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Volkswagen

VW Opens ID. Cross Orders at €27,995 After July Promise

Volkswagen opened German orders for the €27,995 ID. Cross Trend on October 19, with a 37-kWh battery and up to 201 miles of WLTP range. Electrek says no US plans.

Damien KestelooOct 22

Volkswagen

VW's Xpeng SUV Sells Just 7% of Its Original Monthly Target

VW's Xpeng-developed ID. UNYX 08 averaged 267 China sales a month from April to August, about 7% of the 3,622 planned, Reuters reports.

Damien KestelooOct 20

Black and white California Highway Patrol Dodge Charger parked in front of a CHP helicopter

Full Self-Driving

Tesla Driver Says He Slept Through an FSD Crash Into a CHP Cruiser

A 22-year-old told CHP he slept with Full Self-Driving on as his Tesla hit a patrol car on I-80, hurting two officers. CHP says no law names the offense.

Haye KestelooOct 20

Silver Tesla Model Y driving along a two-lane road past a blurred rocky hillside

Rebates

California Hands Out 12,000 EV Rebates. Tesla's Share Lasted 5 Days

California's MyFirstEV rebate reached nearly 12,000 first-time buyers in ten weeks. Tesla's allocation ran dry after five days of orders in August.

Haye KestelooOct 19

White Tesla Roadster upside down in midair trailing thruster vapor above a Model 3, Model Y, Semi, Cybertruck and Cybercab, with the words Amazing Abundance across the night sky

Shareholders

Tesla's Giga Texas Meeting Lottery Gives Winners 17 Days to Get There

Tesla's drawing for in-person seats at its December 3 meeting closes November 6. Winners hear the week of November 16, and Tesla won't cover travel.

Haye KestelooOct 19

White Volkswagen ID. Polo electric hatchback with a black roof driving on a country road past green vineyards

Fuel Shock

Volvo Calls the End of Diesel as EU EVs Outsell Gas and Diesel Cars

EU EVs outsold gas and diesel cars combined in August, 196,486 to 179,219, as diesel fell to 6.4%. Volvo's sales chief calls it the end of diesel.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Black Tesla Model 3 Performance plugged in at a Tesla Supercharger stall on a wet parking lot

Ember Data

Ember: EVs Saved Oil Importers $20 Billion Since Hormuz Shut

Ember: EV fleets displaced 200 million barrels of crude worth $20 billion in six months of the Hormuz crisis. China took $14 billion. The U.S. isn't on it.

Haye KestelooOct 19

Yellow Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV parked on a test track, seen from the front three-quarter angle with its vertical-slat grille

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-AMG GT SUV Out-Charges AMG's Own GT 4-Door at 710 kW

The electric Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV makes 1,153 hp and charges at up to 710 kW from a 128 kWh pack. It reaches US dealers in summer 2027.

Haye KestelooOct 17

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