EU Countries Resist France-Germany Plan to Ease 2035 Car Rules
France and Germany want a 90% cut in new-car CO2 by 2035 with no offsets. Other EU states are pushing back as Chinese brands hit 14.5% of European sales.
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France and Germany want a 90% cut in new-car CO2 by 2035 with no offsets. Other EU states are pushing back as Chinese brands hit 14.5% of European sales.

Geely will ship its first Lotus electric vehicles to Canada in July, with a delivery ceremony planned in Montreal, China’s ambassador to Canada Wang Di told Reuters on Friday, June 26. The Lotus Eletre SUVs are the first Chinese-owned and Chinese-built cars sold to Canadian buyers under the quota Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed with…

Volkswagen is considering cutting as many as 100,000 jobs and closing four German factories, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, June 26, in what would be the largest restructuring in the company’s 89-year history. The plants on the list are Volkswagen‘s sites in Hanover, Zwickau and Emden, plus Audi‘s factory in…

Nankai University researchers published a 700 Wh/kg lithium metal battery in Nature on February 25 — nearly three times the energy density of CATL's Qilin. The same team already has a 500 Wh/kg battery installed in a FAW Hongqi vehicle targeting mass production by end of 2026.

I’ve been tracking solid-state battery announcements for years now, and the gap between what manufacturers promise and what they actually deliver keeps getting wider. Top Gear’s latest deep-dive on next-generation EV tech finally puts some honest timelines on the table, and they’re not what most prospective buyers want to hear. Here’s what you need to…

Ford, GM, and Stellantis collectively control less than 5% of the global electric vehicle market while Chinese automakers BYD, Geely, and Chery dominate, according to new BloombergNEF data reported by The Wall Street Journal. Why it matters: The gap exposes how far behind American automakers have fallen in the EV race they once claimed to…

Rimac Technology is building solid-state batteries with ProLogium and Mitsubishi, targeting a new Bugatti model by 2030. Why it matters: The Croatian EV tech powerhouse is betting that next-gen batteries will define the hypercar segment before the technology reaches mainstream vehicles. The Details Solid-State Battery Specs E-Axle Developments EVXL’s Take Rimac’s solid-state ambitions put them…

The Lexus LFA is back, but don’t expect that spine-tingling V10 wail. We’ve been tracking Toyota’s halo car development for months, and today’s reveal confirms what many enthusiasts feared: the successor to one of the most celebrated supercars ever made is going fully electric. Lexus unveiled the LFA Concept on December 5, 2025 at Woven…
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