BMW Patented a Trunk Lid That Swallows Your Charging Cable — And That’s Not Even the Interesting Part
Somewhere in Munich, a BMW engineer just solved a problem that has nothing to do...
Electric Cars
California Just Bragged About Its Hydrogen Fueling Network. The Feds’ Own Numbers Say Otherwise
Read the California Energy Commission’s press release from August 18 about California hydrogen fueling stations...
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...
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...
California’s New Tire Rule Could Wipe Out 70% of What’s on the Shelf — And Sacramento Sat on the Law for 23 Years
Sacramento didn’t invent a new law on Monday. It finally read one it wrote in...
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...
Polestar Blamed Washington For Its U.S. Exit. One Dealer Says That’s A Convenient Excuse — And Wants $25 Million To Prove It
When the federal government tells a car company it can no longer sell its product...
Your Next Car’s Biggest Winner Won’t Be the Company on the Hood
Somewhere in an engineering office in Stuttgart or Santa Clara, someone just booked a very...
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...
California’s New EV Rebate Just Went Live. The Automaker It Was Written For Didn’t Show Up
California flipped the switch today on a new $3,500 discount for first-time electric vehicle buyers,...
Dodge Brings Back the Super Bee With 600 HP — And Buries the Real News in the Fine Print
Read the press release Dodge sent out on August 7 closely enough, and it tells...
Ford Named Its Cheap Electric Truck Fathom. The Real Story Is What Ford Had to Break to Build It
Ford gave its cheapest electric vehicle in company history a name this week: Fathom. A...
Two VW Engineers Pleaded Not Guilty to Rivian Insider Trading. A Judge Already Scheduled Time For Them to Reconsider
Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank stood in a Manhattan courtroom on August 4 and said...
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...
Mercedes’ Next EVs Are Being Built From Scrapped Cars. The Real Reason Has Nothing To Do With Saving The Planet
Somewhere in Norway, an aluminum smelter running mostly on hydroelectric power is melting down old...