Tesla In 'Panic Mode' After Report Of New CEO Search Plus, Ford axes next-gen SDV project and automakers can't even give a financial forecast anymore. By Rob Stumpf News - May 1 2025 -
Why Excess Production Capacity Isn’t A Solution For Tariffs Plus, Tesla has sharply raised prices in Canada due to tariffs and Japanese automakers have teamed up with Chinese software giants. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Apr 28 2025 -
Stellantis Validates Game-Changing Solid-State Battery After 'Production Hell' The pack will be installed in a demonstration fleet of the Dodge Charger Daytona in 2026. By Suvrat Kothari Battery Tech - Apr 24 2025 -
E-REVs Can Unite A Divided America On Electric Vehicles Also: how the U.S. auto industry is grouping together against Trump's tariffs while Stellantis resumes production in Canada and rehires laid-off U.S. workers. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Apr 23 2025 -
Trump Might Kill 25% Tariff On Auto Parts. Automakers Aren't Holding Their Breath Plus, Xpeng breaks up with Nvidia and Tesla insurance rates are skyrocketing. By Rob Stumpf News - Apr 15 2025 -
Here's Every Single EV About To Get Hit With Tariffs Even the most red-white-and-blue EVs come loaded with foreign auto parts—and that's a ticking tariff timebomb. By Rob Stumpf Industry - Apr 3 2025 -
Stellantis Sales Slump Showed No Signs Of Improvement In Q1 Last year, the auto giant’s U.S. sales went down 15%. In the first quarter of this year, sales went down by 12%. By Iulian Dnistran Sales - Apr 2 2025 -
GM, Toyota, Stellantis Back New Bill To Weaken Fuel Economy Rules President Trump's tariffs could deal a devastating blow to the auto industry. A new legislation aims to soften the impact of that. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Mar 5 2025 -
Hyundai, Kia Pump The Brakes On Solid State Batteries Until 2030 Plus, Nissan draws up plans to replace its CEO and Stellantis tells Trump he's slapping tariffs on the wrong cars. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Feb 27 2025 -
What's Next For Lucid Motors Lucid is searching for a new CEO but won't "reinvent the company." Plus: Stellantis also needs a new top executive at a difficult time. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Feb 26 2025 -
Inside BYD's 'Bold' Plans For Europe The Chinese auto giant is taking the world by storm. Here's how it aims to compete with the likes of Volkswagen on their home turf. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Feb 24 2025 -
Stellantis' AutoDrive Is 'Eyes-Off, Hands-Off' In Traffic For Jeep, Ram Drivers The Level 3 eyes-off, hands-off system is designed to work up to 37 mph. It could make your next traffic jam a lot more pleasant. By Kevin Williams Technology - Feb 20 2025 -
Tesla Is Facing Global Protests, Vandalism Over Elon Musk's Government Meddling Plus, BYD can sell its carbon credits to offset tariffs, while Ford and GM are hit by China's retaliation tariffs. By Rob Stumpf News - Feb 11 2025 -
Stellantis Patents An 'EV Exhaust', But It's Not For What You Think The patent is meant to protect an EV from battery fires by using an exhaust-like system in case of thermal runaway. By Rob Stumpf News - Feb 4 2025 -
Stellantis Promises Half-Price Lithium-Sulfur EV Batteries ‘By 2030’ The auto giant is joining forces with Zeta Energy to bring cheaper, lighter and faster-charging EV batteries to market by the end of the decade. By Iulian Dnistran Battery Tech - Dec 9 2024 -
Why General Motors Just Took A $5 Billion Hit In China Also on today's Critical Materials roundup: how Stellantis' ex-CEO made "enemies with everybody." By Patrick George Critical Materials - Dec 4 2024 -
Elon Musk Will Not Get A $100 Billion Pay Package For Christmas Plus, Stellantis gets a $7.5 billion loan for building batteries, and GM backs out of its nearly-completed battery plant. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Dec 3 2024 -
Stellantis' CEO Is Gone Ahead Of 'A Big Year' With A Huge List Of Problems Plus, a recent Mercedes fire changes South Korea's EV calculus, and can the Trump administration work with China's automakers? By Patrick George Critical Materials - Dec 2 2024 -
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares Quits Amid Strategy Dispute UAW boss Shawn Fain, who criticized Tavares in the past, said the move is “a major step in the right direction.” By Iulian Dnistran Industry - Dec 2 2024 -
EVs Help Vehicle Emissions Drop To Historic Low In The U.S. EVs and PHEVs brought huge climate wins for the transportation sector in 2023. Emissions are down, fuel economy levels are up. By Suvrat Kothari Climate - Dec 1 2024 -
Stellantis' New 'Engineering Marvel' Trucks Aim For 690 Miles Of Range The new STLA Frame truck platform supports gas, hydrogen, hybrid, electric and EREV power. By Suvrat Kothari Official - Nov 19 2024 -
Extended-Range EVs Are The Next Big Thing. Will Drivers Plug Them In? Automakers won’t say how plug-in hybrid owners behave. Is assuming EREV owners will plug in just magical thinking? By John Voelcker Charging - Nov 19 2024 -
China's Xiaomi Just Smashed Another Tesla Record Plus, China's CATL would build a U.S. plant (if allowed) and Stellantis bets big on synthetic graphite. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Nov 14 2024 -
Scout Motors' Electric Rebirth Kicks Off Tomorrow. Here's What We Know Plus, a new investigation into Rivian uncovers troubling labor accusations, and the U.S. is working overtime to convert car factories for EVs. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Oct 23 2024 -