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General Motors Overtakes Tesla In China EV Sales

If Tesla’s plan was always to kickstart the electric vehicle revolution and then pass the baton to others to take it forward, then that plan is going phenomenally well. While Tesla experiments with its next potential disruptors—robotaxis and humanoid robots—its core passenger vehicle business has taken a pummeling.

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MAN’s First Electric Coach Has An Enormous Battery Pack

MAN, one of Volkswagen Group’s bus-making subsidiaries, is working on an all-electric coach that can do everything a diesel-powered coach can do. Called the MAN Lion’s Coach E, the fancy bus will feature a huge battery pack and an estimated driving range of up to 403 miles (650 kilometers) on…

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The 2026 Toyota C-HR Wants To Be A Sporty bZ

Remember the Toyota C-HR? I do. It was a four-door crossover SUV that straddled a weird space in Toyota’s lineup. Smaller and cheaper than the RAV4, this coupe-esque, ICE-only, front-wheel-drive-only crossover didn’t do all that hot on Toyota's sales floor. It was subsequently killed in 2022, replaced by the generally…

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The Mercedes CLA EV Will Work With Tesla Superchargers After All

The Mercedes-Benz CLA electric sedan will be compatible with both 400-volt and 800-volt DC fast chargers when customer deliveries start in the United States early next year. This is a big deal, and it means the four-door compact EV will be able to use the vast majority of fast chargers…

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GM Says These EV Batteries Are 'Critical' For Its Future

General Motors on Tuesday said it’s planning to become the world’s first automaker to use lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries in production trucks and full-size SUVs starting in 2028. The new chemistry marks a major pivot, not just from today’s nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) and lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, but also from pouch cells GM…

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Volkswagen EVs Are About To Get Cheaper, Thanks To New Batteries

Volkswagen has been trying to adjust its EV aspirations. It may have stumbled out of the gate with the middling ID.3 and ID.4, and its flailing software arm, but it really is trying to right the ship here. It’s partnered with Xpeng and Rivian for better in-car software, while continuously…

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Car Companies Once Had Global Ambitions. That Era Is Ending

Twenty years ago, Ford CEO Alan Mulally revitalized the company in part through his "One Ford" strategy. It saw the Blue Oval doubling down on its global ambitions while reducing the number of disparate vehicles for different markets. It seemed like the natural course for what was then a hyper-globalized…

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EPA Vows To 'Fix' This Gas-Saving Feature That 'Everyone Hates'

If you've ever driven a gas car with Auto Start-Stop (AST) tech, you know just how annoying it can be. You roll to a stop and after a slight delay, the RPMs drop to zero until you let your foot off the brake and the engine quickly roars back to…

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GM’s Next-Gen EV Truck Battery Promises More Range, Lower Cost

General Motors and Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution have jointly developed a new lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery chemistry that promises to extend driving range and lower the cost of electric trucks. The new batteries will debut on GM’s models in 2028.

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Chinese Cars Will Enter The U.S. Market, Say Auto Execs

China has been pumping out some pretty sweet EVs lately. They're cheap, packed with boatloads of tech, and are arguably a pretty amazing value proposition for the money. It's kind of obvious why U.S. automakers are worried about the thought of these cars ever hitting the U.S. market.

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2026 Toyota bZ4x Loses The Dumb Name, Gains A Whole Lot Of Range

If you were yearning for an improved Toyota bZ4x, the automaker has just answered your prayers. After showcasing the upgraded electric crossover in Europe early this year, Toyota has confirmed that those changes are also headed to the U.S.

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New Audi E-Tron GT Base Model Trades Power For More Range

This is the new Audi E-Tron GT Quattro, the cheapest version of the four-door electric grand tourer. As you might imagine, a smaller price tag inevitably leads to some drawbacks, but in the case of the new base-spec E-Tron GT, things are not as bad as they might seem.

