Camila Domonoske Camila Flamiano Domonoske covers cars, energy and the future of mobility for NPR's Business Desk. She can be reached via encrypted message at camiladomonoske.42 on Signal.
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Camila Flamiano Domonoske covers cars, energy and the future of mobility for NPR's Business Desk.

She covers the automotive supply chain, reporting from the salt piles of an active lithium mine and the floor of a vehicle assembly plant. She reports on what cars mean to the daily lives of the American public — whether they're buying cars, maintaining cars or walking and biking on streets dominated by cars. And she is closely tracking the automotive industry's transformative shift toward zero-emission vehicles.

She monitors the gyrations of global energy markets, explaining why price movements are happening and what it means for the world. She tracks the profits and investments of some of the world's largest energy producers. As global urgency around climate change mounts, she has reported on how companies are — and are not — responding to calls for a rapid energy transition. She has reported on why a country that is remarkably vulnerable to climate change would embrace oil production, and why investors, for reasons unrelated to climate change, have pushed companies to curb their output.

Before she joined the business desk, Domonoske was a general assignment reporter and a web producer for NPR. She has covered hurricanes and elections, walruses and circuses. She has written about language, race, gender and history. In a career highlight, she helped NPR win a pie-eating contest in the summer of 2018.

Domonoske graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina, where she majored in English, with a focus on modern poetry.

She can be reached via encrypted message at camiladomonoske.42 on Signal.

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Friday

Kate Hippler adjusts a THOR-5F female crash test dummy in a vehicle at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption

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The female crash test dummy has been a long time coming — but she isn’t here yet

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Wednesday

Is the future of trucking self-driving big rigs?

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Thursday

Elon Musk arrives at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024. Tesla shareholders voted Thursday on a pay package that could award Musk a trillion dollars' worth of Tesla stock if he meets certain targets. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's trillion-dollar pay package

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Tesla shareholders to vote on $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk

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Friday

Chevrolet Equinox EVs are shown for sale at a Chevrolet dealership in Southfield, Mich., on Oct. 29. General Motors announced stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings this month, but also announced it will be laying off 3,300 hourly employees around the country at plants that make electric vehicles and batteries. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Automakers take a hit from tariffs, but some still see strong earnings

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Thursday

Car insurance premiums, on average, have increased 55% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption

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COST OF LIVING: CAR INSURANCE

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The average new car in the United States costs $50,000, according to Kelley Blue Book. That's causing people to delay purchasing a new car, including Claudia Pineda, who often drives her three grown children. Getty Images and Claudia Pineda/Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption

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Cost of Living: The hidden price of car ownership

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Wednesday

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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How much can Tesla pay Elon Musk? Delaware's Supreme Court will decide

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Tuesday

A selection of Kia EV6 electric sedans are displayed at a dealership in Manchester, N.H., in July. The EV6 is eligible for a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500 for buyers under a certain income cap. And like all electric vehicles, it's eligible for a $7,500 tax credit on a lease. But the tax credits are expiring on Sept. 30th. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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EV sales surge in the U.S. ahead of Sept. 30 tax credit deadline

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Friday

Homeland Security Investigations raided a Georgia battery plant, detaining 475 people

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Thursday

"Vanny," as this 2005 Chrysler Town & Country is affectionately known, has put in 20 years and 183,000 miles of service and won the deep affection of two small children. It was a good run. Camila Domonoske/NPR hide caption

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Sell it, donate it — recycle it? A beloved old minivan faces a fork in the road

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Saturday

A warehouse worker uses a scanner to identify cartons of parcels of goods on a conveyor belt in a hangar at DHL's parcel distribution and express freight warehouse in Valence, France, on December 12, 2024. Nicolas Guyannet/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

A selection of Kia EV6 sedans, which are fully electric vehicles, are displayed at a dealership, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Manchester, N.H. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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The EV tax credit ends soon — but there’s a little bit of wiggle room for car buyers

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Friday

A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle charges via a fast charger in Torrance, Calif., on February 23, 2024. A federal program to fund fast chargers across the U.S. has been on pause for six months, but the Trump administration is now restarting it. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers

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Tuesday

Ford and the promise of cheaper EVs

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Monday

Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks at the Louisville Assembly Plant, in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 11. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption

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Ford says it will roll out a cheaper electric pickup truck

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Tuesday

Tesla awards CEO Elon Musk billions in shares, with a caveat

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Wednesday

New German cars are parked at a logistics center in Essen, Germany, on Feb. 3. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption

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What automakers' Q2 earnings tell us about tariffs

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Tuesday

In an aerial view, cars travel along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on January 16, 2024. The regulations that require automakers to build more efficient, cleaner vehicles are being loosened under the Trump administration. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption

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The EPA proposes gutting its greenhouse gas rules

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Wednesday

A 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Englewood, Colo. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Tesla profits slide 16%, despite Elon Musk’s pivot back to his companies

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Do you want federal money for an EV or home solar? Time is running out — fast

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Tuesday

A crew with the company CSR Services works on plugging an orphan well on a homeowner's property in Ashland, Ohio, on October 24, 2024. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption

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The U.S. has millions of old gas and oil wells. Here’s what it takes to plug them up

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