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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 on public roads. The RDW published its official explanation directly on rdw.nl, confirming that FSD…
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 newly registered Tesla vehicles jumped 315.1% year-on-year to 9,252 units in March. For context: 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 of a second model called the Earth, an off-road-focused derivative planned for 2028. Neither the…
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 historical parallel is Detroit in the 1980s, when Japanese competitors ate the American industry’s lunch…
The Dutch RDW confirms Tesla FSD (Supervised) has reached the final review stage following 18 months of testing, but refuses to confirm Tesla’s rumored April 10 approval date.
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 approval and Article 39 exemptions. The RDW has communicated an expected approval date of April…
BMW officially reveals the i3 sedan: the Neue Klasse flagship with a 560-mile (WLTP) range, 400 kW ultra-fast charging, and 463 hp. Discover the tech behind the 800V architecture, V2L capabilities, and why this EV is Tesla's biggest threat for 2027.
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 automotive margin. For a group that promised an 8–10% margin corridor, landing at 5.3% is…
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