Electric vehicles
Tesla risks losing CEO Musk if $1 trillion pay package isn’t approved, board chair says
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm, in a letter Monday, asked shareholders to vote for CEO Elon Musk’s nearly $1 trillion pay package ahead of the company’s annual meeting. Denholm said Musk was key to […]
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‘Europe’s Detroit’ is losing its shine as an automotive powerhouse
A Kia Sportage automobile in the quality control inspection area at the Kia Slovakia sro plant in Zilina, Slovakia, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Slovakia, a small landlocked country in the heart of Europe, faces a perfect storm as it seeks to protect its enviable automotive reputation. From the […]
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Inside Rivian’s design factory and the story behind those distinct headlights
Rivian made a name for itself when it unveiled one of the first electric pickup trucks, the R1T, in 2018. It followed that up with an SUV built off the same platform, the R1S, and has since built a passionate fan base around a brand that celebrates adventure and the outdoors. Now it’s preparing for […]
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BYD’s UK sales soar 880%, making it the EV-maker’s largest market outside China
BYD has slashed its sales target for this year by as much as 16% to 4.6 million vehicles, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Chinese electric carmaker BYD sold 11,271 cars in the U.K. last month, the company said on Monday, representing year-on-year growth of 880%. […]
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Tesla teaser video sparks speculation of long-awaited Roadster or mass market model
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla posted a teaser video on X sparking speculation that the electric carmaker could be gearing up to release a new car. The first video posted […]
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China’s Xiaomi plans showrooms for 2027 EV launch in Europe, eyes local manufacturing later
Key Points Xiaomi plans to open showrooms in Europe when it launches its electric cars in the region in 2027, a top executive at the Chiense tech giant told CNBC. Xu Fei, a vice president at Xiaomi, said the comapny could also manufacture cars locally in the future. Xu did not reveal which car Xiaomi […]
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Chinese EV giant BYD says it has a backup plan if it’s cut off from Nvidia chips
The Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD presents its models at the Open Space Area during the IAA Mobility in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 12, 2025. Eyeswideopen | Getty Images News | Getty Images BYD has a backup plan if it gets cut off from the Nvidia chips it currently uses in its cars, a […]
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Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD’s triple
Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump, inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 30, 2025. Tom Brenner | The Washington Post | Getty Images Sales of Tesla cars in Europe plunged in July, in the company’s seventh consecutive month of declines, while Chinese rival BYD saw […]
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EV sales soar as Trump axes $7,500 tax credit: ‘People are rushing out’ to buy, analyst says
Key Points President Donald Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill” ends a $7,500 EV tax credit after Sept. 30. Consumers are acting quickly to claim the tax credit before it disappears, according to analysts and sales data. Source
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Tesla co-founder JB Straubel is using old EV batteries to power AI data centers
As demand for energy skyrockets amid the rise of AI, one of Tesla‘s co-founders is betting on a new solution: giving old electric vehicle batteries a second-life. JB Straubel, who helped launch Tesla and served as its tech chief until 2019, founded Redwood Materials in 2017 to recycle batteries and build a closed-loop supply chain […]
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