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.
Rivian officially launches the Rivian Adventure Department (RAD), a specialized skunkworks team of engineers and designers. Focused on pushing
There is no dipstick to pull, no cam belt to squint at, no oily fingerprints on a used paper service record. Buying a used EV or second-hand electric car strips away half the checklist that ICE buyers have relied on for decades.
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 February deliveries of more than 20,000 vehicles on its official Weibo account on Sunday, the…
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 Sunday, BYD’s global sales fell 41.1% from February 2025, with domestic sales collapsing 65% to…
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, but a notable jump for buyers who weren’t fast enough to order. Autoblog first reported…
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 that has nothing to do with how any feature works: two names are gone, and…
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. If it holds, the Netherlands would become the first European market to greenlight Tesla’s latest…
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 key battery guidance and shared it on X this week. The tips are worth knowing…
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