Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of EVXL.co, where he covers all electric vehicle-related news, covering brands such as Tesla, Ford, GM, BMW, Nissan and others. He fulfills a similar role at the drone news site DroneXL.co. Haye can be reached at haye @ evxl.co or @hayekesteloo.
The last Model S and last Model X ever produced at Tesla‘s Fremont factory rolled off the line on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Tesla announced the milestone on X just after 9 PM Pacific, posting photos of the final cars surrounded by the workers who built them. The flagship sedan ran for 14 years. The…
Porsche development driver Lars Kern set a 6:55.553 Nürburgring lap in a Taycan Turbo GT with the new Manthey Kit, faster than BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme.
Slovenian firm Elaphe says hybrids will get in-wheel motors before pure EVs, claiming 15% more grip and 9% shorter stops. Tested on a Hyundai Ioniq 5.
BMW peeled the covers off the facelifted 7 Series and i7 today, April 22, 2026, at Auto China 2026 in Beijing, and the headline is buried underneath the usual grille-and-screen noise. The electric i7 now runs a jointly developed battery pack from Rimac Technology, using BMW’s Gen6 4695 cylindrical cells inside the outgoing car’s Gen5…
Tesla will hold the Signature Edition delivery event for the final Model S and Model X ever built on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at its Fremont, California factory, according to the official invitation shared by Sawyer Merritt on X. The invitation has started going out to the 350 buyers who ordered one of the Plaid-only…
Tesla vehicle registrations in California fell 24.3% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to the Q1 2026 California Auto Outlook released Tuesday by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). Tesla’s statewide market share fell from 9.2% to 7.7% over that span, even as the company’s…
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 fatal high-speed impact, court records show. The automaker was removed as a defendant Sunday, with…
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 to 400 miles, still enough to make this the longest-range C-Class ever built. Motor1’s full…
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