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Congress Just Introduced a Bill That Could Replace 20 State Privacy Laws With One
Automakers currently navigate more than 20 different state privacy laws. A bill introduced in April 2026 would replace all of them with one federal standard.
A Chinese Supercomputer Cut Nine Months of AI Training Down to Half a Day
276 days of computing, compressed into 11 hours. It sounds like an exaggeration. It's a real number from a real facility, and here's how they got there.
Volkswagen's Software Unit Lost More Money Than It Made, Twice
Volkswagen built its own software company to control its car data. Two years running, that company lost more money than it made. Here's what went wrong.
A Misconfigured Cloud Folder Exposed 800,000 Cars' Exact Parking Spots
Precise to within 10 centimeters. That's how accurately a misconfigured cloud folder revealed exactly where 800,000 electric vehicles had been parked.
Why France Has Free V2G Charging and Germany Doesn't
One country solved a tax problem in a single regulatory clarification. Its neighbor still hasn't fixed the same problem three years later.
Some EV Batteries Now Cost Money to Throw Away
A battery chemistry that was supposed to be the cheap, safe choice has become something recyclers pay to avoid. Here's how that happened.
Building a Home Battery From a Salvaged EV Pack Used to Be a Great Deal. Not Anymore.
The whole DIY EV-battery-to-Powerwall movement was built on one number. That number just flipped, and most of the community hasn't caught up yet.
One Car Cut Thailand's Plug-in Hybrid Payback Period From 20 Years to Under 2
For most of its history, a plug-in hybrid in Thailand was a luxury purchase that never paid for itself in fuel savings. Then the math flipped.
Spain Replaced Its EV Subsidy With the Exact Reform Analysts Had Already Predicted
Spain just replaced its slow, region-by-region EV subsidy with a faster, centralized one. The new system pays out differently, and covers different cars.
Poland's "Hybrid Boom" Headlines Are Barely About Plug-in Hybrids at All
Poland's hybrid car market keeps making headlines. Almost none of that growth is about plug-in hybrids specifically. Here's the real breakdown.
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