Stellantis will invest €130 million to produce Peugeot and Jeep brand EVs at the Wuhan plant. Read more…
Google upgrades Android Auto with smart AI integration and better visuals
Software directs the modern automotive industry. Today, electric cars and traditional vehicles operate as rolling computers, and the dashboard screen serves as the main command center. Google is at the forefront of this shift and announced a major overhaul for its Android Auto platform. The latest update promises to directly challenge Apple CarPlay by redesigning how drivers interact with their… Read more…
Nio sub-brand Onvo turns two, to launch new L80 SUV in hours
Onvo L80 began pre-sales on April 28 with a pre-sales price of 245,800 yuan ($36,170) including the battery pack. Read more…
Tesla now forces drivers to give feedback when intervening on ‘Full Self-Driving’
Tesla has quietly made it mandatory for drivers to provide feedback every time they intervene on “Full Self-Driving.” The prompt, which used to disappear on its own after a few seconds, now stays on screen indefinitely until the driver selects a reason or sends a voice note. Read more…
Xiaomi EV reveals ‘Crimson Red’ YU7 GT ahead of late May launch
Xiaomi YU7 GT boasts up to 990 hp, aiming to balance extreme performance with long-distance travel comfort. Read more…
Duracell selects Driivz as software provider for its UK EV charging network
Duracell selects Driivz software to power its UK EV charging network, enabling robust billing, real-time monitoring, and scalable operations. Read more…
How government helped build America’s EV charging market
Explore how US government policies like ARRA, IIJA, and IRA shaped the EV charging market and boosted infrastructure deployment nationwide. Read more…
XPeng in talks to buy a Volkswagen plant in Europe as exports surge 62%
XPeng (XPEV) is in talks with Volkswagen about acquiring a factory in Europe as the Chinese EV maker’s contract production in Austria runs out of capacity. The company’s exports hit a record 6,006 vehicles in April, up 62% year-over-year. Read more…
Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI leaks as a spicy new EV hot hatch [Images]
The ID. Polo GTI is Volkswagen’s first electric GTI. A day before its official debut, images leaked online, revealing the EV hot hatch for the first time. Read more…
Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
Tesla’s Solar Roof was supposed to revolutionize residential solar. Elon Musk unveiled the product in 2016 with the promise of beautiful solar tiles that would replace your entire roof — and he set a target of 1,000 new Solar Roofs per week by the end of 2019. Nearly a decade later, Tesla has installed roughly 3,000 Solar Roof systems total, stopped reporting deployment numbers, and is now quietly pivoting to conventional solar panels. Read more…
SCHURTER acquires majority stake in China’s Biaodi, adding pyrotechnic and high-voltage EV fuses to its lineup
SCHURTER acquires majority stake in Biaodi, expanding its high-voltage EV fuse portfolio with pyrotechnic and onboard circuit protection products. Read more…
Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI debuts tomorrow – here’s all we know
The wait for the first electric GTI is almost over. Tomorrow, May 15, 2026, Volkswagen will officially pull the covers off the ID. Polo GTI in what can only be called a massive shift for the German automaker. For fifty years, the GTI name stood for gasoline-powered fun in a small package. Now, Volkswagen wants to prove that electric cars… Read more…
This $10,000 EV is a hit in China, and it’s offered with a semi-solid-state battery
The new MG4, the world’s first mass-produced EV with a semi-solid-state battery, has quickly become a bestseller in China, with the 100,000th model rolling off the production line in just eight months. Read more…
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Returns For 2027 With New Trims And One Big Fix Owners Wanted
Volkswagen said the ID. Buzz will return for model year 2027 with a bunch of small upgrades inside and out. Read More…
BYD negotiates for empty European car plants to boost local production
The era of shipping electric cars across the ocean from China to Europe is hitting a wall of high taxes and political tension. To solve this, BYD, the world’s largest producer of EVs, is looking for a shortcut. Instead of building new factories from the ground up, the company wants to move into the buildings its competitors are leaving behind.… Read more…
Trinseo’s new lithium-ion anode binder reduces DCIR and surface resistivity with uniform electrode distribution
Trinseo launches VOLTABOND 211, a water-based SBR binder reducing battery electrode resistance for improved fast charging and silicon anode compatibility. Read more…
This boomer rep mocked a child about the $4 trillion debt she saddled him with
An 82 year old Congressional representative is getting heat for an embarrassing letter she wrote to a well-meaning 10 year old constituent on the topic of electric cars and climate change, where she seems to brag about saddling his generation with debt through a recent climate rollback she voted for. And she’s up for re-election for the 12th time, by the way. Read more…
Hyundai IONIQ 9 2026 Review: The three-row EV most families have been waiting for
I drove the IONIQ 9 for more than 600 km across a mix of highway and city driving, and I enjoyed the package Hyundai has put together. The E-GMP platform, the cabin space, and the seat quality are all class-leading or close to it. A few software-layer gaps keep it from being perfect, but for a family that covers distance, the IONIQ 9 is one of the most complete three-row EVs on the market today.. Read more…
China wants to build its own electric K-car industry to boost EV sales
China’s top auto industry group is calling for the creation of a standardized budget electric vehicle category — modeled on Japan’s wildly popular K-car ecosystem — to revive sluggish domestic car sales and bring millions of new buyers into the EV market. Read more…
Honda retreats to hybrids after failed EV bet triggers record $9 billion loss [Images]
Honda is waving the white flag. The Japanese automaker previewed two new hybrids set to launch by 2028 after taking an over $9 billion hit over its failed EV bet, leading to its biggest loss in company history. Read more…
