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...
Europe
Europe Wants Satellites To Choke Your Throttle By 2030 — Its Own Safety Lab Says The Tech Still Can’t Read A Sign
Nobody at the European Commission is going to volunteer this part, so here it is:...
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...
Europe Just Regulated Brake Dust Like Exhaust — So Bosch Cut the Wire to Your Brake Pedal
A market research report making the rounds this week claims the global regenerative braking systems...
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...
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...
VW, Porsche, and Honda All Stumbled the Same Week, And It’s Not a Coincidence
The global auto industry just lived through one of its roughest stretches in recent memory,...
Dodge Is Sending the Charger to Europe Right After It Flopped at Home
Dodge is packing up the new Charger and shipping it to Europe, and the timing...
Stellantis Halts Production at Multiple European Factories Amid Weak Demand
This doesn’t sound good.
EV Sales Growth Stalls in California and Europe as Early-Adopter Demand Fades
The bandwagon has broken down.
Czech Police Finally Catch Driver Who Spent Six Years Racing Ferrari F1 Car on Public Roads
The guy has finally been caught.
Stellantis Leader Warns EV Mandates Could Wreck The Industry
The EV bandwagon doesn’t like what he has to say one bit.
Planned Reduction in US Tariffs on European Cars Put on Indefinite Hold
There’s a reason for the delay.
Volkswagen Is Paywalling Horsepower
This is like the heated seats paywall.
Mercedes-Benz CEO Criticizes Europe Gas Car Ban
The tide is turning against authoritarian EV mandates.