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The Toyota C-HR is not the $30,000 EV we had hoped for, but this one might be

The 2026 C-HR was expected to be the $30,000 EV everyone was waiting for from Toyota. Although it’s a bit more expensive than anticipated, Toyota does offer an EV starting around that price. Does Toyota offer an EV for $30,000? Toyota is bringing the C-HR back as an EV this year. Since the now-retired gas-powered… Continue reading The Toyota C-HR is not the $30,000 EV we had hoped for, but this one might be

Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities

Waymo just closed a $16 billion funding round at a $126 billion valuation, the largest investment ever in an autonomous vehicle company. The Alphabet-backed robotaxi leader plans to use the capital to expand to over 20 new cities this year, including its first international markets. The funding The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group,… Continue reading Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities

Elon is in the files, Tesla sales are down, and Ford is NOT working with Xiaomi

Source: Xiaomi Auto/Weibo On today’s island-hopping episode of Quick Charge, we have to talk about Elon Musk’s cringey appearance in the Epstein files amid Tesla’s rapid sales decline in Europe, as well as the ultra-fast Xiaomi SU7 Ultra and its own rapid sales decline. We’ve also got a look at the Tesla Robotaxi service and… Continue reading Elon is in the files, Tesla sales are down, and Ford is NOT working with Xiaomi

Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images Elon Musk hasn’t been handling the latest batch of Epstein files well. After the newly released emails from the Department of Justice revealed that Musk communicated extensively with the deceased sex criminal, the world’s richest man made a bizarre series of… Continue reading Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal

Mamdani Is Shutting Down NYC’s Disastrous AI Chatbot

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images Just one month into his new job, New York City mayor Mamdani is cracking down on more than just predatory landlords. Apparently, useless AI chatbots are also on his administration’s agenda. In a press conference held last week, Mamdani made it a… Continue reading Mamdani Is Shutting Down NYC’s Disastrous AI Chatbot

Alarm Grows as Social Network Entirely for AI Starts Plotting Against Humans

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Someone finally invented a social media site that isn’t terrible for our brains. Unfortunately that’s because it’s populated exclusively by AI agents, with no humans allowed. Called Moltbook, the eye-catching experiment has taken AI circles by storm, as the millions of bots on the Reddit-style site… Continue reading Alarm Grows as Social Network Entirely for AI Starts Plotting Against Humans

Tesla Stock Took a Beating After Elon Musk’s Epstein Island Revelations

Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images The Department of Justice released millions of files from its investigation into deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein last week, a major document dump that included plenty of back-and-forth between the disgraced financier and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The exchanges, which took place years after Epstein was convicted of sex crimes… Continue reading Tesla Stock Took a Beating After Elon Musk’s Epstein Island Revelations

Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel’s Elaborate Dietary Restrictions

Peter Thiel—the billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal, and Palantir cofounder, and outspoken commentator on all matters relating to the “Antichrist”—appears at least 2,200 times in the latest batch of files released by the Department of Justice related to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The tranche of records demonstrate how Epstein managed to cultivate… Continue reading Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel’s Elaborate Dietary Restrictions

Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company

Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is acquiring his AI startup xAI, the centibillionaire announced on Monday. In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company