The Latest Breaking News from InsideEVs

On Wednesday evening's fourth-quarter 2024 earnings call, Tesla investors wanted to hear CEO Elon Musk's plans for more affordable electric vehicles, how he'll balance his role in the White House with running his company and whether he feels his public persona is hurting the brand.

Tesla's promise of launching fully self-driving cars is a decade old, but so far its vehicles have always required constant driver supervision. But CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that the automaker's first true "unsupervised" self-driving system will be launched in June, starting in Austin as a paid ride-hailing service.

After General Motors pulled the curtains on its Cruise robotaxi division last year, it’s hoping to keep at least one foot in the autonomy game with its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). Now there are early signs that focusing on consumer applications for autonomy rather than a robotaxi…

Tesla’s latest-generation electric vehicle fast charger, known as the V4 Supercharger stall, just got a bump in power across North America. According to the EV maker, all V4 stalls installed in the region can now output a maximum of 325 kilowatts.

The Porsche Taycan just secured its fourth Guinness World Record. All it took was a trip to the German company’s Arctic Center in Lavi, Finland and a driver keen enough to drive in circles for minutes on end.

Tesla isn’t a stranger to controversy. Thanks in no small part to its outspoken CEO, the American electric vehicle got into its fair share of trouble because of its advanced driving assistance systems, which are called Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and Autopilot. That’s despite neither of them being considered Level 3…

The BMW iX is a range champ. In one of InsideEVs' long-term tests last year, it covered 351 miles on a single charge, smashing its 307-mile EPA range. Granted, the summer weather helped, but even in winter, it’s a solid road-tripper. Now BMW has upgraded the iX with new trims…

Volkswagen has officially pulled the plug on its plans to bring the ID.7 sedan to the U.S. and Canada. Previously slated to launch in the U.S. in Q3 2024, the ID.7 was delayed last May by the Germans who were, at the time, "committed to making market-driven choices." Apparently, the…

I dealt with the strangest feeling of déjà vu yesterday. After Western pledged countless billions of dollars toward a new technology they're heralding as the future, a new player has emerged from an unexpected place: China. It turns out that China can make the same tech, except cheaper, faster, with…