Beta Technologies’ bet on electric flight and Hyundai’s new Tesla charging port comes up short

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Fifteen years ago, I started writing about a little EV startup that was trying to survive even as others failed in the clean tech boom-and-bust cycle. Back then Tesla had captured the interest of some celebrities and EV enthusiasts — but it was a small circle. A lot has changed since then, including the profile of its largest shareholder and CEO, Elon Musk. His companies, which include SpaceX, Tesla, X, xAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, have multiplied. And he’s using it to find talent to support the Department of Government Efficiency, an entity established via President Trump’s executive order. I recently put my institutional knowledge to work — covering Musk over all these years, you learn a few things — and teamed up with several TechCrunch editors and reporters. Our task was not just to identify the people wo ... Read full article.