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Why Researchers Are Making Self-Driving Cars Run Over Elephants
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (23+ words) It turns out self-driving cars look better in predictable evaluations than they do when faced with the strange chaos of real roads....
Buy the Right Home Charger for Your EV Before the Tax Credit Expires in June
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (618+ words) As VICE's staff tech writer, Matt Jancer brings firsthand expertise to fast-moving categories like electric bikes, audio gear, and artificial intelligence. Prior to his work at VICE, Matt spent more than 15 years covering technology, with bylines across more than 20 publications…...
People Won't Stop Peeing on This San Francisco Tesla Charging Station
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (71+ words) VICE San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood reeks of urine and is noisy as heck, all thanks to a new Tesla charging station. The problems began months ago when, according to SFGate, Tesla opened the 24-hour lot between Lombard and Moulton…...
Is Starlink Really Making a Phone? Elon Musk Just Addressed the Rumors.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) Yes? No? Maybe so? Reuters, that bulwark of journalism, caused a stir on Thursday, February 5, 2026, when it reported that Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet firm, was developing a smartphone. It featured several people, kept anonymous in the published piece, who…...
We're Still Waiting on the Juiced Bikes Revival From Lectric
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (493+ words) Juiced made a very strong Super73 competitor not long ago. This one's a bit of old news. In fact, I've been waiting for most of 2025 to hear more word about what Lectric Bikes plans to do with its new acquisition, Juiced…...
Rad Power Bikes Files for Bankruptcy
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (347+ words) The rumblings were right: Rad Power is in trouble. 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…...
I Took the Lectric Xpedition2 Cargo Ebike for a Spin'Here's How It Rides
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (532+ words) Looking for an affordable SUV of an ebike to haul your kids and groceries around town? This cargo ebike isn't cutting edge, but it is solid enough to carry 450 pounds at up to 28 miles per hour. Carrying 450 pounds of combined…...
Pope Leo Just Called Out Elon Musk in His First Interview
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (236+ words) Our new 70-year-old, Chicago-born Pope, Pope Leo XIV, just took issue with exorbitant billionaire pay packages. He mentioned how the gap between the upper class and everyone else continues to widen, and specifically called out Elon Musk. He was reacting…...
Tesla Is Dropping the Dream of Human-Free Self-Driving Cars
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) It's kind of like being promised a colony on Mars and receiving only a series of increasingly more spectacular rocket explosions. Once upon a time in 2016, Tesla boldly told the world that every car it made from that point forward…...
This Robot Can Work Nonstop'and Change Its Own Batteries to Prove It
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (292+ words) Robots have long been great at doing one thing over and over again. But they've never been great at doing that forever. Eventually, something needs to be charged, rebooted, or plugged back in by a human'because autonomy only goes so…...