Tariffs Aren't Going To Stop China's EVs From Marching On Europe Plus, the Cybertruck reservation list isn't so exclusive anymore, and Toyota warns that going full-EV threatens Japan's job market. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Oct 15 2024 -
Tesla's Robotaxi Still Faces The AI 'Black Box Problem' Plus, the industry is split on LIDAR, and BYD wants to sell 100,000 cars in Mexico next year. By Rob Stumpf News - Oct 10 2024 -
Tesla Scored A Win Against BYD Tesla still managed to knock out BYD in global EV sales. Plus, we look at Maserati's marketing woes and new anti-China moves in Europe. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Oct 4 2024 -
$10,000 BYD Seagull EV Outsold All Other Cars In China Last Month It’s not hard to see why these exceedingly affordable yet fully featured electric city cars are flying out of showrooms. By Andrei Nedelea Sales - Sep 20 2024 -
Chinese EVs Can Undercut American EVs Even With Tariffs We also discuss how fast wireless charging is moving forward and why Stellantis is facing heat from UAW. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Sep 18 2024 -
EVs, Jobs And China Heat Up An Already Intense Harris-Trump Debate Electric vehicles are on the ballot this November. Plus, Volkswagen primes for layoffs and China targets AI and automated driving next. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Sep 11 2024 -
China's BYD Shark Vs. Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1S: ‘Exceptional Build Quality’ The Shark is less than half the price of an all-wheel drive Cybertruck, but it also has a much smaller battery. By Iulian Dnistran News - Sep 10 2024 -
Americans Review The BYD Shark Plug-In Hybrid Pickup And Love It It’s quiet, powerful, well-built and has plenty of electric range for daily use. By Andrei Nedelea News - Sep 9 2024 -
Volkswagen Chief Warns Brand Has 'One, Maybe Two' Years To Get It Together Plus, BYD pushes pause on Mexico and more Ultium workers join the UAW. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Sep 5 2024 -
China's BYD Was The Third-Best-Selling Brand In The World This July BYD outsold everyone except Volkswagen and Toyota in July. By Kevin Williams Sales - Sep 4 2024 -
BMW Ranks Third For Global Plug-In Car Sales So Far In 2024 It is behind BYD and Tesla but ahead of Hyundai and Kia combined. By Andrei Nedelea Sales - Aug 30 2024 -
Xpeng's Tesla Model 3-Fighter Is Under $17,000. It's Going Big Outside China China's Xpeng says it wants half of its global sales to come from outside China. So does BYD, and they're making big moves to do it. By Kevin Williams Industry Outlook - Aug 28 2024 -
Polestar Gets A New CEO. Can He Turn Things Around? Volvo's troubled electric "spinoff" gets a new boss. Plus: Volkswagen gets tighter with China's Xpeng and BYD keeps the profits coming. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Aug 28 2024 -
The BYD Seal 06 GT Is A Chinese Electric Hot Hatch Coming To Europe It’s bigger than a Volkswagen ID.3, but it’s also a bit fancier and more powerful. By Andrei Nedelea News - Aug 27 2024 -
BYD Overtook Honda And Nissan In Sales Last Quarter It turns out that people really do want cheap electric cars. If the trend continues, it won't be long until BYD passes Ford. By Rob Stumpf Sales - Aug 23 2024 -
America Is Divided: Let China's Automakers Build Here, Or Not? Plus, Nissan's former top boss fears a Honda "takeover," and Rivian doubles down on cost-cutting. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Aug 7 2024 -
Here's How A BYD EV Holds Up After 12,000 Miles Wheelsboy's BYD Yuan Up, aka the Atto 3, has been a camera car for the China-based YouTuber. Here's how it's doing after a year and a half. By Kevin Williams China - Aug 5 2024 -
BYD Global Plug-In Car Sales Hit Another Record In July 2024 The growth was driven by rising PHEV sales. EV sales, meanwhile, declined slightly. By Mark Kane Sales - Aug 3 2024 -
BYD EVs Are Coming To Canada The biggest Chinese EV maker is already in Mexico. Now, it's preparing to enter the U.S.' Northern neighbor. By Mack Hogan News - Jul 31 2024 -
Ford’s Skunkworks EV Platform Could Spawn Next-Gen Fiesta, Puma: Report Plus, we discuss BYD and Uber’s partnership to deploy electric taxis across the world. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Jul 31 2024 -
Tesla Was Still The World's Largest EV Maker In Q2, Ahead Of BYD However, the difference between the two shrunk and BYD has Tesla in range. By Mark Kane Sales - Jul 22 2024 -
Trump Hates EVs, But Welcomes China To Build Cars In The U.S. The former President expressed a surprise openness to Chinese brands at this week’s Republican National Convention. By Suvrat Kothari Industry Outlook - Jul 19 2024 -
American Test Of $30,000 Chinese EV: 'Pretty Damn Good' The BYD Dolphin is a relatively affordable electric hatchback that we won't get in the U.S. anytime soon. By Tim Levin China - Jul 19 2024 -
More Proof That Tariffs On China's EVs Won't Work Forever Facing tariffs from the European Union, Chinese giant BYD is just building a factory in Turkey instead. Plus, Honda banks on EV growth. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jul 17 2024 -