In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of stealth and shocked the car industry. Not only was this startup focused on making an ultra-cheap, customizable electric pickup truck with funding from Jeff Bezos, but it had also been operating in secret for three years in Troy, Michigan — the backyard of...

According to a report from Yahoo Finance, artificial intelligence is having significant impacts across multiple sectors, with transportation expected to be among the most transformed. The technology is now enabling the development of fully autonomous vehicles, a field with substantial market potential. Rivian has been named a top growth stock for the current year. Its...

“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” There’s a technology sitting idle in garages and driveways across America that provides a solution to its own potential problem. As more and more electric vehicles tap the grid, their giant batteries add to the system’s load. Timing is also a...