BYD’s First European Semi Just Aced Its Crash Test. Europe’s Charging Grid Isn’t Close to Ready for It.
The most important number to come out of IAA Transportation this week isn’t a horsepower...
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Toyota’s Electric Hilux Can’t Tow Half of What a Diesel Hilux Can. Toyota Built It Anyway.
The electric Toyota Hilux tows less than half what the diesel tows and carries 600 fewer pounds. That gap is…
Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Growing Fast. New Carbon Fiber Is Growing Faster.
A new forecast puts recycled carbon fiber at $427 million by 2031. Virgin fiber is compounding faster, almost none of…
Honda Won the World’s First Five-Star Road Safety Rating. It Says Nothing About How Safe Your Honda Actually Is.
The FIA Road Safety Index rates organisations, not cars — and its five-star tier did not exist until this year.…
Stellantis Is Reportedly Spending €1 Billion in France to Do Work Its Suppliers Already Do
The headline is a new van at Hordain. The detail worth reading is that part of the money reportedly brings…
Volkswagen’s Old Beetle Factory Is About to Build Iron Dome Parts. The Real Story Is Why It Had To.
Volkswagen just agreed to sell a car factory to an Israeli investment firm so it...
Chinese Car Resale Values Are Sliding in Europe, and the Data Explains Why
Europe’s Used-Car Books Are Quietly Marking Down Chinese Brands Spain is where you can actually...
Xiaomi’s European Launch Plan: What Its New Global Site Reveals and Hides
Chinese brands have been announcing European arrivals for about five years now, and the announcements...
China Isn’t Sneaking Into Europe’s Car Factories — Stellantis And Nissan Are Handing Over The Keys
Picture an Opel dealer in Zaragoza a couple of years from now, selling a compact...
BMW Figured Out How To Turn Scrap Steel Into New Cars. Europe’s New Recycling Law Doesn’t Even Ask For That
BMW put out a number this week that sounds like a win: 51 percent. That’s...
How Europe Calculates a Billion-Euro Truck Penalty Without Testing a Single Tailpipe
Fines for emissions usually mean somebody got caught cheating. Not this time. Daimler Truck’s problem...
Audi Already Closed One EV Plant. The One It Might Close Next Builds an EV, Too.
Audi already knows what happens to a plant that builds an electric car nobody buys...
Stellantis Is Profitable Again. It Also Just Told You Which Of Its 14 Brands Don’t Matter.
Stellantis reported a profit on Thursday. Wire copy treated it as a comeback story: red...
Stellantis Just Sold Its Car-Sharing Business to a Company That Buys Other People’s Failures for a Living
When a company sells off a division, the buyer usually tells you more than the...
Ford’s Empty Spanish Factory Found a Savior: The Chinese Company It Sold Volvo To in 2010
Ford and Geely just announced they’re going to build cars together in Valencia, Spain, starting...