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Solid-State Batteries Won’t Save EVs Until 2035. Here’s What Will. BMW i3
BMW

Solid-State Batteries Won’t Save EVs Until 2035. Here’s What Will.

I’ve been tracking solid-state battery announcements for years now, and the gap between what manufacturers promise and what they actually deliver keeps getting wider. Top Gear’s latest deep-dive on next-generation EV tech finally puts some honest timelines on the table, and they’re not what most prospective buyers want to hear. Here’s what you need to…

Tesla's Grünheide Battery Promise Returns: Real Investment or PR Rescue?
BYD

Tesla China Sales Surge 10% in November as BYD Stumbles for Third Straight Month

Tesla’s Shanghai factory just posted its best month since September, and the timing couldn’t be more ironic. While Elon Musk builds his political empire in Washington alongside trade hawks pushing aggressive China tariffs, his Chinese factory is quietly propping up an otherwise bleeding company. We’ve been tracking Tesla’s China collapse throughout 2025, from October’s three-year…

BYD to Double European Dealers to 2,000 by 2026, Confirms Multi-Factory 'Localization' Strategy
BYD

BYD Recall 2025: 89,000 Qin PLUS Hybrids Hit By Battery Quality Problems

BYD just announced its third major recall of 2025, and the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. China’s market regulator confirmed Friday that BYD will immediately recall 88,981 Qin PLUS DM-i plug-in hybrids over battery pack quality issues. The affected vehicles were produced between January 2021 and September 2023, according to Reuters. The issue stems…

China's BYD has overtaken Tesla as the world's best-selling maker of electric cars. In the final quarter of last year, BYD, backed by Warren Buffett, sold 526,409 fully electric vehicles, outpacing Tesla's 484,507.
Tesla

Chinese EV Stocks Face Profit Collapse As 2026 Subsidy Cliff Looms

We’ve been warning for months that China’s EV “miracle” was built on unsustainable foundations. This week, Bloomberg delivered the receipts. Chinese EV stocks are in freefall after a brutal Q3 earnings season exposed what we’ve been documenting all year: the growth-at-all-costs era is ending, and the bill is coming due. Investors who bet on endless…

BMW Mulls Chinese-Style Range Extenders For X5 And 7-Series As China Sales Crater
BMW

BMW Mulls Chinese-Style Range Extenders For X5 And 7-Series As China Sales Crater

BMW is weighing the addition of range-extending engines to some of its vehicles in China, including the X5 SUV and 7-Series sedan, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would make BMW the first German automaker to embrace technology popularized by Chinese competitors like BYD and Li Auto. This isn’t innovation. It’s adaptation…

Xiaomi Enters Electric Vehicle Market with Ambitious Goals
GM

Former GM VP Says Xiaomi YU7 Beats Tesla Model Y ‘In Almost Every Way’

A former General Motors executive who spent 12 years engineering America’s best-selling trucks just delivered a damning verdict on Tesla’s flagship SUV. Terry Woychowski, President of Caresoft Global and former GM Vice President, told Bloomberg that Xiaomi’s YU7 electric SUV has “bested” Tesla’s Model Y “in almost every way.” The assessment comes from one of…

Xiaomi Enters Electric Vehicle Market with Ambitious Goals
Tesla

Xiaomi Beats Tesla to Profitability in Just 19 Months: The ‘Smartphone on Wheels’ Model Works

Xiaomi’s EV division posts a $98 million profit in Q3 2025, validating a “ruthlessly efficient” consumer tech strategy that puts Apple’s failed car project to shame. Xiaomi has achieved the holy grail of the electric vehicle industry—profitability—in record time, reports Bloomberg. The Chinese consumer electronics giant reported a 700 million yuan ($98 million USD) profit…

Redwood Materials Bolsters EV Battery Recycling with Tesla Veteran Mark Westfall
Tesla

Tesla Recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 Batteries Over Fire Risk—Two Months After Australia Did The Same

Tesla is recalling approximately 10,500 Powerwall 2 home battery systems in the United States due to defective lithium-ion battery cells that can overheat, smoke, or ignite, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The recall follows 22 reports of overheating incidents including five fires that caused minor property damage, though no injuries have been…

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