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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…
Rolls-Royce CEO Chris Brownridge dropped the 2030 all-electric target March 18 as Spectre deliveries fell 47% to 1,002 units in 2025. The V12 stays.
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.
China’s January-February sales window is always distorted by Lunar New Year. Factories go quiet, showrooms empty, and delivery figures swing 30 to 50 percent on calendar timing alone. Strip out the noise and the picture for Tesla is actually decent: 127,728 China-made EVs sold in the first two months of 2026, up more than 35%…
tay updated on the wave of 2026 EV cancellations and delays. From Ford's F-150 Lightning exit to GM's Ultium collapse, we track the $53B retreat from all-electric commitments.
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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