Tesla Settles Florida Teen Wrongful Death Case Hours Before Trial, Dodging Jury on Disabled Speed Limiter
Tesla has settled the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Edgar Monserratt Martinez, an 18-year-old killed in a 2018 crash involving a 2014 Model S whose owner-requested 85 mph (137 kph) speed limiter had been disabled before the…

Mercedes C-Class Electric Arrives With 482 HP, 473 WLTP Miles, And A Direct Shot At BMW’s New i3
Mercedes-Benz officially revealed the 2027 C-Class Electric today, confirming a dual-motor C400 4Matic with 482 horsepower, a 94.5 kWh battery, and up to 473 miles of WLTP range. Translated to the U.S. EPA standard, that figure lands closer to 380…

Rivian’s R2 Factory Takes A Direct Tornado Hit Weeks Before Customer Deliveries
An EF-1 tornado struck Rivian’s Normal, Illinois assembly plant on the night of April 17, 2026, tearing open the roof and a wall of the building where the company assembles the R2, its make-or-break mid-size SUV. Rivian confirmed the damage…

Samsung’s Taylor Texas Fab Starts Equipment Move-In April 24 For Tesla AI5 And AI6 Chips
Samsung Electronics will hold an equipment installation ceremony at its Taylor, Texas foundry on April 24, 2026, kicking off the final run-up to mass production of Tesla’s AI5 and AI6 autonomous-driving chips on a 2-nanometer process. Han Jin-man, president of…

Mercedes C-Class EQ Interior Teaser: Pillar-to-Pillar Hyperscreen, Heat Pump, and 50% Less Cabin Heating Energy
Mercedes-Benz has previewed the interior of the all-electric C-Class with EQ Technology ahead of its world debut on April 20 in South Korea. Carscoops reports the cabin is anchored by the 39.1-inch MBUX Hyperscreen first seen in the GLC EV,…

Rolls-Royce Project Nightingale: A $9.5 Million Electric Convertible, Sold Out Before It’s Built
Rolls-Royce unveiled Project Nightingale on April 15, 2026, a fully electric two-seat open-top convertible priced at approximately £7 million (around $9.5 million USD) and limited to 100 units. The car is the first entry in the company’s new Coachbuild Collection,…

Ferrari Luce Interior Video: Jony Ive’s Physical Controls and a $535,000 Range Claim That Needs Translating
Ferrari released another interior video of the Luce, its first all-electric car, as the May 2026 full exterior reveal in Italy approaches. The clip continues the brand’s three-stage rollout: powertrain details emerged in Maranello in October 2025, the interior and…
Slate Truck’s Real Price Is $27,500 — No Paint, No Radio, and the Tax Credit Already Gone
Slate Auto, a Michigan-based startup backed by investors reportedly including Jeff Bezos, has officially unveiled the Slate Truck — a two-seat electric pickup with a base MSRP of $27,500. The $7,500 federal EV tax credit that would have pushed that…

Tesla FSD Supervised Moves Toward EU-Wide Approval as RDW Files With the European Commission
Three days after the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued its formal type approval for Tesla FSD Supervised on April 10, 2026, the next step is already in motion. The RDW has notified the European Commission…
Tesla Spring 2026 Software Update Adds FSD Subscription Tap, 24-Hour Dashcam, and “Hey Grok” Voice Launch
Tesla has officially detailed its Spring 2026 software update, and the feature list is longer than any single-season release in recent memory. Tesla reporter Sawyer Merritt posted the full breakdown on X on April 13, 2026 — the specific post…

Tesla FSD Supervised Clears the Netherlands — Now the Real Test Begins
The RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued a formal type approval for Tesla‘s driver assistance system, FSD Supervised (Full Self-Driving Supervised), on April 10, 2026, making the Netherlands the first European market to authorize the software…
Honda CEO Says “We Have No Chance Against This” After Touring a Shanghai Supplier Factory
Honda President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe traveled to China, toured an auto supplier factory in Shanghai, and came back with a verdict that should alarm every Western automaker still treating China as a growth market: “We have no chance against…
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