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Two gold Tesla Cybercabs with Texas plates driving down a tree-lined Austin street as people film them from the sidewalk

Michigan · Robotaxi

Tesla Tests About Two Dozen Cybercabs on Detroit Roads

Two dozen Tesla Cybercabs with temporary steering wheels and test drivers are on Metro Detroit roads, The Detroit News reports, a year after Waymo.

Damien KestelooNov 33 min read

Lotus

Geely Ships Lotus EVs To Canada In July While The US Bans Its Polestar Twin

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…

Haye KestelooJun 26

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

Ford

Ford’s $30,000 EV Pickup Breaks Cover in Long Beach, Far From the Detroit Roads Ford Flagged

Ford’s $30,000 electric pickup has been photographed on public streets for the first time, and the sighting happened in Long Beach, California, roughly 2,300 road miles from the metro Detroit area where the company said camouflaged prototypes would soon appear. The Autopian published exclusive spy photos on June 9, 2026, showing a camouflaged four-door pickup…

Haye KestelooJun 10

Slate

Slate Truck’s Real Price Is $27,500 — No Paint, No Radio, and the Tax Credit Already Gone

Slate Auto, a Michigan-based startup backed by investors reportedly including Jeff Bezos, has officially unveiled the Slate Truck — a two-seat electric pickup with a base MSRP of $27,500. The $7,500 federal EV tax credit that would have pushed that number below $20,000 no longer exists: Congress eliminated it via the Big Beautiful Bill, effective…

Haye KestelooApr 13

Rivian R2 Earns 335-Mile EPA Rating — But That Charging Speed Needs a Second Look

The Rivian R2 earned a 335-mile EPA rating, beating Rivian's own estimate. But the 144 MPGe efficiency claim and 210 kW peak charging rate both deserve scrutiny.

Haye KestelooApr 7

F-150 Lightning

Automakers’ 2026 EV Cancellations and Delays: A Running List of Who’s Pulling Back

tay updated on the wave of 2026 EV cancellations and delays. From Ford's F-150 Lightning exit to GM's Ultium collapse, we track the $53B retreat from all-electric commitments.

Haye KestelooMar 13

Tesla's Major Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Autopilot Safety Upgrade Model 3 Performance

Model Y

Tesla’s Door Handle Crisis Hits Congress: SAFE Exit Act Clears First Vote as Death Toll Mounts

Six months of covering Tesla’s door handle safety crisis. Six EVXL articles documenting trapped children, fatal crashes, and a design flaw Elon Musk insisted on despite engineer objections. On Tuesday, Congress finally moved, Bloomberg reports. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce forwarded the Securing Accessible Functional Emergency Exit Act, or SAFE Exit Act, to the…

Haye KestelooFeb 11

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