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Tesla Wants To Deploy Robotaxis. Federal Investigators Have Questions

The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has sent Tesla a comprehensive list of questions regarding the automaker’s robotaxi rollout. Specifically, federal safety investigators want to know how Tesla’s so-called Full-Self Driving (Supervised) advanced driver assistance system operates in poor weather conditions, such as “sun glare, fog, airborne dust, rain, or…

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Slate Racks Up 100,000 Reservations On Its Uber-Cheap Electric Truck

If you've been dreaming of an EV that costs less than the average family's income, Slate's got you covered for the low starting price of under $20,000 after federal incentives, assuming those are still around when it launches. That puts it within reach of far more buyers than expensive electric…

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Congress Just Took A Step Toward Killing The $7,500 EV Tax Credit

The U.S. House Of Representatives took the first step toward repealing the $7,500 federal clean vehicle tax credit Monday. The Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill that would kill it after 2026, with the federal $4,000 used clean vehicle tax credit going away at the end of this year.

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General Motors Just Hired Tesla's Former Head Of Autopilot

Another day, another Tesla defector heads to Detroit. This time, it's none other than Sterling Anderson, one of the OGs who headed up Tesla's early Autopilot program until he left in 2016 to co-found the autonomous trucking company, Aurora.

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The 2025 Toyota RAV4 Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Everywhere For A Good Reason

There are literally millions of Americans who wake up every day, leave their bedrooms and venture about their days behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4. They’re everywhere: in shopping malls, at office parks, in the end-of-school day pickup line. Clearly, Toyota’s done something right; people are buying these things…

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The New Fiat 500 Was Supposed To Be Electric-Only. Now There's A Gas Version

Wherever you go around Europe, in towns or out in the country, you’re bound to see one of the continent’s most ubiquitous automotive shapes: the Fiat 500. But you won’t see too many of the new electric models, which have proven to be a sales flop, so Fiat has just…

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Nissan's Hard Times Ain't Over Yet

When I spoke to Nissan executives in Japan in March, one thing was clear: The hardest work was still ahead of them. Executives like Chief Performance Officer Guillaume Cartier and incoming CEO Ivan Espinosa told me that, while the beginning of the transition plan was in motion, there was more to…

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BYD Enters Romania, Expanding Its European Ambitions

Last week, I attended the national launch of BYD in Romania, the largest and most competitive car market in this region of Europe, where EVs have gained a lot of market share in recent years. BYD is already present in many western European markets, but it intends to expand to…

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Toyota May Be Losing $1 Million An Hour Due To Trump’s Tariffs

The cloud of uncertainty is starting to fade around tariffs as automakers finally get a clearer picture of the impact. Tariffs are expected to cost Ford $1.5 billion and General Motors between $4-$5 billion this fiscal year. But the biggest impact could be on Toyota. One report indicates that the…

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Faraday Future Sold Fewer Than 20 Cars In Two Years

Troubled California startup Faraday Future is struggling to keep the lights on. In the first quarter of this year, it sold just two electric vehicles—one in California and one in New York. Since starting production of the FF91 EV in March 2023, the luxury car startup has sold just 16…

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 Owner Review: 'You Really Can't Beat' It

When I drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6 for a week (and a half, more on that later), I loved it. I said it was my favorite EV and, if not for my frequent off-pavement camping trips, I would probably have gotten one over my Chevy Blazer EV. I still have…

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Tesla Model Y Assembly Workers Told To Stay Home For A Week: Report

Tesla’s demand issues seem to have taken a turn for the worse, with its most successful product being the latest victim. Some assembly workers responsible for building the Model Y crossover–the brand’s best-selling model–were told to stay home for the week of Memorial Day, according to several employees quoted by…

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Even Tesla's Insurance Arm Is Getting Wrecked Right Now

In 2019, Tesla set out to lower insurance rates for owners of its electric cars. The goal was simple, at least in theory: fix the broken cost of car insurance. Instead, Tesla may have broken its own calculator trying to make sense of repair costs.

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