The breakthrough EV batteries Toyota says will double driving range and cut charging times are facing another setback. The company is once again delaying plans for a new battery plant in Japan. Why is Toyota delaying its EV battery plant this time? Earlier this year, Toyota bought a 280,000-square-meter plot of land in Fukuoka, Japan,… Continue reading Toyota is yet again delaying EV battery plans
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Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It makes sense that adequate compensation is a primary driver of human workforce behavior. At least that’s the case in the western world, where we’re grounded in capitalism. More precisely, though, does increasing the compensation of CEOs improve firms’ profitability? This question is relevant in… Continue reading Clean Technica: What Are The Odds That Elon Musk’s Financial Incentives Will Truly Motivate Him?004244
Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The US electric car market is at an interesting point. We’ve looked at the market as a whole, the top selling brands and auto groups, and the long-term trends of 7 top electric models. However, in that latter piece, we left out the electric giant… Continue reading Clean Technica: Rivian & Tesla Long-Term US Sales Charts — Not Uplifting …004243
Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World
Andon Labs A team of researchers at the AI evaluation company Andon Labs put a large language model in charge of controlling a robot vacuum. It didn’t take long for the LLM to experience a full meltdown straight out of a Douglas Adams novel, in what the researchers described as a “doom spiral” including a… Continue reading Researchers “Embodied” an LLM Into a Robot Vacuum and It Suffered an Existential Crisis Thinking About Its Role in the World
The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb
Amid a government shutdown that has dragged on for more than five weeks, the United States Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday that it recently suffered a hack and moved to contain the breach. CBO provides nonpartisan financial and economic data to lawmakers, and The Washington Post reported that the agency was infiltrated by a… Continue reading The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb
WIRED-Approved Brooklinen Bedding Is on Sale for a Few Days
Winter bedding is different from summer bedding—thicker, loftier, softer, cozier—and now’s the perfect time to upgrade thanks to Brooklinen’s Flash Sale. We test a lot of bedding at WIRED for our numerous sleep-related buying guides, and Brooklinen is mentioned in nearly all of them. Its bedding is high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and functions like it should.… Continue reading WIRED-Approved Brooklinen Bedding Is on Sale for a Few Days
Best Packing Cubes for Every Kind of Trip (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Other Great Packing Cubes Photograph: Kat Merck Shacke Pak Packing Cubes for $29 (set of 8): These were pretty good quality for an Amazon brand; there’s a sturdy handle and the material is slightly thicker than other packing cubes at this price point. I like the mix of mesh for breathability and opaque fabric for… Continue reading Best Packing Cubes for Every Kind of Trip (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Halo Infinite is about to get its last major update
This month’s content update for Halo Infinite is its last, as the team focuses on ‘multiple’ Halo titles in development. This month’s content update for Halo Infinite is its last, as the team focuses on ‘multiple’ Halo titles in development. by Richard Lawler Nov 7, 2025, 11:26 PM UTC Richard Lawler is a senior editor… Continue reading Halo Infinite is about to get its last major update
Rivian gives RJ Scaringe a new pay package worth up to $5B
Rivian has given its founder and CEO RJ Scaringe a new performance-based stock award that could ultimately be worth around $5 billion if all the underlying goals are met, according to a new filing. Scaringe’s salary is also being doubled to $2 million per year, and he was given a 10% stake in Rivian’s newest… Continue reading Rivian gives RJ Scaringe a new pay package worth up to $5B
Honda wants to sell you an EV for under $30,000, eventually
Honda wants in on the growing demand for affordable EVs. With the company’s CEO saying EVs selling for under $30,000 will be the main competition in the US, Honda may offer one of its own. Honda mulls launching a sub-$30,000 EV in the US Honda currently sells one fully electric vehicle in the US, the… Continue reading Honda wants to sell you an EV for under $30,000, eventually