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Automakers are teaming up, speeding up, and hoping AI can help them down a tough road ahead

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A yellow Chevy Corvette EV on the left and Ben Shimkus, a Business Insider reporter, on the right.
The New York International Auto Show is America's most-popular car exhibition. This year, the event's biggest update wasn't a new model: it's how all carmakers are using AI.

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A record 50,000 unsold Teslas are sitting on the lot

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Tesla registrations fell in California.
Tesla registrations fell in California.

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Tesla shares drop after EV sales fall short of expectations

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002.

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I finally sat in the Bezos-backed Slate truck. It's designed to be unfinished.

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Ben Shimkus
I was able to sit in Slate's pickup truck for the first time. I first saw the car on a computer screen last year.

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End of an era: Elon Musk says Tesla is no longer producing the Model S and X

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Elon Musk Model S
Elon Musk posted a picture of himself at the production launch of the Model S in 2012.

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BYD's global push is accelerating just as expensive gas jolts EV demand

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Sports
A gravel parking lot filled with BYD SUVs. The cars don't have license plates in their holders.
Oil prices are skyrocketing right as BYD and other Chinese automakers are shipping their low-cost EVs to global markets.

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GM says AI helps visualize a car before it exists — and speed up how it gets built

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
A futuristic four-door Chevy vehicle drives down a highway. It's from an AI-generated video of the P2 Concept.
GM used AI to generate a video of its concept car driving down a highway. Generative models are helping make design edits, estimate drag coefficients, and speed the creative process.

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Sony and Honda scrapped their next EV before launch. You can still drive it on PlayStation.

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The interior of the Afeela, the tech-heavy car that was part of the joint venture with Honda and Sony.
Honda and Sony canceled two Afeela products before they reached production.

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I put EV chargers in my company's parking lot. With gas prices soaring, employees appreciate them even more.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Technology
A man in a parking lot holds an electric vehicle charging plug.
Hanko Kiessner put EV chargers in his company's parking lot.

Hansi Kiessner

Volvo is pulling the plug on its entry-level EV in the US

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Two Volvo EX30s - one is bright yellow, and the other is white - are parked next to each other in a showroom during an expo.
Volvo confirmed that it has discontinued the EX30 for the US market.

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