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Tesla

Tesla Fed Misleading FSD Safety Numbers to European Regulators, Reuters Finds

Tesla gave Dutch and Swedish regulators self-published FSD safety stats that 10 of 11 researchers call misleading marketing.

Haye KestelooJun 15

Model Y

China’s EV Dominance Came From City Hall, Not Beijing, And Washington Is Repeating Its Drone Mistake

New research published in The China Journal dismantles the story Washington tells itself about China’s electric vehicle rise. Political scientists Fengming Lu and Xiao Ma argue the boom was never engineered by a Beijing master plan. It grew from alliances between ambitious second-tier city governments and private carmakers that central regulators had locked out of…

Haye KestelooJun 10

South Carolina

Geely Already Builds Cars In South Carolina, And The Chinese EV Ban Has A Factory-Sized Hole

Chinese electric vehicles are closer to American driveways than the 125% cumulative tariff wall suggests, and the question driving industry analysis this week is no longer whether they arrive but through which door. One door already exists: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group owns the Volvo plant near Charleston, South Carolina, where Volvo and Polestar models roll…

Haye KestelooJun 9

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

Taycan

Porsche Manthey Kit Drops Taycan Turbo GT To 6:55.553 At Nürburgring, Outruns Yangwang U9 Xtreme

Porsche development driver Lars Kern set a 6:55.553 Nürburgring lap in a Taycan Turbo GT with the new Manthey Kit, faster than BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme.

Haye KestelooMay 7

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

Tesla

Tesla FSD Supervised Moves Toward EU-Wide Approval as RDW Files With the European Commission

Three days after the RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued its formal type approval for Tesla FSD Supervised on April 10, 2026, the next step is already in motion. The RDW has notified the European Commission of its plan to seek EU-wide recognition for Tesla FSD Supervised, according to an RDW…

Haye KestelooApr 13

Netherlands

Tesla FSD Supervised Clears the Netherlands — Now the Real Test Begins

The RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, the Dutch vehicle authority) issued a formal type approval for Tesla‘s driver assistance system, FSD Supervised (Full Self-Driving Supervised), on April 10, 2026, making the Netherlands the first European market to authorize the software on public roads. The RDW published its official explanation directly on rdw.nl, confirming that FSD…

Haye KestelooApr 10

BYD

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