The founder of First Brands, whose bankruptcy rattled Wall Street, charged in multibillion-dollar fraud

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A woman crosses Wall Street
A woman crosses Wall Street

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Robotaxis are in a literal land grab moment

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Overview shot of robotaxi depot in Dallas
Voltera, a charging infrastructure company, is picking up real estate property to prepare for the robotaxi boom.

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Suspended Ford employee who heckled Trump sparks over $800,000 in GoFundMe donations

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President Donald Trump (left) walks next to a highlight-green-vested Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, at the company's truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
President Trump joined Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, for a tour of the factory where Ford builds the F-150 pickup.

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Tesla faces several self-imposed deadlines in 'prove-it' year

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A Tesla Robotaxi stops at a stop sign. A Waymo follows.
Tesla launched its self-driving tax service in 2025. This year, its facing several scaling deadlines.

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EVs stumbled into 2026. Now automakers are betting on cheaper cars.

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A Toyota C-HR EV displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2025.
Legacy automakers are starting to launch lower-priced EVs as high-priced models are phased out. Toyota's C-HR, pictured above, is $35,000.

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Another Tesla exec quits, says working for Elon Musk's company is 'not for the faint of heart'

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks at a conference.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees the automaker would need to be "absolutely hard core" about headcount and costs when he laid off 10% of the company's workforce in April.

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Biden will join striking auto workers on the picket line in Detroit — the first time a sitting US president has done so

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United Auto Workers picket outside of the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant
President Joe Biden will join United Auto Workers, the first time a president has ever joined a union in picketing.

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The United Auto Workers strike could be the canary in the coal mine for Biden's reelection pitch to working-class voters

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UAW strike
United Auto Workers members attend a rally in Detroit, Mich., on September 15, 2023.

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