ID. range, the GTI revival, PPE platform and Group strategy — Wolfsburg’s EV pivot in full.
Volkswagen suggested Wednesday that technology developed through its $5.8 billion partnership with Rivian could eventually be used in internal combustion engine vehicles, marking a notable shift in messaging just six weeks after the federal EV tax credit expired and triggered a historic market collapse. The acknowledgment from Carsten Helbing, co-CEO of the joint venture RV…
Chinese-owned electric vehicle maker Polestar announced a reverse stock split on Wednesday as the struggling automaker fights to maintain its Nasdaq listing while reporting a widening third-quarter net loss of $365 million—up from $323 million in the same period last year. The financial engineering maneuver comes as the Geely-backed EV maker faces a perfect storm…
Volkswagen has unveiled the ID. Unyx 08, a China-exclusive electric SUV that looks nothing like a traditional Volkswagen—and that’s exactly the point. The five-meter electric SUV, co-developed with Chinese EV maker Xpeng, represents the German automaker’s acknowledgment that it can’t beat Chinese competitors at their own game, so it’s joining them instead. The production version…
Bentley CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser has publicly acknowledged that electric vehicle acceptance has hit an “all-time low” while announcing the luxury automaker’s next new model will be a petrol-powered Supersports performance car—not the EV the company promised just three years ago. The admission comes in a rare interview with The Sunday Times published November 8, marking…
Tesla’s October 2025 sales collapsed across Europe, with registrations plummeting by double-digit margins in nearly every major market—just as shareholders vote today on CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion compensation package. The timing couldn’t be worse for the embattled EV maker, as the catastrophic sales figures underscore growing questions about whether Musk deserves the largest…
Automakers shipping vehicles to the United States could face $200 to $300 per vehicle in additional costs, the CEO of major car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen warned Wednesday, as the company moves to pass new U.S. port fees onto customers. The announcement comes despite a late-October trade agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that was supposed…
Volkswagen has secured 2.3 billion reais ($425.62 million) in credit lines from Brazil’s state development bank BNDES to accelerate hybrid vehicle development across South America, according to Reuters. The German automaker announced Friday it will use the financing to offer hybrid versions of all new vehicles developed and manufactured in the region starting in 2026.…
Ford CEO Jim Farley has escalated his warnings about Chinese automotive dominance to existential levels, declaring that China’s manufacturing capacity could single-handedly destroy the entire North American auto industry. In a stark CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired October 26, Farley compared the Chinese threat to 1980s Japan “on steroids”—his most alarming public assessment yet…
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