This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by Reason senior editor Robby Soave to share the stories they believe didn’t receive sufficient media attention in 2025. Each panelist…
Read more What the media didn’t tell you in 2025On March 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Beijing time, Lei Jun of Xiaomi (pronounced shyow‑MEE) stepped onto the stage. He appeared visibly thinner than usual. The 54-year-old CEO paused, surveying…
Read more How Xiaomi Broke Every Law of Corporate DeathHonestly, compiling the biggest losers for Engadget is more fun than talking up the winners. While we reviewed nothing as atrocious as those ill-fated AI assistant gadgets from…
Read more The Morning After: Tech’s biggest losers of 2025BMW believes that electric cars are not the only key to decarbonization and, starting from 2028, the company’s combustion engine models built in Germany will leave the factory…
Read more New combustion BMWs to come with a tank of synthetic fuelThe sinking demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is starting to take a hit on car manufacturers. In recent years, carmakers have made major investments, betting on electric cars…
Read more GM Says It Will Take a $1.6 Billion Hit as EV Sales PlungeBust at an E.V. battery plant: “Immigration officials arrested nearly 500 workers, most of them South Korean citizens, at the construction site of an electric vehicle battery plant…
Read more Huge immigration bustIn 2024, President Joe Biden’s Energy Department awarded $1.7 billion in grants to increase domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles (E.V.s), including $89 million to Harley-Davidson to expand its…
Read more Joe Biden paid $89 million to boost electric motorcycle production. It’s failing.Tesla’s sales numbers have been down for the first two quarters of this year, but its most recent earnings report shows that numbers are up, indicating increased demand…
Read more Tesla Ships Over 460,000 Electric Vehicles, Highest All Year | EntrepreneurDuring her ten years as CEO of General Motors, Mary Barra has made big investments in software and driverless cars. At a 2021 trade show, Barra said, “At…
Read more GM’s CEO on electric vehicles: “This is one of the most exciting times in our industry”What to consider when making the switch to an electric vehicle What to consider when making the switch to an electric vehicle 05:46 General Motors and LG are…
Read more Chevrolet Bolt owners win $150 million settlement after electric vehicles caught fireCars from Hyundai and Volvo claimed five of the top 10 spots on U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the best electric and hybrid vehicles for 2024,…
Read more U.S. News & World Report lists its best electric and hybrid vehicles for 2024Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition in the electric vehicle market increased worldwide and price cuts the company enacted months ago failed to entice more buyers.…
Read more Tesla sales drop as competition in the electric vehicle market heats upIt looks like a car-pocalypse! Hondas, Fords, Toyotas, Dodges, Hyundais, BMWs and Chevys sit in colorful rows, filling Bay Area car dealership lots — with nary a human…
Read more Car prices in the Bay Area are finally on the way down — but is it the right time to buy?Semi-automated driving systems that can help drive your car are not doing enough to ensure drivers are staying focused on the road, according to first-of-its-kind testing from the…
Read more Most semi-automated vehicle systems fall short on safety, new test findsThis article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. A little more than halfway into his speech in Waterloo, Iowa,…
Read more Trump Insists He Hasn’t Read Mein KampfSurvey: Drivers find more problems with electric vehicles Survey: Drivers find more problems with electric vehicles 00:24 Electric vehicles are billed as providing a more earth-friendly driving option.…
Read more EVs don’t always achieve their driving ranges. Here are Consumer Reports’ best and worst performers.As demand for electric vehicles continues to grow, one start-up company is looking to make the cars even more sustainable – by turning used tires into batteries. Most…
Read more Electric vehicle batteries may have a new source material – used tiresThis article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. Last week’s surprise deal between China and the United States may provide a boost to the climate…
Read more They’re talking, but a climate divide between Beijing and Washington remainsThe US transition to electric cars has hit a speed bump, with concerns about vehicle range and limited charging capacity adding to core affordability issues. Automakers in recent…
Read more US transition to electric vehicles faces delaysToday’s happiness and personal-finance gurus have no shortage of advice for living a good life. Meditate daily. Sleep for eight hours a night. Don’t forget to save for…
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