Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B TechCrunch By: Sean O'Kane 27 October 2026 at 23:31 The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as "Americaβs answer to Shenzhen."
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass NYT > Top Stories By: Eric Lipton Β· Maxine Joselow and Mira Rojanasakul 25 October 2026 at 04:12 The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
The Factory in Phoenix That Could Save American Manufacturing NYT > Top Stories By: Dan Wang and Jesse Rieser 24 October 2026 at 00:42 America is figuring out the trick to reindustrialization, if it can learn the right lessons.
GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 20 October 2026 at 22:32 GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy.