Mercedes-Benz Patents an Anti-Motion Sickness System for EVs That May Never Leave the Drawing Board
Ride in the back seat of a quick EV long enough, and there’s a decent chance you’ve felt it: a faint queasiness that comes and goes with every burst of acceleration or pulse of regenerative braking. It’s not imaginary, and…
Rivian Forms ‘RAD’ Skunkworks Team to Stay Ahead of Scout, Land Rover, and the Electric Off-Road Wave
The most revealing thing about the Rivian Adventure Department (RAD) is not what it builds. It is that Rivian felt the need to formalize it at all. Rivian announced RAD on March 1, 2026, as first reported by Gizmodo. The…
Buying a Used EV: Eight Things to Check Before You Hand Over Your Money
There is no dipstick to pull, no cam belt to squint at, no oily fingerprints on a used paper service record. Buying a second-hand electric car strips away half the checklist that ICE buyers have relied on for decades. That…
Xiaomi February EV Deliveries Drop to 20,000 as Next-Generation SU7 Enters Mass Production
February is always a short month in China, and Lunar New Year makes it shorter still. Factory shutdowns, travel, and disrupted logistics routinely cut monthly delivery figures by 30 to 50 percent for every Chinese automaker. So when Xiaomi posted…
BYD February Sales Drop 41% as Geely and Tesla Gain Ground in China
Six consecutive months of year-on-year sales declines. That is the streak BYD is now on, and February made it the worst single month since the pandemic shut down China’s economy in early 2020. According to a stock market filing released…
Tesla’s $59,990 Cybertruck Is Gone — The New Base Price Is $69,990
Ten days. That’s how long Tesla kept the door open on a $59,990 Cybertruck. On March 1, the introductory price disappeared from the configurator and the new base figure landed at $69,990 — still $10,000 less than the Premium trim,…
Tesla Renames Navigate on Autopilot and FSD Computer in Software Update 2026.2.9
Tesla’s latest over-the-air push, software update 2026.2.9, is a substantial release. It includes FSD (Supervised) v14.2.2.5 with functional changes to the neural network vision encoder, new Speed Profiles, and Arrival Options, among other additions. But buried inside is one section…
Tesla FSD Supervised Approval in the Netherlands Hinges on a March 20 Date Musk Can’t Guarantee
The Dutch vehicle authority RDW has apparently told Tesla that March 20 is the target date for regulatory approval of FSD (Supervised) in the Netherlands. That came straight from Elon Musk, who mentioned it during an interview at Giga Berlin.…
Tesla Model Y Battery Longevity Tips: What the Owners Manual Actually Says About Charging Right
The Tesla Model Y Owners Manual has always contained the answer to one of the most common questions new EV owners ask: how do I make my battery last? Most owners never read it. Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane) pulled the…
Tesla Cybertruck Owner Sues for $1M Over Houston Autopilot Crash That Drove Straight Into a Concrete Barrier
The 69 Eastex Freeway overpass in Houston has a Y-shaped split. One path curves right. The other ends at a concrete barrier above a freeway drop. According to a new lawsuit filed in Harris County district court, a Tesla Cybertruck…
BYD Undercuts Tesla by $4,700 Per Car, and Subsidies Are Only 5% of the Reason
The Western auto industry has spent years blaming Chinese state subsidies for BYD’s price advantage over Tesla and other foreign rivals. A new Rhodium Group report published February 19 makes that argument a lot harder to sustain. According to the…
China Bans Concealed Door Handles, Forcing Tesla, BMW, and Xiaomi Into Costly EV Redesigns
A door that won’t open in a crash isn’t a design quirk. It’s a death trap. China’s government just codified that reality into law, and the ripple effects will hit EV design studios from Munich to Fremont. China’s Ministry of…
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