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Mazda CX-6e Swears at Pedestrians for You. NHTSA Wouldn't Allow It

Australian testers found the Mazda CX-6e reads any typed message, profanity included, through its front speaker. NHTSA pulled Tesla's Boombox for less.

Haye KestelooOct 54 min read

BYD

BYD Retakes The Global EV Crown From Tesla With Quarterly Sales That Shrank 8%

BYD sold 557,090 fully electric vehicles in the second quarter, enough to take back the global BEV crown from Tesla a full day before Tesla reports its own numbers. Here is the part most coverage will skip: that winning figure is 8.22% lower than what BYD sold in the same quarter last year. Tesla publishes…

Haye KestelooJul 1

Nevada

Tesla Loses Truckloads of Batteries at Giga Nevada While Its Own Software Writes Self-Driving Code

Organized crews stole trailers of Tesla car and home batteries straight off loading docks at the company’s Nevada facilities at least 11 times since last December, according to Storey County sheriff’s records. Nine of those suspected cargo thefts happened in January alone. The hauls ran into the millions: two of the earliest trailers each carried…

Haye KestelooJun 29

Taycan

Porsche Reverses Its Own Stance, Gives 2027 Taycan The Fake Gears It Once Called a Bad Idea

Porsche has given the 2027 Taycan simulated gear shifting, a feature its own development driver publicly dismissed less than two years ago. The system, called E-Shift, lets drivers row through eight virtual gears using paddles on the GT Sport steering wheel, with a virtual rev limiter and gear-specific drag torque tuned to mimic engine braking.…

Haye KestelooJun 17

Tesla

Tesla Energy Ventures Wins UK Electricity Supply License After Eight-Month Ofgem Review

Eight months after Tesla filed its application with Great Britain’s energy regulator, the answer is yes. Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. received an electricity supply license from Ofgem on Wednesday, March 12, 2026, effective at 6 p.m. local time according to Bloomberg. The license covers England, Scotland, and Wales, giving Tesla the legal standing to sell…

Haye KestelooMar 12

Porsche

Porsche’s 2025 Annual Results Reveal 98% Profit Collapse — CEO Leiters Bets on High-Margin Reset

Porsche CEO Michael Leiters reveals a 98% profit drop in 2025 annual results. Explore how €4.7 billion in EV writedowns, U.S. tariffs, and a China sales slump are forcing a high-margin pivot back to combustion and hybrid flexibility.

Haye KestelooMar 11

Porsche

Porsche’s Electric 718 is Alive: Why the “Go-Kart” Feel is the Key to Its Survival

Porsche’s electric 718 Boxster is officially on track for a 2027 debut. Despite rumors of cancellation and platform re-engineering, Porsche Australia’s CEO confirms the EV prototype is "amazing" and delivers a "go-kart-y" track experience. Get the latest on the PPE Sport platform and the future of gas-powered Cayman variants.

Haye KestelooMar 11

Tesla

Tesla Megapack Is the Real Business Holding the Company Together While Cybercab and Optimus Chase Headlines

The Cybercab gets the stage time. The Optimus robot gets the press releases. But a shipping-container-sized battery called the Tesla Megapack is quietly generating the cash flow that keeps the rest of Musk’s ambitions alive. That’s the core argument in “Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box,” a new piece by Andrew Moseman published…

Haye KestelooMar 7

Australia

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