Musk says the ‘acid test’ for Tesla’s self-driving is sleeping through your commute. His Austin robotaxis crash four times more than humans.
Musk says the ‘acid test’ for Tesla’s self-driving is sleeping through your commute. His Austin robotaxis crash four times more than humans.

Elon Musk has called the ability to fall asleep in a Tesla and wake up at your destination the “acid test” for true autonomy. He first described that vision in 2014 and repeated it on Tesla’s Q1 2025 earnings call, saying he was confident it would be a…

BYD says demand is double its capacity, but its sales data tells a different story
BYD says demand is double its capacity, but its sales data tells a different story

BYD’s executive vice president Stella Li told CNBC on Monday that China’s EV market will push to close to 80% penetration, a bullish forecast that contrasts sharply with rival Nio, whose chief executive William Li said last month that the industry’s “g…

Lucid’s Gravity SUV gets hands-free highway driving in its latest over-the-air update
Lucid’s Gravity SUV gets hands-free highway driving in its latest over-the-air update

Lucid has begun rolling out UX 3.6, an over-the-air software update that adds hands-free highway driving to the Gravity SUV. The update is available now in the United States and Canada, but only for vehicles equipped with DreamDrive Pro 2, an optional …

Mexico unveils the Olinia Uno, an $8,600 government-backed electric vehicle designed for city streets
Mexico unveils the Olinia Uno, an $8,600 government-backed electric vehicle designed for city streets

Mexico’s government-backed electric vehicle project Olinia has unveiled its first prototype, a six-seat passenger vehicle called the Olinia Uno, at a ceremony where President Claudia Sheinbaum drove the car onto a stage inside a Mexican Air Force hanga…

China wants slimmer EVs after batteries and features made them too heavy for parking spaces
China wants slimmer EVs after batteries and features made them too heavy for parking spaces

China wants its electric vehicles to go on a diet. The average passenger car in the country weighed 1,704 kg in 2024, roughly a third more than in 2012, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday. Many popular SUVs and MPVs now approach or exceed 2 metr…

Chinese EVs are circling the US market. Detroit’s best option may be to partner with them.
Chinese EVs are circling the US market. Detroit’s best option may be to partner with them.

Chinese electric vehicles face 125% cumulative tariffs, a proposed Senate ban, and fierce opposition from lawmakers and the US auto industry. But there is a growing possibility that Chinese EVs will be sold in the US within the next few years. The rout…

GM’s $900 million bet on a battery chemistry no one has commercialised could slash EV prices by 2028
GM’s $900 million bet on a battery chemistry no one has commercialised could slash EV prices by 2028

Hidden among the landmarks of General Motors’ Warren Tech Center outside Detroit is a pair of nondescript off-white buildings that house the company’s most consequential investment in years. The new Battery Cell Development Centre, spanning 500,000 squ…

Ferrari’s CEO says the Luce deserves “respect.” Its former chairman says it deserves a different logo.
Ferrari’s CEO says the Luce deserves “respect.” Its former chairman says it deserves a different logo.

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna used a round table in Modena on Thursday to defend the €550,000 ($640,000) price tag for the Luce, the company’s first fully electric vehicle. The car was unveiled on Monday. By Tuesday, Ferrari’s Milan-listed stock had fall…

ChargePoint partners with Powers Parts to fix the charging and support gap hitting electric transit fleets
ChargePoint partners with Powers Parts to fix the charging and support gap hitting electric transit fleets

ChargePoint and Powers Parts, a national distributor of electric vehicle components and fleet replacement parts, have announced a partnership to sell ChargePoint charging hardware, software, and fleet management services directly to transit agencies ac…

BYD has built China’s first 4nm driving chip, and it’s putting LiDAR on a $10,000 car
BYD has built China’s first 4nm driving chip, and it’s putting LiDAR on a $10,000 car

BYD has unveiled the Xuanji A3, which it calls China’s first automotive-grade 4-nanometre chip for self-driving vehicles. CEO Wang Chuanfu announced the chip at an event at BYD’s Shenzhen headquarters on 28 May, saying it delivers the lowest power cons…