A door that won’t open in a crash isn’t a design quirk. It’s a death trap. China’s government just codified that reality into law, and the ripple effects will hit EV design studios from Munich to Fremont. China’s Ministry of…
Range claims from China’s test cycle deserve scrutiny. The CLTC (China Light-duty vehicle Test Cycle) consistently produces numbers well above what real-world driving delivers — typically estimated at 20-30% higher than EPA-rated figures. Keep that in mind when reading what…
Fourteen crashes. An estimated 800,000 miles. One city. Those numbers come directly from Tesla’s own vehicle safety reports filed with federal regulators, as analyzed by Bloomberg’s Kara Carlson using data from NHTSA’s Standing General Order database. Five Crashes Across Six…
Six Cybercabs are currently being destroyed so that more can be built. That detail — six units simultaneously in crash testing — is the clearest signal yet that Tesla’s production ramp for the Cybercab at Giga Texas is moving on…
The phrase keeps showing up. Musk has described a future of “sustainable abundance” driven by AI and robotics in multiple public appearances over the past year, including at Tesla’s November 2025 shareholder meeting. It’s a large claim from the CEO…
One day after reporting Q4 earnings that beat revenue estimates, Lucid Group filed a WARN notice with California’s Employment Development Department disclosing 319 job eliminations at its Newark headquarters, effective April 21, according to the Mercury News. That’s the third…
The Boring Company has been sitting in Nashville with its Prufrock-MB1 tunnel boring machine since January, engine ready, waiting on permits. Today, the last major regulatory hurdle cleared. By tonight, the company announced it was already 2.5 feet into the…
The man who led the development of Tesla’s Cybercab from concept to first production unit just walked out the door. Victor Nechita, who held the title of Vehicle Program Manager for the Cybercab, announced on LinkedIn that he’s leaving Tesla…
The first Tesla robotaxi crash in Austin happened just weeks after the service launched. The most recent batch of five happened in a single month. In between, the pattern stayed consistent: federal data shows Tesla’s autonomous fleet is hitting things…
The last time Rivian beat earnings expectations, in November 2025, October EV sales were already in freefall. The stock popped, the headlines cheered, and then reality showed up in the form of a 31% Q4 delivery plunge. Today’s Q4 report…
Six months of covering Tesla’s door handle safety crisis. Six EVXL articles documenting trapped children, fatal crashes, and a design flaw Elon Musk insisted on despite engineer objections. On Tuesday, Congress finally moved, Bloomberg reports. The House Committee on Energy and…
Morgan Stanley just did what Tesla hasn’t: put a real number on the 100-gigawatt solar bet we warned readers about four days ago. The answer is somewhere between $30 billion and $70 billion. For context, Tesla’s entire capital expenditure budget…
