Tesla has extended its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) ride-along program in Europe by three months following what the company calls “high demand,” with free demos now available through March 31, 2026 across Germany, France, and Italy. We’ve been tracking Tesla’s European…
Rivian is recalling nearly every electric delivery van it has ever built after federal regulators flagged a seat belt defect that could leave drivers unrestrained during a crash. We’ve been tracking Rivian’s quality control struggles for over a year, and…
Mary Barra just said the quiet part out loud. At the New York Times Dealbook Summit on Wednesday, the GM CEO revealed she privately told President Biden that Tesla and Elon Musk deserved the credit he was heaping on her…
Tesla’s Shanghai factory just posted its best month since September, and the timing couldn’t be more ironic. While Elon Musk builds his political empire in Washington alongside trade hawks pushing aggressive China tariffs, his Chinese factory is quietly propping up…
We’ve been tracking the accelerating exodus of Chinese tech companies from U.S. markets, and today’s news confirms another major defection. Momenta, the autonomous driving startup powering self-driving systems for BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota, has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong…
The world’s largest EV maker just posted its worst sales streak in years, and it happened during what should have been the industry’s biggest buying rush. BYD Co. delivered 480,186 vehicles in November 2025, a 5.3% decline from the same…
Tesla is raising prices on its Windshield Protection Plan by 33% starting January 1, 2026, squeezing more revenue from existing owners even as the company slashes vehicle prices and eliminates down payments to attract new buyers amid a global sales…
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court alleges a 2018 Tesla Model 3 “suddenly and rapidly accelerated out of control” before crashing into a utility pole and bursting into flames, killing one occupant while bystanders struggled to open the…
Michael Burry, the legendary investor who predicted the 2008 housing crash, has publicly declared war on Tesla’s valuation. In a scathing post on his new Substack newsletter “Cassandra Unchained,” Burry called the electric vehicle maker “ridiculously overvalued” and took direct…
Chinese premium EV maker Zeekr officially began sales in Germany on Monday, bringing three electric models priced from €37,990 ($44,065) to the doorstep of BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen. We’ve been tracking China’s EV invasion of Europe for years, and this…
We’ve been tracking Tesla’s talent struggles all year, and this weekend’s announcement flips the script entirely. Yilun Chen, who spent nearly four years building Apple’s robotics and autonomous systems capabilities, has joined Tesla’s Optimus AI team, calling humanoid robots “the…
A new Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system has gone live in Sapporo, Japan, marking another expansion of the company’s utility-scale energy business at a time when its automotive division faces mounting pressure. Manoa Energy announced today the start of…
Tesla is rolling out a free 40-day trial of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) V14 software to approximately 1.5 million HW4-equipped vehicles across North America. The trial, which began November 29, 2025, expires January 8, 2026, covering the entire holiday travel…
The 60-day grace period is over, and California Highway Patrol officers are ready to write tickets. We’ve been tracking the systematic rollback of EV incentives for months, and Monday marks another painful milestone. Starting December 1, 2025, California’s 500,000-plus electric…
BYD just announced its third major recall of 2025, and the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. China’s market regulator confirmed Friday that BYD will immediately recall 88,981 Qin PLUS DM-i plug-in hybrids over battery pack quality issues. The affected…
BMW’s all-electric coupe-SUV future just came into focus. Prototypes of the new iX4 have been spotted testing for the first time, revealing a sleek, range-topping electric crossover that could deliver more than 500 miles on a single charge, according to…
DJI’s Amflow brand just dropped its first-ever promotional pricing on the award-winning PL Carbon electric mountain bikes, and the timing couldn’t be better for Black Friday shoppers. The sale, running from November 28 through December 23, takes up to $1,600…
We’ve been warning for months that China’s EV “miracle” was built on unsustainable foundations. This week, Bloomberg delivered the receipts. Chinese EV stocks are in freefall after a brutal Q3 earnings season exposed what we’ve been documenting all year: the…
We’ve been tracking the bidirectional charging space closely, and Polestar just made a significant move that deserves attention. The Swedish-Chinese automaker announced a partnership with Canadian startup Dcbel to bring vehicle-to-home (V2H) capability to Polestar 3 owners in California, making…
Germany just made it official. Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed today that he’s sending a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanding that Brussels allow plug-in hybrids and “highly efficient” combustion engines to be sold beyond the 2035…
The founders of Harbinger Motors have watched EV startups collapse from the inside. Now FedEx is betting they learned the right lessons. Harbinger Motors, a medium-duty electric truck chassis maker led by veterans of failed EV companies Faraday Future, Canoo,…
Tesla faces sales pressure in all three of the world’s biggest car markets simultaneously, with European registrations plunging 48.5% in October while industry-wide EV sales jumped 26%. The collapse comes as CEO Elon Musk has spent much of 2025 focused…
Tesla’s India launch is off to a dismal start. The company has sold just over 100 Model Y units since deliveries began in September, and its new pitch to Indian buyers is that they can recover one-third of the $67,000…
Europe’s embattled carmakers are hoping for regulatory relief when Brussels unveils an auto sector package on December 10, which could water down an effective ban on new combustion engines initially slated for 2035. The continent’s automakers from Volkswagen to Renault…
Volkswagen just admitted what we’ve been reporting for years: German engineering can’t keep up with China’s EV pace. The automaker completed its €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) test center in Hefei on Tuesday, claiming it can now slash development costs by…
The world’s largest Tesla Supercharger is now fully operational in Lost Hills, California, delivering 164 charging stalls powered almost entirely by the sun. Tesla confirmed the completion of its “Oasis” Supercharger station via X, marking a major infrastructure milestone just…
Hyundai Motor Group has officially dethroned Volkswagen as the world’s second-most profitable automaker, CEO José Muñoz declared at a high-performance vehicle launch in France, widening the gap between the surging Korean conglomerate and Europe’s largest automaker now hemorrhaging cash. The…
NIO just reversed four consecutive quarters of widening losses, posting its smallest quarterly deficit since 2022 as record vehicle deliveries and aggressive cost-cutting show the Chinese EV maker may finally be finding its footing in an industry where most competitors…
Tata Motors predicts India will reach EV-gasoline price parity by 2030, but the company is watching its market share get sliced in half as Tesla, VinFast, and Chinese competitors pile into one of the world’s last remaining growth markets, Bloomberg…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe isn’t backing down from Tesla. He’s coming for its customers. In a wide-ranging interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Scaringe laid out an aggressive vision for his company’s future, declaring that Tesla’s dominant market position proves the…
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