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Recent Briefings

Monday, June 22, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: China bans rare earth exports to Pentagon-backed U.S. firms on the same day Washington commits $725M to break that dependency — and a week's worth of deals, data, and ro…

Sunday, June 21, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the Strait of Hormuz has closed again days after the ceasefire ink dried, FERC finalized its rewired rules on AI data-center power access, and the global EV market poste…

Saturday, June 20, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: automakers are becoming energy companies, the grid is becoming everyone's problem, and the geopolitics of oil are rewriting themselves faster than diplomats can keep up.

Friday, June 19, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the regulatory infrastructure holding back AI's power appetite just cracked open, the US-Iran deal is rewriting energy geopolitics in real time, and the car dealership a…

Thursday, June 18, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the Gulf ceasefire whiplash culminates in a signed Iran deal at Versailles, the Fed signals rate hikes under its new chair, and Ford's first domestically made LFP batter…

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 19 stories

Today on The Charging Station: oil markets reprice on the Iran deal, BMW takes a dramatic guidance cut, and the autonomous vehicle supply chain reshuffles as Mobileye decides it wants to run the fleet…

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: a U.S.-Iran deal sends oil tumbling and markets rallying, Salesforce acquires an AI agent that resolves 76% of support tickets autonomously, and the global EV map keeps …

Monday, June 15, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: the Strait of Hormuz is officially set to reopen, global markets celebrate, and the auto industry quietly reckons with a pair of structural shocks — China's brand consol…

Sunday, June 14, 2026 19 stories

Today on The Charging Station: a US-Iran peace agreement reshapes global energy markets, SpaceX's record IPO closes above $160, and the AI infrastructure buildout collides with community resistance, c…

Saturday, June 13, 2026 20 stories

Today on The Charging Station: SpaceX's record IPO is the spectacle, but the more durable stories are Ford stepping back from battery-electric trucks after a 43.9% EV sales drop, a $28B tariff bill re…