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Audi Bets $4 Billion on a Georgia SUV Plant, and Never Mentions EVs

Audi's first US plant, a $4 billion Georgia site, is expected to build Q7, Q8 and Q9 SUVs from the early 2030s. Audi names no EV.

Haye KestelooOct 263 min read

Rivian

Rivian Files To Sell 75 Million Shares Into Its R2 Rally, The Dilution We Called In February

Rivian filed to sell 75 million new Class A shares after Monday’s market close, a deal worth roughly $1.5 billion at the day’s $20.14 closing price. The company says the proceeds will fund general corporate purposes, including the equity contribution requirements tied to its Department of Energy (DOE) loan for the Georgia factory. The timing…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Nevada

Tesla Semi’s First Fatal Crash Kills Nevada Couple While The Truck’s Automatic Braking Remains A Black Box

A Tesla Semi slammed into two passenger vehicles stopped at a red light on U.S. 50 in Dayton, Nevada, on Sunday morning, June 28, killing a married couple and leaving a third person with life-threatening injuries. Preliminary statements gathered at the scene suggest the truck driver may have fallen asleep, according to the Lyon County…

Haye KestelooJul 1

Lotus

Geely Ships Lotus EVs To Canada In July While The US Bans Its Polestar Twin

Geely will ship its first Lotus electric vehicles to Canada in July, with a delivery ceremony planned in Montreal, China’s ambassador to Canada Wang Di told Reuters on Friday, June 26. The Lotus Eletre SUVs are the first Chinese-owned and Chinese-built cars sold to Canadian buyers under the quota Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed with…

Haye KestelooJun 26

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Weighs 100,000 Job Cuts And Four Plant Closures As Its EV Bet Comes Due

Volkswagen is considering cutting as many as 100,000 jobs and closing four German factories, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, June 26, in what would be the largest restructuring in the company’s 89-year history. The plants on the list are Volkswagen‘s sites in Hanover, Zwickau and Emden, plus Audi‘s factory in…

Haye KestelooJun 26

Tesla

Tesla Will Give Nine Drivers Free Supercharging For Life, And It Has Been Counting Your Sessions Since January

Tesla will award nine drivers free Supercharging for life in its 2026 competition. The catch: scoring began January 1 and entry requires sharing your data.

Haye KestelooJun 23

Lucid

Lucid Cuts 18% Of US Workforce, Eliminates COO Role In Napoli’s First Major Move

Lucid Group cut roughly 18% of its U.S. workforce on Monday, its second mass layoff in four months, and eliminated the chief operating officer position. The move removes Marc Winterhoff, who ran Lucid as interim chief executive for more than a year. It is the first major operational decision from Silvio Napoli, the former Schindler…

Haye KestelooJun 22

Tesla

Tesla FSD Safety Math Draws Senate Demand for NHTSA Review and a July 7 Deadline

Two U.S. senators want federal regulators to pull apart the statistics Tesla uses to claim its driver-assistance software is far safer than a human behind the wheel. Senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter on June 16, 2026 to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison, calling…

Haye KestelooJun 16

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