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We’ve been tracking Tesla’s talent struggles all year, and this weekend’s announcement flips the script entirely. Yilun Chen, who spent nearly four years building Apple’s robotics and autonomous systems capabilities, has joined Tesla’s Optimus AI team, calling humanoid robots “the ultimate dream of our generation.” The move, announced on X on November 30, has already…
Tesla is rolling out a free 40-day trial of its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) V14 software to approximately 1.5 million HW4-equipped vehicles across North America. The trial, which began November 29, 2025, expires January 8, 2026, covering the entire holiday travel season. We’ve been tracking Tesla’s FSD push all year, and this is the company’s most…
BYD just announced its third major recall of 2025, and the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. China’s market regulator confirmed Friday that BYD will immediately recall 88,981 Qin PLUS DM-i plug-in hybrids over battery pack quality issues. The affected vehicles were produced between January 2021 and September 2023, according to Reuters. The issue stems…
BMW’s all-electric coupe-SUV future just came into focus. Prototypes of the new iX4 have been spotted testing for the first time, revealing a sleek, range-topping electric crossover that could deliver more than 500 miles on a single charge, according to Autocar. We’ve been tracking BMW’s Neue Klasse transformation since prototypes began testing in southern France…
We’ve been tracking the bidirectional charging space closely, and Polestar just made a significant move that deserves attention. The Swedish-Chinese automaker announced a partnership with Canadian startup Dcbel to bring vehicle-to-home (V2H) capability to Polestar 3 owners in California, making the luxury SUV double as a home backup battery capable of powering a house for…
Tesla’s India launch is off to a dismal start. The company has sold just over 100 Model Y units since deliveries began in September, and its new pitch to Indian buyers is that they can recover one-third of the $67,000 price tag through fuel and maintenance savings over four to five years, Reuters reports. The…
Tata Motors predicts India will reach EV-gasoline price parity by 2030, but the company is watching its market share get sliced in half as Tesla, VinFast, and Chinese competitors pile into one of the world’s last remaining growth markets, Bloomberg reports. The timing could not be more brutal. As China’s EV market drowns in overcapacity…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe isn’t backing down from Tesla. He’s coming for its customers. In a wide-ranging interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Scaringe laid out an aggressive vision for his company’s future, declaring that Tesla’s dominant market position proves the EV market remains ripe for disruption. “So having a single player with nearly 50% market…
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