ID. range, the GTI revival, PPE platform and Group strategy — Wolfsburg’s EV pivot in full.
Less than two weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney opened Canada’s doors to Chinese electric vehicles, General Motors CEO Mary Barra has broken her silence. She doesn’t like what she sees. “I can’t explain why the decision was made in Canada,” Barra told employees during an all-hands meeting Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal.…
Tesla beat Wall Street expectations on earnings and margins in Q4 2025, even as net income dropped 61% and annual profit fell to less than a third of its 2022 peak. Investors shrugged off the decline and pushed shares higher after hours, betting on CEO Elon Musk’s promises of robotaxis, humanoid robots, and a $20…
The numbers finally flipped. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) outsold petrol cars in the European Union for the first time ever in December 2025, according to fresh data from ACEA released today. But before you call it a tipping point, look closer at the breakdown. The milestone: BEVs captured 22.6% of EU registrations in December, narrowly…
A $60,000 BYD Sealion 7 caught Julian Scot-Smith’s attention at a London Porsche dealership last December. The British couple had come to browse German luxury SUVs in Mayfair. They left considering a Chinese alternative. That moment, captured in a new Wall Street Journal analysis, distills everything happening in the global auto industry right now. BYD…
The internal documents tell one story. Tesla’s press statement tells another. According to works council election records obtained by German business daily Handelsblatt, Giga Berlin’s headcount dropped from 12,415 in 2024 to 10,703 today. That’s 1,712 fewer workers. A 14% decline. Tesla’s response? “Compared to 2024, there has been no significant reduction in the number…
Renault SA plans to reintegrate its Ampere electric vehicle and software operations back into the parent company, reversing a strategy that never delivered the €10 billion valuation former CEO Luca de Meo once promised investors. The French automaker is meeting with labor unions today to discuss the reorganization. Bloomberg reports that CEO François Provost is…
Two months after demanding Brussels weaken the 2035 combustion engine ban, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is now pledging billions in taxpayer money to boost EV sales. The contradiction reveals Germany’s auto industry isn’t facing a policy problem. It’s facing a competitiveness crisis that no subsidy can fix. The Fact: Germany will offer families with small…
Finnish electric motorcycle maker Verge Motorcycles and its technology spinoff Donut Lab just announced the world’s first production vehicle with solid-state batteries at CES 2026. The $30,000 TS Pro promises 200+ miles of range, sub-10-minute charging, and 100,000 charge cycles. There’s just one problem: the company has shared zero technical data, zero third-party validation, and…
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