
Renault Returns To Profit With One Hard Rule: Every New EV Must Earn Like A Hybrid
Renault posted a €721 million H1 2026 profit as EV sales jumped 47.6% in Europe. The rule behind it: no new EV is approved unless it earns like a full hybrid.
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Renault posted a €721 million H1 2026 profit as EV sales jumped 47.6% in Europe. The rule behind it: no new EV is approved unless it earns like a full hybrid.
Tesla says European customers have now logged more than 50 million kilometers on FSD Supervised, a figure that is roughly 28 times larger than the 1.8 million kilometer dataset used to help win the system's first type approval in the Netherlands.

BYD sold 557,090 fully electric vehicles in the second quarter, enough to take back the global BEV crown from Tesla a full day before Tesla reports its own numbers. Here is the part most coverage will skip: that winning figure is 8.22% lower than what BYD sold in the same quarter last year. Tesla publishes…

BMW unveiled the all-electric iX5 on June 30, 2026, alongside the rest of its fifth-generation X5 lineup at the company’s “Home of X” event at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina. The iX5 60 xDrive will be the first fully electric BMW built in the United States, with production at Spartanburg starting later this year and customer…

The Tesla Model Y is now the most reliable electric vehicle Consumer Reports tracks, the same outlet that named it the only pure EV on its 2026 Top Picks list. For a model that spent its first three years scoring in the 30s on CR’s reliability scale, that is a real turnaround, and it lines…

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…

Polestar will stop selling new cars in the United States starting with the 2027 model year after the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security declined to grant it authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule. The Swedish brand announced the decision on Thursday, June 25. It is the first automaker pushed out of the American…

Tesla will award nine drivers free Supercharging for life in its 2026 competition. The catch: scoring began January 1 and entry requires sharing your data.
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