TechCrunch Archives - Indie Auto

Dave Karpf explains what Tesla’s new master plan is all about

September 6, 2025 Steve 0

Political media scholar Dave Karpf (2025) has called Tesla’s recently announced new master plan “bad. Sloppy. Ludicrously vague.” What’s more, he says that it is “significantly less coherent than the previous three master plans (from 2006, 2016, […]

Will the Slate Truck be the closest thing you can get to a modern simple car?

April 29, 2025 Steve 16

(EXPANDED FROM 4/25/2025) With average new-car prices exceeding $50,000 and tariffs threatening to push them higher, now would seem to be an ideal time for the return of the simple car. A particularly intriguing example […]