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A giant crunchy beef taco sitting on a Wall Street trading floor surrounded by panicked traders in suits, red emergency lights flashing, oil futures screens crashing in the background, papers flying, the taco perfectly composed while everything around it is chaos, darkly comedic editorial photography

TACO Tuesday Crashed Oil 15% on Iran's Terms

Brent crashed 15% on April 7 after Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. But Iran's Foreign Minister revealed Trump accepted the 'general framework' of Iran's 10-point proposal -not the other way around. Iran keeps control of the Strait, its military intact, and the negotiating leverage. Oil crashed on Trump's terms. The deal is Iran's.

A split image showing a high-tech luxury EV charging station next to a dusty parking lot of abandoned basic EVs.

The Two-Tiered EV Future: Luxury Lock-in

With the expiration of federal EV credits and the rise of software-defined luxury platforms, the affordable electric car for the masses is dead. Here is why the industry is retreating into a high-margin luxury fortress.