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Tesla's Major Recall Over 2 Million Vehicles for Autopilot Safety Upgrade Model 3 Performance
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Tesla’s $1 Billion Buffalo Boondoggle Hits New Snag After Musk Kills AI Project

New York State officials are frustrated with Tesla after two years of lease renegotiations for the taxpayer-funded Buffalo factory hit another wall when Elon Musk abruptly killed the AI supercomputer project that was central to the pending deal. The state built the sprawling facility for nearly $1 billion and rents it to Tesla for just…

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German EV Sales Are a Statistical Illusion: 1 in 4 ‘Sold’ Cars Never Reached Real Buyers

Germany’s electric vehicle boom is built on a foundation of corporate accounting tricks, not genuine consumer demand. A German industry association warned Monday that nearly one in four newly registered EVs in 2025 were “self-registered” by manufacturers and dealers rather than sold to actual customers. The revelation exposes a troubling gap between official registration statistics…

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Tesla Slashes Model 3 Lease Down Payment to $1,500 as Post-Tax-Credit Sales Pressure Mounts

Tesla has dropped the down payment requirement on Model 3 Premium RWD leases to just $1,500 while maintaining the $299 monthly payment, marking the automaker’s most aggressive pricing move since the federal EV tax credit expired two months ago. The deal represents a 63% reduction in upfront costs compared to the $3,993 down payment Tesla…

EU Plans December Announcement For Affordable Small EVs To Counter Chinese Competition
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UK Extends EV Subsidies While Planning Mileage Tax to Recover Lost Fuel Revenue

Britain’s government unveiled a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) extension of electric vehicle purchase subsidies on Friday, just hours before confirming plans to impose a per-mile tax on EV drivers starting in 2028—a policy contradiction that exposes the fundamental revenue crisis governments face as electrification eliminates fuel duty income. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce the subsidy…

BMW iX3 Shatters Range Expectations With 626-Mile Real-World Test Drive
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EV Sales Surge Masks Manufacturing Collapse As Q3 Data Reveals Subsidy Cliff Reality

US clean-energy investments hit a record $75 billion in the third quarter of 2025, driven almost entirely by consumers scrambling to buy electric vehicles before federal tax credits expired on September 30, according to new data from Rhodium Group and MIT. But the headline number conceals a brutal truth: EV manufacturing investments collapsed 30% compared…

Tesla's Charging Empire Might Expand with Hyundai
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Tesla Faces New Fatal Door Handle Lawsuit After Washington State Crash

A new wrongful death lawsuit filed against Tesla Inc. highlights the ongoing safety crisis surrounding the company’s electronic door handle design, alleging that a couple became trapped in their burning Model 3 after a January 2023 crash in Washington state left one dead and the other seriously injured. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District…

Chinese Automaker GAC to Build Electric AION V in Austria, Dodging EU Tariffs
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Chinese Automaker GAC to Build Electric AION V in Austria, Dodging EU Tariffs

China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) will manufacture its AION V electric SUV at Magna International’s Austria facility, the companies announced Thursday, marking the second Chinese EV brand in two months to use European contract manufacturing as a workaround for steep EU tariffs on China-made vehicles. The move highlights a rapidly emerging strategy among Chinese automakers:…

Lucid Pushes for EV Tax Credit Extension to Boost Small Brands Through 2026
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Lucid Launches $79,900 Gravity Touring: A Price Drop That Missed The Tax Credit

Lucid Motors just dropped the price of its critical SUV to under $80,000, but for buyers hoping for a federal subsidy, the timing couldn’t be worse. Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) officially launched the Lucid Gravity Touring on Thursday with a starting price of $79,900, a strategic move to broaden the luxury SUV’s appeal as demand…

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