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Taiwan’s Foxtron launches Bria EV model, eyes overseas markets
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Taiwan’s Foxtron launches Bria EV model, eyes overseas markets

Branding on a Foxconn Technology Co. Foxtron Model C electric vehicle on display during Hon Hai Tech Day conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taiwan’s Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, a joint venture between Foxconn and Yulon Motor, launched an electric vehicle model called Bria on Thursday. Versions of […]

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Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages
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Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages

A Waymo car is halted on the road amid a power outage in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 20, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.d Reuters Three days after a blackout in San Francisco caused Waymo to pause its driverless car service, the Alphabet-owned company said it’s updating its fleet so […]

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China’s mineral dominance gives Western magnet makers a moment in the sun
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China’s mineral dominance gives Western magnet makers a moment in the sun

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel at a Neo Material Technologies Inc. factory in Tianjin, China on June 11, 2010. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rare earth magnet makers are having a moment as Western nations scramble to build domestic “mine-to-magnet” supply chains and reduce their dependence on China. A turbulent […]

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EV realism is here. How automakers react in 2026 will be telling
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EV realism is here. How automakers react in 2026 will be telling

Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images DETROIT – The U.S. automotive industry has entered a new phase for all-electric vehicles: realism. The industry was euphoric about the EV segment in the early 2020s, but consumer demand never took off as much as expected and, as it fizzled, automakers monitored and planned how to […]

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‘No doubt’ U.S. economy is slowing, Invesco says, tipping Europe to outperform
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‘No doubt’ U.S. economy is slowing, Invesco says, tipping Europe to outperform

The U.S. economy is clearly losing momentum — but that does not necessarily spell an imminent recession, according to Ben Gutteridge, market insights strategist at Invesco. “I’ve no doubt the U.S. economy is slowing,” Gutteridge told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Monday. With job creation beginning to cool, he acknowledged that some investors see the […]

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Mercedes-Benz agrees to 9.6 million settlement with U.S. states over excess diesel emissions
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Mercedes-Benz agrees to $149.6 million settlement with U.S. states over excess diesel emissions

A Mercedes-Benz logo is displayed on a used vehicle for sale at a dealership on November 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mercedes-Benz has reached a $149.6 million settlement with U.S. states to resolve a long-running investigation into allegations of diesel emissions cheating by the German […]

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Waymo pauses robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected
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Waymo pauses robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected

Alphabet-owned Waymo has suspended its driverless ride-hail service in the San Francisco Bay Area after blackouts plagued the city Saturday afternoon. “We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage,” a Waymo spokesperson tells CNBC. “Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with […]

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Lucid’s big SUV arrives with high expectations, and big risks
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Lucid’s big SUV arrives with high expectations, and big risks

Lucid Motors gets rave reviews from critics. But it’s sorely lacking customers. That’s a problem the company can’t afford. The Arizona-based EV maker has top-shelf tech, deep-pocketed backers, and highly praised cars. However, it has struggled to meet production targets, and has been unable to steal the spotlight away from established luxury brands with century-old […]

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Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay package must be restored, Delaware Supreme Court rules
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Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay package must be restored, Delaware Supreme Court rules

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO pay package from Tesla, worth some $56 billion when it vested, must be restored, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled Friday. “We reverse […]

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Wall Street banked on a flurry of deals under Trump in 2025. It wasn’t that simple
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Wall Street banked on a flurry of deals under Trump in 2025. It wasn’t that simple

The Wall Street Bull statue covered in snow on Nov. 15, 2018. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Wall Street expected U.S. mergers and acquisitions to roar back in 2025. The reality was something closer to fits and starts. Following the re-election of President Donald Trump more than a year ago, executives and bankers […]

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