America Didn’t Ban Polestar’s Factory. It Banned Its Owner.
Prestige Imports wants $25 million from Polestar, and its lawsuit reads like a straightforward betrayal...
China
China’s EV Price War Got So Brutal, Automakers Are Bribing You With Karaoke Machines Now
BYD wants to sell you a car with a karaoke machine wired into the dashboard....
Stellantis Promised to Keep Brampton Running Until 2035. Canada’s $529 Million Contract Had a Trapdoor Built In.
Unifor called it “a dire development” when Stellantis told the union on August 12 that...
Why Waymo Is Stockpiling Hundreds of Chinese-Built Robotaxis in Arizona
Start with the caveat, because it matters: the number circulating this week — 953 Waymo...
Why Lincoln’s China Production Really Ends in 2030 — Ford’s Deadline Explained
Ford announced on August 12 that it will grow Lincoln production in the United States...
Tesla’s Shanghai Mega-Factory Is Taking a Mysterious Two-Week Vacation Right Before It Might Get Sold Off
Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai has never taken a real Chinese New Year holiday. Not once, not...
Ford Ends Lincoln Imports From China by 2030 — What It Means for Nautilus Owners
Read Ford’s statement from Wednesday evening carefully and the most interesting thing about it is...
Huawei Promised It Would Never Build A Car. It Didn’t Have To – It’s Already Running 25 Of Them
Huawei’s founder has put his signature on a promise, more than once, guaranteeing his company...
BYD Filed Six New Solid-State Battery Patents, But the Real Story Is Whether Two Rocks Actually Touch
Forget the six patents for a moment. The most interesting number in BYD’s newest solid-state...
Lotus Unveils a Hybrid V8 Supercar to Save the Brand. The Real Story Is the Chinese Factory Running at One-Fifth Capacity
Lotus wants the headline this week to be about a supercar. A new hybrid V8...
GM Signs On With SAIC Until 2047 — and Quietly Drops Chevrolet From Its China Plans
General Motors just signed a lease on a country it has spent two years writing...
Russia’s Record Car-Import Month Has Two Real Stars: A Country That Builds No Cars, and a Corolla That Won’t Die
Start with the number every outlet will repeat this week: Russia imported nearly 95,000 passenger...
Honda’s Profit Just Doubled. Its Two Biggest Problems Haven’t Moved An Inch.
Honda’s profit more than doubled last quarter. That’s the version of this story built for...
Ford Just Blew Up the Assembly Line It Invented. The Target Is a Used Tesla.
Ford wants you looking at a $30,000 electric truck due in 2027. Look instead at...
BYD’s Commercial Trucks Grew 183% In July. Its Passenger Cars Are The Ones Actually In Trouble
Somewhere inside BYD’s July sales numbers is an admission the company will never put in...