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New research published in The China Journal dismantles the story Washington tells itself about China’s electric vehicle rise. Political scientists Fengming Lu and Xiao Ma argue the boom was never engineered by a Beijing master plan. It grew from alliances between ambitious second-tier city governments and private carmakers that central regulators had locked out of…
Tesla launches a wave of US promotions, including 0% APR financing on the Model Y, a year of free Supercharging for Model 3 buyers, and $99 FSD subscriptions. See the full breakdown of lease deals and tax incentives.
Ferrari's first electric car, the Ferrari Luce, has been on the road for under 48 hours and the prancing horse is already bleeding cash. Milan-listed...
A team led by Dan Burkland posted on X early Sunday that they completed a Cannonball Run from the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach in 49 hours and 55 minutes, with their Tesla Model 3 running Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.3.2 the entire way and zero driver disengagements. If…
Tesla will hold the Signature Edition delivery event for the final Model S and Model X ever built on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at its Fremont, California factory, according to the official invitation shared by Sawyer Merritt on X. The invitation has started going out to the 350 buyers who ordered one of the Plaid-only…
Lucid delivered 3,093 vehicles in Q1 2026, far below what’s needed to hit its 25,000–27,000 vehicle annual target. A Gravity seat defect caused a 29-day halt, but the guidance math was already tight.
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla and SpaceX‘s “Terafab” chip manufacturing project on the night of March 21, 2026, at a theatrical event inside Austin’s defunct Seaholm Power Plant — light beams shooting into the sky, Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the audience — and walked away without giving a construction timeline or confirming how the estimated…
Tesla officially launches the Terafab project to manufacture AI5 chips domestically. Elon Musk warns of a critical chip supply shortage by 2029, prompting Tesla to move toward semiconductor independence.
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