I tested a BMW i4 against my Tesla Model 3. It’s elegant and quick but isn’t worth the price increase.
The author with a 2023 BMW i4 in metallic gray. Several years ago, the Tesla Model 3 was the de facto choice in the electric car market, offering performance, range, and technology at a reasonable price. Last summer, I bought my second used Tesla Model 3. It’s still a great car, but the Model 3…
Tesla is stumbling and analysts think Elon Musk’s politics are to blame
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken on a prominent role in President Donald Trump’s administration. Even after Tesla announced disappointing earnings in January, its stock still managed to rise, buoyed by CEO Elon Musk’s talk of robotaxis and humanoid robots. But the EV maker’s valuation dropped below $1 trillion for the first time since November…
Elon Musk said Tesla used internet videos to train self-driving tech in China
Tesla rolled out self-driving features to some of its cars in China on Tuesday. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, said on Tuesday that the self-driving software it rolled out in China was trained on internet videos. “We just used publicly available video on the Internet of roads and signs in China and used that to train…
Readers told us that maybe DOGE’s email request is a good idea
On Monday, B-17asked readers what they’d do if they were suddenly asked to make a list of five things they accomplished at work last week — like DOGE asked federal workers to do. Nearly 120 readers responded, with a wide range of opinions. Only 18% of people said they wouldn’t make the list at all.…
More than 1 million federal workers have responded to DOGE’s ‘what did you do’ productivity email, White House says
On Monday, Elon Musk said that federal workers who did not email a list of their accomplishments “will be given another chance.” The White House has said that “more than” 1 million federal employees — out of 2.4 million — responded to an email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them to send in…
Can America’s kids read? It’ll be harder to know after Trump’s education cuts, researchers say
The Nation’s Report Card is on notice. Employees said the Department of Education’s ability to conduct its periodic measure of US students’ progress in math and reading could be severely hampered after the White House DOGE office announced earlier this month that it ended more than $900 million in research contracts. The Trump administration says…
Trump wanted a deal for Ukraine’s minerals. Now it looks like he’ll get one.
President Donald Trump has been pushing for a deal with Ukraine over its mineral resources. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that his country and the US had agreed on a major deal for Ukraine’s minerals. While the full terms of the deal haven’t been made public, Shmyhal told Ukrainian TV that the two…
Saying ‘yes’ to DOGE: One federal worker explains why he accepted the ‘fork in the road’ offer
When a program manager at the Department of Energy received the Trump administration’s “fork in the road” resignation offer, his first reaction was defiance. “My initial thought process was ‘I am not going to do this because I don’t want to let them win. They can fire me, but I’m not leaving,’” the program manager…
How Donald Trump could change free speech as we know it
Donald Trump’s lawsuits against publishers carry new weight with his new term in office. Donald Trump, who is used to suing journalists and media companies about stories he doesn’t like, says he’s going to do more of it. In a post published on his Truth Social platform Wednesday, Trump vowed to “sue some of these…
