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

Tech Insider : Business
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

Tech Insider : Politics
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

Tech Insider : Politics, Economy
UAW strike
United Auto Workers members attend a rally in Detroit, Mich., on September 15, 2023.

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