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I’ve been tracking solid-state battery announcements for years now, and the gap between what manufacturers promise and what they actually deliver keeps getting wider. Top Gear’s latest deep-dive on next-generation EV tech finally puts some honest timelines on the table, and they’re not what most prospective buyers want to hear. Here’s what you need to…
Tesla's Shanghai factory shipped 86,700 vehicles in November, up 10% YoY, marking just the third monthly increase in 2025 as BYD declines for third month.
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 vehicles were produced between January 2021 and September 2023, according to Reuters. The issue stems…
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 growth-at-all-costs era is ending, and the bill is coming due. Investors who bet on endless…
BMW is weighing the addition of range-extending engines to some of its vehicles in China, including the X5 SUV and 7-Series sedan, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would make BMW the first German automaker to embrace technology popularized by Chinese competitors like BYD and Li Auto. This isn’t innovation. It’s adaptation…
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 has “bested” Tesla’s Model Y “in almost every way.” The assessment comes from one of…
Xiaomi’s EV division posts a $98 million profit in Q3 2025, validating a “ruthlessly efficient” consumer tech strategy that puts Apple’s failed car project to shame. Xiaomi has achieved the holy grail of the electric vehicle industry—profitability—in record time, reports Bloomberg. The Chinese consumer electronics giant reported a 700 million yuan ($98 million USD) profit…
Tesla is recalling approximately 10,500 Powerwall 2 home battery systems in the United States due to defective lithium-ion battery cells that can overheat, smoke, or ignite, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The recall follows 22 reports of overheating incidents including five fires that caused minor property damage, though no injuries have been…
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