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European car sales jumped 10.7% in September 2025, driven by a plug-in hybrid explosion that signals automakers are choosing profitable hybrids over money-losing pure electric vehicles to meet emissions targets. But the real story lies beneath the headline numbers: Tesla’s sales dropped 10.5% while Chinese rival BYD surged 398%, according to data released Tuesday by…
A groundbreaking study from Yale University economists has quantified for the first time how CEO Elon Musk’s partisan political activities directly damaged Tesla’s U.S. sales. The National Bureau of Economic Research working paper concludes Tesla would have sold between 1 million and 1.26 million additional vehicles from October 2022 through April 2025 without what researchers…
Tesla has opened its second retail location in Chile, expanding its South American presence nine months after entering the market, according to a post by Tesla Chile Sales Advisor Francisco Taladriz on October 26, 2025. The new store at Alto Las Condes shopping center in Santiago marks Tesla’s continued push into a region where Chinese…
Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s remote-control “Actually Smart Summon” feature after at least 16 crashes where the vehicles failed to detect stationary obstacles, raising fresh questions about the automaker’s autonomous driving promises as CEO Elon Musk gains unprecedented political influence. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the prob
Tesla’s Model Y returned to the top of Europe’s sales charts in September 2025, ending a nine-month drought that saw the electric SUV plummet as low as 60th place just two months earlier. But the victory comes with a catch: Model Y sales fell 8.6% year-over-year to 25,938 units, according to data from Automotive News…
Tesla is recalling nearly 13,000 Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles due to a battery pack defect that could cause sudden loss of propulsion while driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall affects 7,925 Model Y vehicles from the 2026 model year and 5,038 Model 3 sedans from the 2025…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe sent an internal memo to employees Thursday announcing the company’s third workforce reduction in four months, cutting roughly 600 jobs as the electric vehicle maker struggles with collapsed post-tax-credit demand. The carefully worded message emphasized “structural adjustments” for the upcoming R2 launch while conspicuously avoiding the financial crisis threatening the comp
Reuters analysis reveals Tesla is taking an unprecedented gamble in the automotive industry: staking its entire car business on models designed between 2017 and 2020 while Chinese EV makers like BYD slash development cycles to two years or less. Industry experts warn this aging product lineup threatens Tesla’s market position as competitors flood showrooms with…
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