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Automakers shipping vehicles to the United States could face $200 to $300 per vehicle in additional costs, the CEO of major car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen warned Wednesday, as the company moves to pass new U.S. port fees onto customers. The announcement comes despite a late-October trade agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that was supposed…
BYD has overtaken Tesla in the United Kingdom’s electric vehicle market, marking a stunning reversal in one of Europe’s largest markets for plug-in cars. The Chinese manufacturer registered almost seven times more new cars than Tesla last month, according to data released Wednesday by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The shift…
The European Commission will announce a new regulatory category for affordable small electric vehicles in December, aiming to enable manufacturers to produce EVs priced between €15,000 and €20,000 ($16,000-$21,000) as Chinese competitors continue gaining market share with lower-cost models. European Commissioner for Industry Stephane Sejourne confirmed the timeline during the Automotive Industry D
Tesla’s China-made electric vehicle sales fell 9.9% year-over-year in October 2025 to 61,497 units, reversing a brief September uptick and signaling renewed struggles in the world’s largest EV market. The decline, reported by the China Passenger Car Association, marks a troubling return to the downward trajectory that plagued the automaker for eight consecutive months earlier…
Li Auto is recalling 11,411 of its flagship Mega multi-purpose electric vehicles in China following a dramatic battery fire in Shanghai on October 23, 2025, according to Bloomberg. The recall covers all 2024 Mega models produced between February 18, 2024, and December 27, 2024, citing a coolant defect that could trigger thermal runaway in the…
Ford CEO Jim Farley has escalated his warnings about Chinese automotive dominance to existential levels, declaring that China’s manufacturing capacity could single-handedly destroy the entire North American auto industry. In a stark CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired October 26, Farley compared the Chinese threat to 1980s Japan “on steroids”—his most alarming public assessment yet…
China’s electric vehicle revolution has reached a historic milestone: for the first time, the country’s October “Golden Week” holiday saw gasoline demand fall instead of surge, dropping 9% year-over-year to 12.5 million tons despite record travel, according to Reuters. The shift marks a fundamental turning point in the world’s largest oil market, where EVs are…
Volkswagen Group reported a €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) operating loss for the third quarter of 2025, marking the German automaker’s first quarterly loss since the pandemic as it absorbs massive charges from Porsche’s failed electric vehicle strategy and President Trump’s punishing import tariffs. The Times reported that Europe’s biggest carmaker swung from a €2.8 billion…
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