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JCB built a 1,600-hp hydrogen rocket car using digger technology and honestly we have questionsTech

JCB built a 1,600-hp hydrogen rocket car using digger technology and honestly we have questions

JCB, the company famous for making construction equipment, is heading to the Utah salt flats with a 1,600-hp hydrogen car built on excavator engine tech, aiming to break the 350 mph land speed record.

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Lucid Motors finally found a CEO and somehow talked Uber and Saudi Arabia into giving it more moneyTech

Lucid Motors finally found a CEO and somehow talked Uber and Saudi Arabia into giving it more money

After more than a year without a permanent CEO following Peter Rawlinson's surprise resignation, Lucid Motors has finally filled the top seat - and managed to pull in fresh funding from Uber and Saudi Arabia while it was at it.

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Electric air taxis are here! (passengers not included)Tech

Electric air taxis are here! (passengers not included)

Joby Aviation flew a passenger-free electric air taxi demonstration from JFK to Manhattan this week - a real milestone for urban air travel, even if the seats were conspicuously empty.

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China just showed the world what cars actually look like in 2026 and we're not readyTech

China just showed the world what cars actually look like in 2026 and we're not ready

The Beijing Auto Show 2026 just proved that China's car industry isn't catching up to the West - it has already left it behind, with 19 jaw-dropping models redefining what electric and intelligent vehicles can be.

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Ford is cooking up cheap EVs in a secret skunkworks lab and we're choosing to be cautiously optimisticTech

Ford is cooking up cheap EVs in a secret skunkworks lab and we're choosing to be cautiously optimistic

Ford's secret skunkworks lab near a Long Beach airport is where the company is betting it can finally crack affordable EV development - right after cancelling the F-150 Lightning. Classic Ford.

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