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China Bans Concealed Door Handles, Forcing Tesla, BMW, and Xiaomi Into Costly EV Redesigns

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 Industry and Information Technology published rules banning concealed, electrically operated door handles on vehicles sold…

Tesla's Cybercab Program Manager Quit the Day After the First Unit Rolled Off the Line
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Tesla’s Own Data Shows Its Robotaxis Crash 4x More Than Human Drivers — and Up to 8x More by NHTSA Standards

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 Weeks Paint a Damaging Picture Tesla’s latest vehicle safety report covers five incidents from December…

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Lucid, Rivian to Sell, Warns of 'EV Winter' Into 2026
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Lucid Motors Cuts 319 Newark Jobs As Layoff Count Hits Third Year Running

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 consecutive year Lucid has filed layoff notices at the same address: 123 workers cut in…

The Boring Company's Nashville Music City Loop Gets Final Green Light, Tunneling Already Underway
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The Boring Company’s Nashville Music City Loop Gets Final Green Light, Tunneling Already Underway

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 ground. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Wednesday that the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and…

Tesla's Cybercab Program Manager Quit the Day After the First Unit Rolled Off the Line
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Tesla’s Cybercab Program Manager Quit the Day After the First Unit Rolled Off the Line

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 after nearly six years to move to Boston. The departure was first flagged on X…

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