Tesla’s Newest Recall Covers Just 19 Cars. It’s the Same Bolt That’s Failed Four Times Since 2021.
A Recall So Small It’s Almost the Point Nineteen cars. That’s the entire population of...
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BYD Isn’t Really Betting On Robot Hands — It’s Cashing In On Something It Already Owned For Free
Every automaker eventually discovers it owns more than cars. BYD just discovered it owns something...
A Chinese Supplier Just Opened a Georgia Factory to Build the Exact Tech Washington Is Trying to Ban
A ribbon-cutting in Suwanee, Georgia doesn’t usually make national news. But the one held by...
Apple’s New CEO Races Rare Porsches on Weekends. His Actual Job Title Explains Why the Apple Car Really Died
Every outlet covering John Ternus’s promotion to Apple CEO is leading with the same delightful...
The Fiat 500 Hybrid Sold So Well It Broke Stellantis’s Own Supply Chain
Stellantis idled its Mirafiori assembly plant in Turin for three days this week. If you’ve...
Canada Paid Stellantis $222 Million To Save A Jeep Plant. The Jeep Went To Illinois Anyway
When Unifor and Stellantis sat down in Toronto on September 1 to open contract talks...
VinFast’s India Localisation Reset: What It Means For The Thoothukudi Plant And Buyers
VinFast Spent The Week Explaining Its India Plans, And The Explanation Is The Story Automakers...
Nissan Called July a “Growth” Story. Its Own Numbers Show China Production Collapsing by Two-Thirds
Nissan put out a press release this week headlined “Nissan continues to see growth in...
Toyota’s $283.7M Vietnam Expansion Is a Hybrid Plan, Not an EV Plant
Toyota just put another $283.7 million into Vietnam, and the paperwork that made it official...
BYD’s Profit Jumped 30% While Sales Fell — Turns Out That Was the Plan
BYD wants the world to read this week’s earnings as an export success story. Look...
JLR Is Building Its Most Important SUV Ever in America — Inside a Factory It Doesn’t Even Own
Jaguar Land Rover just told investors it’s bringing Defender production to the United States. Most...
Nissan Says Business Is Growing — Its Own Spreadsheet Says Sales Just Crashed 16.5%
Nissan put out a press release this week with a headline built for good news:...
Tesla’s New ‘Chip Facility’ in Austin Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — Texas Says It Cost Just $50,000
Somewhere east of Austin, Tesla has filed paperwork for a semiconductor building with more floor...
Hyundai’s American-Built Global Pickup Has One Big Problem: Nobody Knows Where It’s Actually Being Built
Hyundai just told the world it wants to build a real pickup truck in America...