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A Rubberized Cybertruck Is Plowing Through European Pedestrian Safety Rules

The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) has not yet measured, prodded, weighed, or smashed a Tesla Cybertruck—or checked whether pedestrians could survive a hit from this angular beast—but Elon Musk’s...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Polestar?

If you're thinking of getting a Polestar, you might want to keep in mind the premium EV brand may not be a standalone for much longer, if predictions from auto industry analysts...

Ford Steps Back From EVs—and Says Hybrids Are the Future

Spooked by weakening demand for EV sales, and the number and ingenuity of Chinese automakers, Ford is scaling back its all-electric ambitions, despite manufacturers, including Ford, experiencing significant growth for electric car...

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit

Elon Musk will be pleased that his surprise jaunt to China on Sunday garnered many glowing headlines. The trip was undoubtedly equally a surprise to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had...

EVs With Built-In Camera Drones Have Already Landed in China

Chinese automakers are starting to equip electric cars with camera drones. For now, this drone integration is aimed at content creators who want to collect videos of themselves driving. These systems typically...

Panasonic’s New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs

Sila, a Californian company cofounded in 2011 by Tesla’s seventh staffer, is going to supply Panasonic with a US-made silicon powder for EV batteries that could banish range anxiety, slash charge times,...

The Cybertruck Must Be Huge—or It Will Dig Tesla’s Grave

Stupid. Divisive. Fugly. The Hummer shouldn’t have sold in numbers, but it did. Might Elon Musk pull off a similar trick with the stainless steel Cybertruck?Forty-six months after the official unveiling—when design...

How China’s EV Boom Caught Western Car Companies Asleep at the Wheel

“You won’t believe what’s coming,” warned the title of a January 2023 video from the Inside China Auto YouTube channel. “Europe’s premium car makers aren’t ready for this,” warned another video from...

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