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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…
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.
BMW peeled the covers off the facelifted 7 Series and i7 today, April 22, 2026, at Auto China 2026 in Beijing, and the headline is buried underneath the usual grille-and-screen noise. The electric i7 now runs a jointly developed battery pack from Rimac Technology, using BMW’s Gen6 4695 cylindrical cells inside the outgoing car’s Gen5…
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…
Tesla has settled the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Edgar Monserratt Martinez, an 18-year-old killed in a 2018 crash involving a 2014 Model S whose owner-requested 85 mph (137 kph) speed limiter had been disabled before the fatal high-speed impact, court records show. The automaker was removed as a defendant Sunday, with…
Mercedes-Benz officially revealed the 2027 C-Class Electric today, confirming a dual-motor C400 4Matic with 482 horsepower, a 94.5 kWh battery, and up to 473 miles of WLTP range. Translated to the U.S. EPA standard, that figure lands closer to 380 to 400 miles, still enough to make this the longest-range C-Class ever built. Motor1’s full…
An EF-1 tornado struck Rivian’s Normal, Illinois assembly plant on the night of April 17, 2026, tearing open the roof and a wall of the building where the company assembles the R2, its make-or-break mid-size SUV. Rivian confirmed the damage to TechCrunch, which first reported the company’s confirmation and the internal staff email, and said…
Mercedes-Benz has previewed the interior of the all-electric C-Class with EQ Technology ahead of its world debut on April 20 in South Korea. Carscoops reports the cabin is anchored by the 39.1-inch MBUX Hyperscreen first seen in the GLC EV, a multi-source heat pump Mercedes claims heats the cabin twice as fast as a combustion…
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