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May 21, 2026
NYC and LA Are Teaming Up to Fight for EVs
After the Trump administration turned away from electrification, two of the nation’s biggest governments will advocate for more electric vans, police cars, and eventually, snowplows.
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May 16, 2026
After Struggling With EVs, US Automakers Pivot to Energy
Ford and GM are backing away from electric vehicles and moving into the battery storage business. And it all comes back to AI.
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May 15, 2026
Tesla Reveals New Details About Robotaxi Crashes—and the Humans Involved
Remote operators (slowly) drove the automaker’s autonomous vehicles into a metal fence and a construction barricade, Tesla says.
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May 11, 2026
Papa Johns Is Getting Into Drone Delivery—but Not for Pizza
A new collaboration with Alphabet’s Wing will only deliver sandwiches. It demonstrates the tricky parts of taking to the sky.
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May 10, 2026
Do City Delivery Drones Make Sense? No One Knows, but They're Flying Over NYC
One of the country’s busiest airspaces has a new kind of flying machine—maybe temporarily.
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May 4, 2026
What the Spirit Airlines Implosion Means for Your Vacation
The news isn’t good.
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May 1, 2026
Waymo Is Trying to Crack Down on Solo Kids in Driverless Cars
As adult riders report new age-verification checks, the self-driving car company says it’s continuing to “refine” its system in places where kids aren’t allowed to ride alone.
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April 29, 2026
Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.
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April 24, 2026
Airfare Keeps Going Up. Here Are Some Tricks to Finding Cheap(er) Tickets
It's an expensive time to fly. These tips can help lighten the load on your wallet.
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April 17, 2026
Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them
Marine insurers and oil traders want to know what’s going on in one of the world’s most critical waterways. As the volume of disappearing ships in the area increases, analysts are getting creative.
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April 2, 2026
Gas Prices Are Soaring. So Is the Demand for Used EVs
Dealerships say they’re getting busier as the Iran war and the shipping crisis at the Strait of Hormuz drag on.
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March 31, 2026
Tesla Says Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans
The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator's questions—occasioned a call for more transparency.
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March 29, 2026
A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work
The incidents in Austin raise questions about how self-driving cars “learn” and adapt to their surroundings.
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March 27, 2026
10 Things You Can Do While Waiting in the TSA Line
As Washington wrangles over the future of federal employees’ pay, here are some ideas for passing the time.
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March 27, 2026
ICE Agents Frustrate Airport Workers as Shutdown Drags On
“ICE are here and they’re doing literally nothing to help,” said an airline worker in New York.
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March 26, 2026
The Sony Afeela Was Doomed to Fail
A six-year EV rollout ends with a thud.
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March 22, 2026
Airlines Are Already Preparing for an Oil Crisis
With the Iran war doubling oil prices, experts say the airline industry’s belt-tightening is an economic canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world.
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March 21, 2026
How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps
The Chinese automaker is racing ahead of global competitors—but don’t expect to see those gains in the US anytime soon.
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March 13, 2026
Higher Jet Fuel Prices Could Melt Your Summer Travel Plans
Airline ticket prices are already rising, but an extended crisis in Iran could have bigger effects on the global travel industry.
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March 11, 2026
How the Iran War Could Jack Up Prices on Store Shelves
The Strait of Hormuz, a busy waterway off the coast of Iran, has come to a near standstill. If the war drags on much longer, it could mean higher prices for consumer goods around the world.
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March 9, 2026
‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer
The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and “eVTOLs” up and running around the country—even if they're not fully FAA-certified.
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February 27, 2026
What's an E-Bike? California Wants You to Know
Cities want to stop kids from getting hurt. A lawmaker thinks warning them away from legal gray-area “e-motos” could help.
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February 24, 2026
The Righteous EV Owners Who Won’t Let Their Broken Cars Die
Fisker went out of business in 2024, but its biggest fans want to bring the “right to repair” to the masses.
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