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Electric Vehicles

Lithium now costs more than twice what it did a year ago, squeezing the batteries at the heart of every electric car

June 8, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Regenerative braking lets an EV recharge a little every time the driver slows down

June 7, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Slate opens orders June 24 for its bare-bones electric pickup, a no-frills truck targeting 150 miles on the standard battery and 240 on the bigger one

June 7, 2026

Trucks

The plug-in Ram 1500 REV pairs a 92-kWh battery with a V6 generator to target 690 miles of range, 145 of them all-electric

June 7, 2026

Electric Vehicles

An electric car turns roughly 90% of its battery energy into motion, while a gas engine wastes most as heat

June 7, 2026

Cars

The average car sits parked about 95% of the time it is owned

June 7, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Volvo unveiled new electric trucks rated for up to 700 kilometers on a charge, pushing battery range into long-haul territory

June 7, 2026

Aircraft

A United regional jet diverted to Midland after an in-flight problem, landing safely

June 6, 2026

Trucks

GM is recalling 1,191 Silverado EV and Sierra EV trucks over a stability-control warning fault

June 6, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Ford is recalling its 2026 E-Transit electric vans over battery packs that could arc and ignite

June 6, 2026

Military

China commissioned its 35th Type 052D destroyer, outpacing the U.S. Navy

June 6, 2026

Watercraft

If the mystery Chinese submarine runs on diesel, it would be the largest conventional sub afloat anywhere on Earth

June 6, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Uber is sinking up to $1.25 billion into Rivian to put 50,000 self-driving R2s on the road, with the first 10,000 headed to San Francisco and Miami

June 5, 2026

Trucks

Gatik became the first company in North America running fully driverless trucks at scale, completing 60,000 commercial deliveries with no human aboard

June 5, 2026

SUV’s

Nuro just won a California permit to run driverless Lucid Gravity SUVs with no safety driver, clearing the way for Uber robotaxis in Waymo’s home city this year

June 5, 2026

Electric Vehicles

Tesla logged five fresh robotaxi collisions across December and January, pushing its driverless Austin fleet to 14 incidents since the service launched

June 5, 2026

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