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A $60,000 BYD Sealion 7 caught Julian Scot-Smith’s attention at a London Porsche dealership last December. The British couple had come to browse German luxury SUVs in Mayfair. They left considering a Chinese alternative. That moment, captured in a new Wall Street Journal analysis, distills everything happening in the global auto industry right now. BYD…
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…
Cox Automotive’s Q4 2025 Kelley Blue Book EV Sales Report landed this morning, and while the headline numbers look familiar, the underlying story is anything but. Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 still dominate the top two positions, but the real drama unfolds when you compare the first nine months of 2025 to Q4. The…
We’ve been tracking Tesla’s 4680 battery saga since Elon Musk unveiled it at Battery Day in 2020, promising it would enable a $25,000 EV within three years. Five years later, we have the clearest evidence yet that those promises have collapsed: a $2.9 billion supply deal reduced to $7,386. That’s not a typo. That’s a…
Porsche just confirmed the most expensive engineering admission of defeat in automotive history. The German automaker is now paying to reverse-engineer the PPE Sport platform it paid billions to develop as EV-only, adding combustion engine capability across the entire next-generation 718 Boxster and Cayman lineup. This isn’t just a product strategy pivot. This is a…
Nissan Americas Chairman Christian Meunier says Tennessee manufacturing will anchor the automaker’s turnaround after a disastrous fiscal year that ended with a $1.39 billion operating loss. Why it matters: Nissan is betting on U.S.-built hybrids to compete with Toyota while tariffs reshape the industry. The Details By the Numbers EVXL’s Take Meunier’s back-to-basics approach shows…
Consumer Reports places Tesla at the bottom of its 26-brand used-car reliability rankings. Why it matters: Buyers shopping for 5-10 year old Teslas now face the worst long-term dependability scores in the industry. The Details By The Numbers Bottom Five (Used-Car Reliability): Top Five (Used-Car Reliability): New-Car Reliability (Tesla vs. Rivian): EVXL’s Take The timing…
Tesla will expand its Japan Supercharger network by more than 40%, targeting over 1,000 stalls by 2027 as the automaker capitalizes on surging demand. Why it matters: The infrastructure push arrives as Japanese automakers adopt Tesla’s charging standard, potentially reshaping the country’s EV landscape. The Details By The Numbers EVXL’s Take Japan represents a rare…
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