A memo just went out to employees at two of Musk's companies: SpaceX has acquired xAI.

It can seem like there is nothing anybody can do about soaring electricity bills. But that is not true. Ivan Penn and @rebeccafelliott.bsky.social talk to energy experts about what governors and legislatures can do. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...

The Tesla Model S, which will soon go away, helped transform the auto industry and was like unlike any other car when it came out in 2012. by Neal Boudette www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/b...

Who will benefit from Trump's plans for Venezuelan oil? American refineries. by @rebeccafelliott.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/b...

There is a new wave of optimism about nuclear energy and small modular reactors. Will it pan out this time? Ivan Penn visits Kairos Power's operations in New Mexico and Tennessee to see how one company is trying to make these reactors a reality. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...

Tesla's 2025 sale dropped 9 percent and fell behind BYD for the first full year. @jackewingnyt.bsky.social reports www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/b...

Great story by my colleague @sominisengupta.bsky.social on how cheap solar energy is changing lives in South Africa. It's a story playing out around the world, especially in places where access to electricity is limited or nonexistent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

U.S. start-ups are using new methods to process rare earth metals in hopes of competing against Chinese suppliers. Can they succeed? by @rebeccafelliott.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/b...

Winter is coming -- and so are much higher heating bills. Story by Ivan Penn www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/b...

Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, is playing a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump. @ericlipton.nytimes.com & @rebeccafelliott.bsky.social have the goods here: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...

The best hope to avoid losing to Chinese automakers is for Detroit's automakers to learn how to get more innovative and move faster. Here's how Ford is trying to do that under Doug Field and Jim Farley. Great story by @jackewingnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...

How batteries became one of the fastest growing addition to electric grids, and are allowing Chile, California, Australia and many other places uses their abundant renewable energy at all hours of the day. Great story by Ivan Penn. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...

The conventional wisdom about EV charging is quickly becoming obsolete as companies add chargers at a rapid pace, blanketing many well-traveled routes with fast chargers. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

On a visit to a school bus factory, I was told that American steel producers are taking advantage of the tariffs to raise their prices. FULL STORY FREE LINK: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...

Tesla's share of the US electric vehicle market fell to 44% in the first quarter, down from 51% a year earlier and more than 60% two years ago. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...

Car prices are going to go up because of President Trump's new auto tariffs but its not clear when prices will rise, by how much and on which models. By Neal Boudette www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/b...

It's the end of an era on the @nytimes.com econ team, with @jeannasmialek.bsky.social headed to Brussels. Couldn't have asked for a better reporting partner for the past nearly six years.

It turned out that people were generalizing from me, Ben Bernanke and Joe Stiglitz. I grew my beard when I was 26, because I kept being mistaken for an undergraduate, and am afraid of what I would look like without it 2/

Robots can load and unload trucks, they can move pallets around a warehouse but they often struggle with other tasks like removing a box from a pile. @eavis.com reports on why its difficult to automate warehouses. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/b...

Big Western oil companies and their investors were eager to invest in renewable energy a few years ago when oil and gas prices had collapsed. Now, they have reversed many of those bets, Rebecca Elliott reports. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...