Mercedes Trips the China Car Bill’s 15% Wire. Volvo, Nearly 79% Geely-Owned, Already Has a Hall Pass.
Commerce cleared majority Geely-owned Volvo and refused Polestar under a control test. The Senate bill's 15% ownership line would instead…
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Tesla’s Semi Plant Opens, Rivian Recalls Nearly 99,000 EVs, and What Else Moved
Tesla's Semi factory opens, Rivian recalls 98,828 EVs over backup cameras, Geely hits four-minute charging, and the BYD question hangs…
Geely Built Its First American Car in a Factory It Didn’t Have to Build
Geely just built its first car in the Western Hemisphere, and it didn’t spend a...
Trump Says Chinese Automakers Can Build Here. The Rule Blocking Them Has Nothing to Do With Factories.
A Commerce Department rule bars China-owned automakers from selling connected vehicles in the U.S. no matter where they are assembled.…
It Took Polestar Three Recalls and 21 Months to Fix a Backup Camera. The Camera Was Never Broken
Three recalls. Twenty-one months. One rearview camera that kept failing anyway. If that sounds like...
China’s #1 Bestselling Car Just Failed Its Own Safety Audit — And That’s Not Even the Scary Part
Somewhere in a Chinese testing facility, a government inspector measured the wheelbase on a Geely...
Geely’s Solid-State Battery Promise: The Numbers Behind the 500 Wh/kg Headline
Geely Holding says it will begin pilot deployment of solid-state batteries across its brand portfolio...
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...
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...
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...
A New 911 Worth Getting Excited About, Post-Election Auto Policy, and EV Startup Reality Checks
Here are the car news stories you might have missed this week.