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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…
The internal documents tell one story. Tesla’s press statement tells another. According to works council election records obtained by German business daily Handelsblatt, Giga Berlin’s headcount dropped from 12,415 in 2024 to 10,703 today. That’s 1,712 fewer workers. A 14% decline. Tesla’s response? “Compared to 2024, there has been no significant reduction in the number…
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…
Canada’s new China-EV tariff agreement lands just days after BYD officially dethroned Tesla as the world’s largest EV manufacturer, creating an unexpected lifeline for the American automaker in a market where it already has boots on the ground. The deal announced last Friday slashes import duties from a prohibitive 100% to just 6.1% for up…
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…
Federal prosecutors just secured their first Tesla-related arson conviction without going to trial, and the five-year mandatory minimum sentence sends a clear signal about how seriously the Department of Justice is treating attacks on the electric vehicle maker. But behind the headlines about domestic terrorism and political backlash lies a quieter story that directly affects…
Four months after Tesla’s celebrated India debut, nearly one-third of its imported Model Y inventory sits unsold in warehouse limbo. Bloomberg reports that roughly 100 of 300 imported vehicles remain without buyers, forcing the American automaker into the same discount playbook that’s become painfully familiar across Europe and China. The India setback adds another chapter…
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