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Archives for July 2025

Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)

Mary Barra talks about GM’s EV future in light of Trump’s whiplash policies, and how diversity and inclusion still have a role to play in GM’s workforce.

Abigail Bassett
Rivian R1S review: second time’s the charm

The second-generation version of the electric three-row SUV is great on pavement, but really shines off-road.

Peter Nelson
The great EV pullback has begunThe great EV pullback has begun
Andrew J. Hawkins
The brutal realities of ICE Air

How a shadowy network of charter airlines helps fuel Donald Trump’s mass deportations.

Darryl Campbell
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Grok is coming to Teslas.

The xAI chatbot will arrive on Tesla vehicles by “next week at the latest,” according to Elon Musk, who previously said in January that it was “coming soon.” This wasn’t mentioned during last night’s live demo of Grok 4.

Tesla is already struggling with its Musk-associated image problem of course, but it’s not like Grok has had any “politically incorrect” meltdowns lately that could make it any worse.

A screenshot taken of a post Elon Musk made to X about Grok coming to Tesla vehicles soon.
A match made in... well. Lets just see if he delivers on that deadline.
Image: Elon Musk via X
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Bentley’s new EV concept has a grille fit for a freight train.

The EXP 15 “design concept” is supposed to preview the British automaker’s first all-electric model, due in 2026. Bentley said the design was inspired by the “Blue Train,” which was a 1930 three-seater Speed Six. But this crazy concept looks more like a real train with that massive front end and an elongated body. Bentley says none of this is intended for production, which, like, duh.

1/6Image: Bentley
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Emirates is closer to accepting crypto for flights.

The airline giant has been promising to accept Bitcoin as a payment method since 2022, but it might finally happen next year thanks to a preliminary deal with Crypto.com to explore integrations with the crypto trading platform’s payment service.

Smaller airlines like Latvia’s airBaltic and Japan’s Peach Aviation adopted cryptocurrency payments years ago, but Emirates would be the largest to do so.