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…
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…
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…
Tesla registrations in Germany more than quadrupled in March 2026 compared to a year earlier, according to data published Tuesday by Germany’s federal road traffic authority, the KBA (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt). Reuters reported (paywalled; KBA monthly registration data available at kba.de) that…
Lucid Motors will enter the UK market in 2027, bringing the Lucid Cosmos midsize SUV as its first right-hand drive product, Autocar reported on April 3 following an interview with Lucid European president Lawrence Hamilton. The Cosmos will launch ahead…
The Guardian’s Saturday analysis frames what’s happening in Western auto boardrooms with unusual bluntness: pulling back from electric vehicles while oil prices spike over the Iran war is, as one former industry chief puts it, a “profound strategic mistake.” The…
The Dutch vehicle authority RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer) confirmed on March 20, 2026, that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) application is in its final review stage — but the agency stopped well short of committing to any approval date. The…
Tesla announced on March 20, 2026, that it has completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in the Netherlands alongside the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority), submitting all documentation required for UN R-171…
That 17.9-inch interior display is the first thing that hits you in the cabin shots. It spans nearly the full width of the dashboard, flanked by a panoramic display header that looks closer to a living room screen than a…
The numbers from Munich tell a clear story. BMW reported full-year 2025 EBIT of €10.2 billion — its lowest since the Covid pandemic — as China sales fell more than 12% and trade tariffs shaved 1.5 percentage points off its…
The numbers out of Denmark on Monday are short and blunt: 419 new Tesla registrations in February 2026, down 18% from the same month a year ago. The data comes from bilstatistik.dk, Denmark’s vehicle registration trade platform, and was reported…
February registration numbers from across Europe show Tesla posting some of its best year-on-year gains in months. Norway was up 75.6%, France up 55%, Spain up 74%, according to registration data published by Automotive World. On paper, that reads like…
