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Ford's $30,000 EV Pickup Breaks Cover in Long Beach, Far From the Detroit Roads Ford Flagged
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Ford’s $30,000 EV Pickup Breaks Cover in Long Beach, Far From the Detroit Roads Ford Flagged

Ford’s $30,000 electric pickup has been photographed on public streets for the first time, and the sighting happened in Long Beach, California, roughly 2,300 road miles from the metro Detroit area where the company said camouflaged prototypes would soon appear. The Autopian published exclusive spy photos on June 9, 2026, showing a camouflaged four-door pickup…

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China’s EV Dominance Came From City Hall, Not Beijing, And Washington Is Repeating Its Drone Mistake

New research published in The China Journal dismantles the story Washington tells itself about China’s electric vehicle rise. Political scientists Fengming Lu and Xiao Ma argue the boom was never engineered by a Beijing master plan. It grew from alliances between ambitious second-tier city governments and private carmakers that central regulators had locked out of…

Tesla Robotaxi Mishaps Spark Safety Concerns in Austin Trials
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Tesla Stretches Its Austin Robotaxi Map Across the Metro While the Driverless Fleet Shrinks to 20 Cars

Tesla widened its unsupervised robotaxi service to cover the entire Austin metropolitan area on Wednesday, more than doubling the operating zone and opening up highway driving on Interstate 35 along with suburbs like Pflugerville and Manor. The company’s official Robotaxi account announced the change on X, and Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software,…

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