Monthly Archive: June 2025

NIO is in a challenging place. It is supposed to be approaching profitability this year, but the Chinese EV market is so hyper-competitive that there’s price war after price war and there’s always another new competitor trying to eat your lunch. NIO’s sales continue to grow, but its finances are ... [continued]

Underneath my recent article “Hating on Tesla vs. Objective Realism,” unsurprisingly, there were several great responses. A couple of them were on the long side and quite well thought out and expressed, so I’m republishing them here. The first is from Larry Evans and the second is from Username Taycan. ... [continued]

New research from Colorado State University and Cornell University shows that the presence of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands may reduce water stress, improve soil moisture levels and — particularly during dry years — increase plant growth by about 20% or more compared to open fields. The findings were published ... [continued]

Community ambassadors will lead education and awareness around EV adoption at summer events in northern Illinois To expand efforts to support customers considering making the switch to electric vehicles (EVs), ComEd this week announced the launch of its new EV Ambassador Program, a community-driven initiative designed to expand education and ... [continued]

When we write about machine learning and other artificial intelligence technologies here, it’s usually for cars. Tesla’s FSD Supervised Beta (or whatever it’s called these days) gets a lot of the attention, as do Waymo and other robotaxi providers. But, if we focus only on autonomous vehicles, we miss out ... [continued]

How much does a robot have to cost and how good does it need to be in order to replace a human delivery person? If there’s one company that knows, it’s Amazon, and that online retail giant may be on the verge of reaching that critical juncture. Reportedly, Amazon has ... [continued]

How much does a robot have to cost and how good does it need to be in order to replace a human delivery person? If there’s one company that knows, it’s Amazon, and that online retail giant may be on the verge of reaching that critical juncture. Reportedly, Amazon has ... [continued]