California Rewrote Its EV Rebate Just for Rivian. Rivian’s Sales There Cratered Anyway.
California just did something automakers almost never get from a state government: it rewrote the...
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Polestar Just Stopped Fighting Its US Ban. Its 32 Dealers Didn’t Get A Vote
Polestar didn’t lose its fight to stay in America this week. It lost that fight...
Honda’s Best-Selling EV Just Died. Turns Out It Was Never Really Honda’s Car
Honda confirmed this week that the Prologue will not see a 2027 model year. Production...
China’s EVs Just Passed Gas Cars at the Export Dock. Now the Dock Is the Problem.
China’s EV exports have passed gasoline cars for the first time, but weak domestic demand and rising tariffs are already…
Mercedes-AMG’s Legendary Four-Cylinder Is Dead. What’s Left Is a Speaker Playing Its Ghost
For twelve years, the “45” on the back of a Mercedes meant something specific: a...
Dodge Is Throwing the Charger a 60th Birthday Party. The V8 Wasn’t Invited
Dodge wants you to spend this summer thinking about 1966. Starting this week, the brand...
Stellantis Is Bragging About European Growth. It Forgot to Mention a Chinese Company Delivered Most of It.
Stellantis told investors this week that its European shipments climbed five percent in the second...
California Handed Oil Refineries a Bigger Break Than Its Own Regulators Recommended. Now It’s Getting Sued for It
California has one climate rule everyone already knows: every new car sold in the state...
BYD Tried Twice to Buy Its Way Into Renault. Renault Said No Twice, and Money Had Nothing to Do With It
For most of the last two decades, if a Western automaker wanted to sell cars...
What to Know for Your Morning: A Supreme Court Bombshell, Polestar’s Fire Sale, and NHTSA’s Worst Week Yet
Grab your coffee and get caught up. Four stories from the last few days are...
China’s EV Industry Just Culled 27 of Its Own Brands. The 3 Survivors Are Coming for Your Dealership.
Everyone is reading China’s EV market numbers as a story about slowing demand. It isn’t....
GM Just Spent $275 Million to Put a Gas Engine Back Into Its Cadillac EV Plant
Spring Hill, Tennessee, doesn’t get much attention outside of GM’s investor calls, but for the...
Brussels Says Its Car Industry Is in ‘Mortal Danger.’ It Left Out Who Loaded the Gun
Stéphane Séjourné, the European Commission’s executive vice-president for industry, told the European Parliament this week...
The Toyota-Joby Deal Isn’t About Flying Cars — It’s About Who Can Actually Build Them
Ask anyone building an electric air taxi what actually keeps their program grounded, and the...
The Auto Wire Week in Review: VW’s Job-Cut Bombshell, a Wave of Recalls, and the Wildest Police Chases
Volkswagen spent the week weighing the kind of job cuts that reshape a company’s identity,...