DERA LIVES! House votes to fund Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through 2029
DERA LIVES! House votes to fund Diesel Emissions Reduction Act through 2029

This week, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in a bipartisan vote to renew funding for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA), passing the measure 343-79 and extending federal funding for cleaner medium- and heavy-duty vehicles th…

SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year

SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI’s Colossus data centers, but it won’t remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.

Trump’s DOJ intervenes to keep Musk’s xAI gas turbines polluting Memphis
Trump’s DOJ intervenes to keep Musk’s xAI gas turbines polluting Memphis

The US Department of Justice has asked a federal court to throw out a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, arguing that the company’s unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis are a matter of “national, economic, and energy security.”
The move pu…

DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’

The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.

China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths
China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths

China’s rapid switch to electric and other new energy vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Health.

It’s some of the strongest real-world …

Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it’s buying $2.8B more.

Elon Muks’s xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX’s IPO filing.

Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center

Gas turbines at xAI’s Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company’s use of “mobile” gas turbines as power plants.

Rivian rolls out ‘Hey Rivian’ AI assistant with full vehicle control
Rivian rolls out ‘Hey Rivian’ AI assistant with full vehicle control

Rivian is rolling out its new AI-powered voice assistant to all Gen 1 and Gen 2 R1 owners as part of its latest over-the-air software update. The feature, activated by saying “Hey Rivian” or holding the left steering wheel button, requires an active Co…

Musk claims Tesla will ‘make AGI’ after years of wrong AI predictions
Musk claims Tesla will ‘make AGI’ after years of wrong AI predictions

Elon Musk declared today that Tesla will be “one of the companies to make AGI” and “probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form.” It’s the latest in a long string of grand AI predictions from the Tesla CEO.

The problem is that Musk h…

Elon Musk’s xAI is undoing Tesla’s climate work all in the name of AI slop
Elon Musk’s xAI is undoing Tesla’s climate work all in the name of AI slop

Elon Musk’s xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted methane gas turbines across two data centers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, the facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of greenhouse …