Autos
Photos show Waymo vehicles on fire during LA protests as company cuts service
A row of Waymo vehicles burn on a street during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. Benjamin Hanson | Afp | Getty Images Several Waymo autonomous vehicles were set ablaze in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday amid widespread protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. A spokesperson for the […]
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China extends an olive branch to Western auto giants over rare earth shortage
Workers assemble cars on the assembly line at the Volkswagen automobile factory on March 07, 2025 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images China appears to have offered U.S. and European auto giants something of a reprieve after industry groups warned of increasing production threats over a rare earth shortage. […]
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Slate Auto: Inside the EV startup, stealth production facility backed by Jeff Bezos
Slate Auto electric vehicles inside the startup’s beta production facility in Lake Orion Township, Michigan. Slate Auto LAKE ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a nondescript supplier park in suburban Detroit, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is building what it hopes will be America’s newest automaker. The facility is filled with […]
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Tesla Optimus robotics vice president Milan Kovac is leaving the company
Tesla displays Optimus next to two of its vehicles at the World Robot Conference in Beijing on Aug. 22, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn Tesla’s vice president of Optimus robotics, Milan Kovac, said on Friday that he’s leaving the company. In a post on X, Kovac thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and reminisced about his tenure, […]
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Tesla already had big problems. Then Musk went to battle with Trump
President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Elon Musk to mark the end of the Tesla CEO’s tenure as a special government employee overseeing the U.S. DOGE Service on Friday May 30, 2025 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Tesla has […]
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Trump considers getting rid of his Tesla on heels of Elon Musk feud
A Tesla vehicle is parked on West Executive Avenue near the White House and the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 5, 2025. Jeff Mason | Reuters President Donald Trump is the latest Tesla owner to think about getting rid of his car after souring on Elon Musk. Trump is considering selling, […]
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China issues rare earth licenses to suppliers of top 3 U.S. automakers, sources say: Reuters
FILE PHOTO: A laborer operates a bulldozer at a site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province March 14, 2012. Stringer China | Reuters China has granted temporary export licenses to rare-earth suppliers of the top three U.S. automakers, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as supply chain disruptions […]
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Used vehicle prices ease from tariff fear-buying highs but remain elevated
A Ford mustang is seen at a used car dealership in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Used vehicle prices last month eased from their recent high in April as consumers who may have needed a vehicle but feared price hikes due to tariffs flocked […]
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What the Musk-Trump feud could mean for Tesla stock
The spat between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, entered new territory on Thursday — with Tesla getting caught up in the fallout. What began with Musk publicly slamming Trump’s spending bill has evolved into a full-blown row between the two, with the president threatening to withdraw billions of dollars’ […]
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Tesla jumps 5% in premarket trading as stock reels from Trump-Musk drama
A Tesla car dealership stands on June 5, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Tesla shares climbed in U.S. premarket trading Friday after tensions between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump fueled a $152 billion rout for the stock a day earlier. Shares of Tesla were […]
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