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Clean Technica: Tesla’s Germany Sales Down 72% From Their Peak!004320

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. After writing about Tesla’s 10% drop in sales in the UK despite the UK EV market rising 24%, and BYD passing up Tesla in the UK in annual sales last year, a reader pointed out some extra jaw-dropping stats. The reader, “manes,” posted the numbers… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Germany Sales Down 72% From Their Peak!004320

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

Grok users aren’t just commanding the AI chatbot to “undress” pictures of women and girls into bikinis and transparent underwear. Among the vast and growing library of nonconsensual sexualized edits that Grok has generated on request over the past week, many perpetrators have asked xAI’s bot to put on or take off a hijab, a… Continue reading Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

Berger Montague Investigates Reports that Elon Musk’s Chatbot Grok Creates Nonconsensual Pornographic Images of Women and Children

PHILDELPHIA, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Berger Montague, a leading national plaintiffs’ law firm, is investigating claims that xAI’s chatbot Grok is being used for the large-scale unauthorized creation of lewd and sexually abusive images of women and underage girls, which are published on Grok’s official account on the social media website X, formerly Twitter. “These… Continue reading Berger Montague Investigates Reports that Elon Musk’s Chatbot Grok Creates Nonconsensual Pornographic Images of Women and Children

Tesla launches ‘Standard’ Model Y Long Range in Europe, and non-Long Range in Canada

Tesla has launched a new “Standard” Model Y Long Range in Europe and a non-long range version in Canada, bringing another more affordable version of its best-selling electric SUV to these markets. The simultaneous launch in the two markets separated by an ocean is due to Model Y vehicles in Canada actually coming from Europe.… Continue reading Tesla launches ‘Standard’ Model Y Long Range in Europe, and non-Long Range in Canada

Elon Musk’s xAI tells investors it will build AI for Tesla Optimus, amid breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit

In a move that completely undermines the “Tesla is an AI company” narrative, Elon Musk’s private startup, xAI, has reportedly told investors that it plans to build the AI to power Tesla’s Optimus robot. This new development comes from a Bloomberg report detailing xAI’s widening losses and massive cash burn. According to the report, xAI… Continue reading Elon Musk’s xAI tells investors it will build AI for Tesla Optimus, amid breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for “Diagnosis or Treatment”

Getty Images AI chatbots may be explosively popular, but they’re known to dispense some seriously wacky— and potentially dangerous — health advice, in a flood of easily accessible misinformation that has alarmed experts. Their advent has turned countless users into armchair experts, who often end up relying on obsolete, misattributed, or completely made-up advice. A… Continue reading OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Which Ingests Your Entire Medical Records, But Warns Not to Use It for “Diagnosis or Treatment”

Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

Did California lose Larry Page? The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019, has seen his net worth soar in the years since—from around $50 billion at the time of his departure to somewhere approximating $260 billion today. (Leaving his job clearly didn’t hurt his wallet.) Last year, a proposed ballot initiative… Continue reading Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the changes, the chatbot is still being used to create “undressing” sexualized images on the platform. On Friday morning, the Grok account on X started responding to… Continue reading X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

NIO and CATL Strengthen EV Battery Ties Amid China Price War

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (“CATL”) and premium EV maker NIO Inc. NIO have entered into a long-term strategic partnership under a new five-year agreement focused on advanced long-life battery technologies. As first announced in 2024, the two companies will jointly develop batteries with extended lifespans, reinforcing their shared… Continue reading NIO and CATL Strengthen EV Battery Ties Amid China Price War