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Slate

Slate Truck Ships With No Modem, Making Driver Tracking Physically Impossible

Slate Auto's electric pickup ships with no embedded modem, so it physically can't transmit your location. Why that hardware choice beats any privacy policy.

Haye KestelooJun 4

Rolls-Royce Updates Its Electric Spectre Series II, Now the Most Powerful Rolls Ever

The new Rolls Royce Spectre Series II brings a 308-mile range, NACS charging, and a 680 hp Black Badge variant to fight off a massive global sales decline.

Haye KestelooJun 4

Model Y

Toyota bZ Undercuts The Tesla Model Y By $5,000, But Edmunds Still Hands Tesla The Win

Toyota rebuilt its only electric SUV from the floor up for 2026, dropped the clumsy bZ4X name, cut the entry price below $35,000, and added 62 miles of range to its volume trim. Edmunds just put the renamed Toyota bZ head-to-head against the Tesla Model Y and reached a split decision: the bZ wins on…

Haye KestelooJun 3

Tesla

Tesla Stretches Its Austin Robotaxi Map Across the Metro While the Driverless Fleet Shrinks to 20 Cars

Tesla widened its unsupervised robotaxi service to cover the entire Austin metropolitan area on Wednesday, more than doubling the operating zone and opening up highway driving on Interstate 35 along with suburbs like Pflugerville and Manor. The company’s official Robotaxi account announced the change on X, and Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s vice president of AI software,…

Haye KestelooJun 3

Model S

Tesla Builds Last Model S And Model X At Fremont, Pivots Line To Optimus Robots

The last Model S and last Model X ever produced at Tesla‘s Fremont factory rolled off the line on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Tesla announced the milestone on X just after 9 PM Pacific, posting photos of the final cars surrounded by the workers who built them. The flagship sedan ran for 14 years. The…

Haye KestelooMay 10

BMW

BMW i7 Facelift Debuts In Beijing With Rimac Gen6 Battery, But Stays On 400-Volt Architecture

BMW peeled the covers off the facelifted 7 Series and i7 today, April 22, 2026, at Auto China 2026 in Beijing, and the headline is buried underneath the usual grille-and-screen noise. The electric i7 now runs a jointly developed battery pack from Rimac Technology, using BMW’s Gen6 4695 cylindrical cells inside the outgoing car’s Gen5…

Haye KestelooApr 22

Tesla

Tesla Sets May 12 Fremont Send-Off For 350 Signature Edition Model S And Model X Buyers

Tesla will hold the Signature Edition delivery event for the final Model S and Model X ever built on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at its Fremont, California factory, according to the official invitation shared by Sawyer Merritt on X. The invitation has started going out to the 350 buyers who ordered one of the Plaid-only…

Haye KestelooApr 21

California

Tesla California Registrations Drop 24.3% in Q1 2026 as ZEV Share Hits Lowest Level Since 2021

Tesla vehicle registrations in California fell 24.3% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to the Q1 2026 California Auto Outlook released Tuesday by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). Tesla’s statewide market share fell from 9.2% to 7.7% over that span, even as the company’s…

Haye KestelooApr 21

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