Several automakers are developing extended-range electric vehicles that run primarily on electric motors but carry a small gasoline engine solely to recharge the battery, not to drive the wheels. Stellantis will bring this setup to the Jeep Grand Wagoneer and Ram 1500 REV, promising up to 690 miles of range, while Hyundai, Genesis and Ford plan similar models for the Santa Fe, an unnamed Genesis SUV and a revived F-150 Lightning.
A commentary piece argues that if corporations enjoy legal personhood under the Fourteenth Amendment, they should also face the equivalent of capital punishment for serious wrongdoing. It traces this idea to 'judicial dissolution,' citing the 1889 New York Supreme Court case that forced the North River Sugar Refining Corporation—a 17-company sugar monopoly—to liquidate for abusing its charter through price-fixing and consolidation.
President Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's cellphone in the middle of a company-wide staff meeting on Thursday, with Trump's voice audible through Huang's onstage microphone before Huang briefly stepped away and returned within a minute. The call came the same day Nvidia launched an employee-funded political action committee and a day after the company posted quarterly revenue of $96 billion, up 106 percent year over year.
A new study found that people living within five miles of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory report higher rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders than the general population. The site, located outside Los Angeles, suffered a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959 and has since been the subject of long-running contamination concerns. Researchers say the elevated health reports suggest lingering effects from the decades-old incident.
Autonomous box-truck startup Gatik has raised $200 million, its largest round yet, led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies with backing from Millennium Management, ARK Invest, and Intact Private Capital. The raise comes two months after Gatik signed a multi-year commercial agreement with PepsiCo, bringing its total funding since 2019 to roughly $500 million. The company did not disclose its current valuation.