/ The billionaire CEO announced the third part of his company’s ‘Master Plan,’ outlining plans for a ‘fully sustainable earth.’ The announcement was made during an Investor Day event at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Elon Musk revealed the third
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Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge
/ Over 8 million vehicles are eligible for the free anti-theft software upgrade after the so-called ‘Kia Challenge’ on social media resulted in thousands of car thefts. Hyundai and Kia are offering free software updates for millions of their cars
GM strikes a deal aimed at avoiding future chip shortage disruptions
/ The chip shortage hit the auto industry especially hard, so GM is motivated to ensure it isn’t caught lacking in supply as its future lineup begins to take shape. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors has
Rivian is laying off 6 percent of its employees — again
/ The EV company is going through another round of layoffs, less than a year after cutting 6 percent of its workforce. The layoffs come amid a broader round of belt-tightening in the tech sector. Photo by Nilay Patel /
Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving
/ A new study reveals how unconscious bias leads us to neglect negative externalities of driving. You may call it ‘car brain,’ but this research team calls it ‘motornormativity.’ Photo by AAron Ontiveroz / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post
Joe Manchin is trying to derail the EV tax credit he helped craft
/ Manchin introduced a bill that would temporarily block the government from handing out the $7,500 tax credit for new EV purchases while also clawing back the credit from some people who have already received it. Photo by: William B.
The red-state backlash against electric vehicles is incoherent — and gaining steam
/ Republicans in Wyoming and Virginia are trying to stymie the transition to EVs, but their motivations are a confusing mashup of anti-Biden posturing and grievance politics. A Tesla Supercharger in Virginia, where the state’s governor blocked an EV battery
Airbus is testing out autonomous flying tech in some of its planes
/ The project is called DragonFly and is meant to test out several futuristic capabilities, including autonomous taxiing and takeoff and landing. Image: WENDELL TEODORO/AFP via Getty Images Airbus is testing out a suite of new automated technology that it
The Peugeot Inception concept is an EV knife aimed straight at the future
/ The French automaker says its new EV concept, revealed this week at CES, heralds a new direction for the brand. The radical design will influence a future electric lineup that’s expected to show up in 2025. Photo by Ethan
Lyft drivers who use EVs will get a $150 bonus if they complete 50 trips a week
/ The company is offering cash incentives to get more drivers to switch to EVs so it can achieve its goal of “100 percent” electric-only trips by 2030. Lyft drivers can get cash for driving an EV. Lyft, which has