electric cars

Musk wants to get rid of Tesla’s robotaxi babysitters ‘by the end of the year’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the company would be able to remove the safety monitors from its robotaxis “by the…

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Amazon wants to buy ‘thousands’ of Rivian’s pedal-assist cargo bikes

Amazon and Rivian are back together again.The e-commerce giant is collaborating with Rivian’s Also spinoff on a custom-designed, pedal-assisted, four-wheel…

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Tesla’s revenues rebound as consumers race to claim expiring tax credit

Tesla reported a profitable third quarter today — its first this year — as shoppers scrambled to snatch up the…

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Uber will pay drivers $4,000 to switch to EVs

As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering…

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The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China

Inside General Motors’ fast-growing battery labs in suburban Detroit, scientists and engineers are analyzing stresses on lithium-ion cells: desert heat,…

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The EV tax credit is gone — now the hard part begins

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jake Kastrenakes, executive editor at The Verge. I’m filling in for Nilay for…

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Tesla finally had a good sales quarter — it may be the last one for a while

Tesla’s quarterly sales increased for the first time this year, as consumers rushed to cash in on expiring federal tax…

2 months ago

An ICE raid at an EV factory begs the question: how ‘stable’ is the US?

For years, foreign automakers have been sending their employees to the US to open advanced manufacturing and battery plants in…

2 months ago

Hyundai to invest $2.7 billion in Georgia factory hit by ICE raid

Undeterred by the recent ICE raid that rounded up hundreds of its workers in Georgia, Hyundai announced a fresh slate…

2 months ago

Tesla is updating its passenger-trapping door handles

Tesla is redesigning the electronic door handles that are currently under investigation for trapping people inside their vehicles. In an…

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