The Dodge Neon deserves a comeback – and Stellantis could do it tomorrow

  • July 19, 2025
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Lancia Y with Neon headlights; via ChatGPT. The first all-new compact Mopar since the malaise-era K-Car, the Dodge Neon was a revelation. Its fun, approachable face, its “Hi.” marketing campaign, all of it was pitch-perfect for the uncertain times it was launched into. Now, a generation later, Stellantis faces similarly uncertain times – and a new Neon […]

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The New Sun Worship

  • July 19, 2025
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The early aughts were the worst possible kind of golden age. Tans were inescapable—on Britney Spears’s midriff, on the flexing biceps outside of Abercrombie & Fitch stores. The Jersey Shore ethos of “gym, tan, laundry” infamously encapsulated an era in which tanning salons were after-school hangouts, and tanning stencils in the shape of the Playboy […]

It’s true: High-performance electric motorcycle brand Energica is back

  • July 19, 2025
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Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica has just been handed a lifeline. Previously owned by US company Ideanomics, the famed motorcycle brand entered insolvency late last year after a period of financial duress prevented it from making payroll and continuing production. Now, a new group of investors from Singapore has stepped in to take over. The […]

$250M Series B raise boosts XPeng AeroHT flying car ambitions

  • July 18, 2025
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Chinese carmaker XPeng is getting perilously close to bringing its AeroHT consumer eVTOL concept to market, thanks to a $250 million Series B round that’s set to accelerate the company’s modular “flying car” production plans. XPeng subsidiary AeroHT had its first successful proof of concept test flight ahead of the brand’s annual 1024 back in […]

This metro Atlanta factory roof is now a solar record-breaker

  • July 18, 2025
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Photo: © Beaulieu International Group Flooring manufacturer Beauflor USA just turned on the biggest rooftop solar system by capacity in metro Atlanta — and it’s now powering part of its Georgia factory. The new 1,040 kW system in Cartersville officially beats metro Atlanta’s previous rooftop solar record of 1,034 kW. The new array produces enough […]

Block shares soar 10% on entry into S&P 500

  • July 18, 2025
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Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block shares jumped more than 10% in extended trading on Friday, as the fintech company gets set to join the […]