Mariana Minerals is operating what it says is the world’s first autonomous mine, extracting and refining copper in Utah to meet surging demand for the costly metal.
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Tesla gets all the self-driving headlines, but Chinese XPENG rolled out its version, called VLA 2.0, in March 2026. Can its success in China be repeated globally?
Part of what has held back electric cars has been the cost. But an influx of used vehicles over the next three years could bring prices down dramatically. In 2025, just 123,000 leases on EVs expired. That is expected to more than double to 300,000 in 2026, and double again to 600,000 in 2027 and […]
EV’s must reach 80% of the U.K. new car market by 2030. This quota is unsettling the market as Chinese rivals advance. There will be casualties, unlikely to be Chinese.
At CES 2022, BMW debuted its BMW iX Flow concept car that could dynamically change its appearance using the same grayscale E Ink panels found in e-readers like the Kindle. It was followed by the BMW i Vision Dee concept and the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana that were both upgraded with color E Ink panels. […]
Tesla’s Cybercab is now in production at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, but Elon Musk is sounding unusually cautious about the rollout. The robotaxi’s start of production was announced Thursday on X, with Tesla posting a video shot from inside a steering wheel-less Cybercab as it drove out of the factory with the caption, […]
Porsche will start selling the Cayenne Coupe Electric in late summer.
It’s counter-intuitive, but smaller, van-sized vehicles can make more energy-efficient transit than buses and trains, because better service means less empty seats, thanks to self-driving
The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country’s seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for years: It hasn’t turned a profit since 2019 and filed for bankruptcy twice in the last two years. Despite all that, its leaders predicted that the airline could exit bankruptcy and return […]