FIA Verdict As Alonso Hints At Retirement From F1 US Soccer is Ready to Kick Off the 2026 FIFA World Cup World…...
The Japanese Door That Runs on Gravity
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (519+ words) Jun 05, 2026 at 11: 54 AM EDT Using the Earth's gravitational pull to open and close doors was the brainchild of Yasuo Nakano, and adopted by the trio of sexagenarians who founded the company in 2012. Sadly, cancer took Nakano a couple of years…...
Gas price whiplash is bringing Americans back to EV market
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1235+ words) May 24, 2026 at 05: 00 AM EDT Americans are facing higher gas prices at the pump than they have in years, and the surge is making many turn toward an industry that President Donald Trump deliberately wanted to slow down and undermine'the electric…...
Mercedes Isn't Going to Follow Volkswagen's China Success Path
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (425+ words) May 22, 2026 at 05: 47 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle Volkswagen Group's "In China, for China" strategy is leading to sales success. The aggressive localization effort is designed to adapt to China's booming market and fast-track product development with models…...
Slate truck foregoes techy nonsense in favor of practical design
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (323+ words) May 20, 2026 at 05: 05 AM EDT May 20, 2026 at 06: 45 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle Instead of designing a vehicle around high-tech equipment'that serves to inform and entertain a driver and passengers, Slate's truck is a fine example of the question…...
Slate's affordable, American-made EV is what's been missing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (278+ words) May 20, 2026 at 05: 01 AM EDT May 20, 2026 at 06: 20 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle In her three decades in the auto business, Slate's President of Vehicles Chris Barman watched as affordable, entry-level car brands like Plymouth, Pontiac, Saturnand Scion disappeared....
Rivian's AI-led R2 SUVs went from skunkworks to silicon
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (424+ words) May 20, 2026 at 05: 06 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle Rivian'isn't'just creating the algorithms that program their'vehicles,'it's'creating the silicon, the computer chips that the programming calls home, too. This is a step closer to vertical integration than any other…...
As Iran war rages, car buyers shifting priorities in US, Europe
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) May 19, 2026 at 05: 18 AM EDT Senior Editor, Autos, Travel and Lifestyle The longer the war in Iran goes on, the higher the risk for automakers and car owners fresh analysis from HSBC Bank warned." "The longer the conflict lasts and the…...