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Washington state’s Senate Transportation Committee has scheduled an executive session on SB 6354 for February 27 — a bill that would open the state’s auto market to direct sales by Rivian, Lucid, and other battery electric vehicle manufacturers that have never operated through a franchised dealer network. If it clears committee, passes the full Senate,…
A research paper published in Nature on February 25 describes a lithium metal battery that hits 700 Wh/kg at room temperature — nearly three times the energy density of CATL’s Qilin, currently considered the ceiling of commercial battery technology. The team behind it is from Nankai University in Tianjin and the Shanghai Institute of Space…
Six days after announcing the death of the Model S and Model X, Tesla quietly dropped a new Model Y variant into its U.S. configurator that tells you everything about where the company is headed. The Model Y All-Wheel Drive, priced at $41,990, fills a $7,000 hole that existed in Tesla’s lineup since the stripped-down…
Volvo has officially unveiled its all-electric EX60 mid-size SUV, and the specifications tell a story the Swedish automaker desperately needed to tell. After months of declining EV sales and workforce cuts, today’s reveal in Stockholm delivers a vehicle that directly challenges everything BMW and Mercedes are bringing to market this year. The numbers speak for…
Two months after demanding Brussels weaken the 2035 combustion engine ban, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is now pledging billions in taxpayer money to boost EV sales. The contradiction reveals Germany’s auto industry isn’t facing a policy problem. It’s facing a competitiveness crisis that no subsidy can fix. The Fact: Germany will offer families with small…
After months of testing competitors and hearing claims that the EV market has caught up to Tesla, tech reviewer Marques Brownlee from Auto Focus got behind the wheel of the 2026 Model Y Performance. His verdict cuts through both the hype and the criticism: Tesla still leads in areas most buyers will actually use daily,…
Three months after Tesla launched its most affordable Model Y variant, a customer-owned example has finally been spotted on public roads. Tesla enthusiast Sawyer Merritt shared photos on X showing a Diamond Black Model Y Standard driving through traffic, marking what appears to be the first documented sighting of a customer vehicle. The images, which…
After nearly a year of waiting, the seven-seat option is finally back on Tesla’s US configurator for the 2026 Model Y. But before you start planning road trips with the entire extended family, there’s a critical detail buried in the marketing: this isn’t the stretched Model YL that Chinese buyers have been enjoying since August…
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