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Tesla's Cybercab cleared EPA certification: front-wheel drive, 219 hp, 326V pack. The 418-mile calculated range needs a caveat before the window sticker.
The outbound lot at Gigafactory Texas held its largest visible batch of production Cybercab units yet on Sunday, June 14, 2026, with the gold-finished robotaxis staged in tight rows along the factory’s west side. A widely shared count from a Tesla observer on X put the tally at a record 102 cars, a figure that…
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. The Autopian published exclusive spy photos on June 9, 2026, showing a camouflaged four-door pickup…
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…
Chinese electric vehicles are closer to American driveways than the 125% cumulative tariff wall suggests, and the question driving industry analysis this week is no longer whether they arrive but through which door. One door already exists: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group owns the Volvo plant near Charleston, South Carolina, where Volvo and Polestar models roll…
Tesla has filed for a permit to run a paid robotaxi service across Clark County, Nevada, and the number it put on paper is the part worth stopping on. The application, logged as Docket 26-05015 with the Nevada Transportation Authority, asks for authorization to operate up to 5,000 autonomous vehicles in the first 12 months…
Tesla restocked used Cybertrucks days after selling out, with starting prices up to $72,900 and Foundation Series trucks still stripped of permanent FSD.
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.
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