Tesla’s Summer Update adds smarter Grok, personalized navigation, and Caraoke scoring

Tesla’s 2026 summer update brings a phone calling Grok, scored caraoke sessions, smarter navigation, self-driving stats in the app, and custom wraps sent right from your phone.

GM beats Q2 earnings and announces gas-powered Cadillacs as nearly $11 billion EV retreat nears completion
GM beats Q2 earnings and announces gas-powered Cadillacs as nearly $11 billion EV retreat nears completion

General Motors beat Wall Street’s second-quarter estimates by 37 cents a share on Tuesday, raised its full-year earnings guidance for the second time this year, and used the same earnings call to announce that Cadillac will launch new gas-powered versi…

Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist
Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist

Stellantis will use technology from Intel’s Mobileye to power its Level 2 hands-free driving features for its vehicle brands, the companies announced Tuesday. Starting in 2027, Stellantis will begin using Mobileye’s EyeQ system-on-a-chip and a data crowdsourcing program called the Road Experience Management, or REM, which uses real-time data from Mobileye-equipped vehicles to build out […]

Volvo is rolling out Apple Music to over 2 million cars with a simple OTA update

Volvo is rolling out native Apple Music support to over 2 million vehicles, complete with Spatial Audio on select models and free subscription offers.

Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.
Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. The stock dropped. That reaction tells you everything about where expectations sit ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report. A beat is n…

Chery’s latest EV packs flagship tech for the price of a base Tesla, but you can’t buy it

Chery’s Exeed unveils the 2027 Exlantix ES with a Falcon 700 driving system built on Nvidia hardware, EREV and BEV options, and pricing starting near $26,500.

Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do
Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do

The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the automaker. After failing to capture the market with the electric version of its popular F-Series truck, Ford is going back to the drawing board with its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. The first offering will be a $30,000 electric […]

EVs outsold petrol and diesel in Germany for the first time. The birthplace of the car just changed its fuel.
EVs outsold petrol and diesel in Germany for the first time. The birthplace of the car just changed its fuel.

Electric cars outsold every other fuel type in Germany for the first time in June. The country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority recorded 84,057 new EV registrations, a 78.2% year-on-year increase, putting battery-electric vehicles at 28.4% market sh…

China’s car market is heading for its worst year since 2021. Sales fell 20% in the first half.
China’s car market is heading for its worst year since 2021. Sales fell 20% in the first half.

China’s passenger car sales fell 20.2% in the first half of 2026 to 8.7 million units, and the China Passenger Car Association has lowered its full-year forecast to a 14% decline, projecting 20.4 million deliveries, down from a record 23.7 million in 2…

A new AI model wants self-driving cars to think before they swerve

A Seoul National University team built an AI that scores self-driving cars’ safety choices in real time, and it just landed a rare CVPR highlight paper nod.