Tesla Fed Misleading FSD Safety Numbers to European Regulators, Reuters Finds
Tesla gave Dutch and Swedish regulators self-published FSD safety stats that 10 of 11 researchers call misleading marketing.
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Ford’s $30,000 EV Pickup Breaks Cover in Long Beach, Far From the Detroit Roads Ford Flagged
Ford’s $30,000 electric pickup has been photographed on public streets for the first time, and the sighting happened in Long Beach, California, roughly 2,300 road miles from the metro Detroit area where the company said camouflaged prototypes would soon appear.…
Slate Truck’s Real Price Is $27,500 — No Paint, No Radio, and the Tax Credit Already Gone
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…
Rivian R2 Earns 335-Mile EPA Rating — But That Charging Speed Needs a Second Look
EPA certification documents for the Rivian R2 have leaked via Rivian Forums, and the range numbers beat the company’s own projections. The Performance trim on 21-inch all-season tires earned an EPA-estimated 335 miles of range, five miles more than the…
Automakers’ 2026 EV Cancellations and Delays: A Running List of Who’s Pulling Back
The cancellation notices have been arriving faster than the vehicles they were meant to replace. Automotive News published a tracker this week cataloging the EVs canceled or delayed in 2026 as legacy automakers continue pulling back from all-electric commitments made…
Tesla’s Door Handle Crisis Hits Congress: SAFE Exit Act Clears First Vote as Death Toll Mounts
Six months of covering Tesla’s door handle safety crisis. Six EVXL articles documenting trapped children, fatal crashes, and a design flaw Elon Musk insisted on despite engineer objections. On Tuesday, Congress finally moved, Bloomberg reports. The House Committee on Energy and…
Ford and Xiaomi in Secret EV Talks: Why Dearborn’s China Bet Gets Riskier by the Week
Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving a Xiaomi SU7 for over a year and openly admits he doesn’t want to give it up. Now the Financial Times reports Ford and Xiaomi held actual talks about building EVs together on…
GM CEO Mary Barra Slams Canada’s Chinese EV Deal as ‘Slippery Slope’ While Cutting Ontario Jobs
Less than two weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney opened Canada’s doors to Chinese electric vehicles, General Motors CEO Mary Barra has broken her silence. She doesn’t like what she sees. “I can’t explain why the decision was made in…
Former GM VP Says Xiaomi YU7 Beats Tesla Model Y ‘In Almost Every Way’
A former General Motors executive who spent 12 years engineering America’s best-selling trucks just delivered a damning verdict on Tesla’s flagship SUV. Terry Woychowski, President of Caresoft Global and former GM Vice President, told Bloomberg that Xiaomi’s YU7 electric SUV…
America’s $28 Billion Battery Belt Collapses Into Ghost Towns As EV Demand Craters Post-Subsidy
The Detroit News reports that two years after promising an electric vehicle manufacturing revolution, America’s Battery Belt has collapsed into a landscape of stalled construction sites, mass layoffs, and desperate pivots to non-EV products. Despite $28 billion in taxpayer subsidies,…
Ford Offers No Timeline To Restart F-150 Lightning Production As Cancellation Rumors Swirl
Ford Motor Company declined to provide any timeline for restarting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, fueling speculation that the automaker may permanently discontinue its flagship EV amid mounting losses and weakening demand following the September 30 federal…
Ford F-150 Lightning Faces Cancellation As Post-Tax Credit Reality Hits Home
Ford Motor Company executives are actively discussing whether to permanently discontinue the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, according to a Wall Street Journal report published November 6, 2025. The deliberations mark a dramatic reversal for a vehicle Ford once compared…