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This year, the price of gasoline has been relatively low and remarkably stable.
Instead of rising in the summer, the national average was basically a straight line.
Partly that's because oil prices have been low, thanks largely to the oil cartel OPEC pushing more barrels onto the market.
AAA expects that nearly 110 million Americans will travel by car this holiday season.
The app GasBuddy estimates that the lower gas prices this year will save Americans collectively nearly $400 million weekly on those trips.
AAA says the cost of public EV charging remains steady, averaging 38 cents per kilowatt hour.
Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
We are looking at the market as it is today.
Since the pandemic, car insurance rates have risen twice as fast as inflation overall.
That's because costs for repairs and medical treatment after car crashes have risen too.
And that means that in addition to costing more, a policy set up a few years ago also won't go as far if a crash actually happens.
Shannon Martin is an insurance expert with Bankrate.
And even though it stings to pay even more, experts say it's a good time to raise the limits on plans and make sure you have uninsured driver coverage.
Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
The pay package in question is the largest in history.
A lower court in Delaware had thrown it out, saying Musk had too much influence over his own pay.
Tesla appealed, emphasizing that shareholders backed this pay package, which said Musk would only get paid if he met huge, seemingly unachievable targets for growth.
Here's Jeff Wall, a lawyer for Tesla, in his closing remarks.
Some justices on the state's high court seemed sympathetic to Tesla's arguments, with one justice raising the fact that Musk couldn't take back the work he did over many years.
Camilla Dominovsky, NPR News.