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Tesla sets 1 October for the next-generation Roadster reveal

Tesla says it will reveal the next-generation Roadster on 1 October, the first firm date since it showed the car as a concept in 2017 and promised production for 2020. European reservations cost EUR 43,000 paid within ten days, no customer anywhere has taken delivery, and the reveal lands while Tesla’s European registrations are falling […]

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The US transport secretary told Ford to cut its Chinese ties, including one in Valencia

The US transportation secretary has told Ford to cut ties with CATL and Geely, objecting among other things to the joint venture the carmaker is building with Geely at its plant in Valencia. The European Parliament is tightening a law that would require exactly that arrangement, forcing Chinese investors in strategic sectors into EU joint […]

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Li Auto will launch in Europe this quarter, six years earlier than it said it would

Li Auto will show the Li 6 at next month’s Paris Motor Show and start selling in Europe in the fourth quarter, six years earlier than its founder said it would. It is bringing only its battery models, because the EU’s duty on Chinese electric cars explicitly covers extended-range vehicles, the type that make up […]

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Lawmaker demands federal action after 43 Tesla drivers were filmed asleep at the wheel

A US congressman has asked federal regulators what they intend to do about Tesla drivers who sleep while Full Self-Driving is switched on, demanding answers from the transportation secretary by 30 September. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents an Illinois district, wants to know whether Tesla’s cabin camera still works when a driver wears sunglasses or covers […]

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China’s car exports beat last year’s record with four months to go

China exported more than 6.2 million passenger cars in the first eight months of this year, beating its full-year total for 2025 with four months to spare, while domestic sales fell 25.6% in August. Europe absorbed much of the growth through plug-in hybrids, which the EU’s tariff on Chinese cars does not cover, and BYD’s […]

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Europe’s first truly driverless robotaxi is running in Croatia, on Chinese software

Pony.ai and Verne have started fully driverless passenger rides in Zagreb, the first anywhere in Europe, with nobody in the driver’s seat and Uber taking the bookings. The pair want more than 2,000 robotaxis on European roads, but the only EU-wide approval route for a fully automated car is capped at 1,500 units a year […]

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More Americans are warming to EVs, a new study finds

The HERE-SBD EV Index finds positive American perceptions of charging infrastructure rose from 28% to 47% in a year, and 60% now expect it to keep improving, even as US battery-electric market share fell to 5.37%. HERE is headquartered in Amsterdam and was bought from Nokia by Audi, BMW and Daimler in 2015. More Americans […]

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Electric cars are 33% cheaper to run in Europe. Petrol fuel costs rose up to 36% in one shock

The ICCT finds battery-electric cars were 33% cheaper to run than petrol cars in the EU last year, or 28% on public charging alone, with combustion energy costs rising up to 36% after February’s oil shock while electricity held steady. Purchase-price parity has been reached in three segments, and the small and lower-medium ones are […]

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Tesla is building Superchargers only its robotaxis can use, five years after opening them

Tesla is building Supercharger stations dedicated to its robotaxi fleet, which currently uses public sites where operators plug the cars in by hand. Europe was where Tesla first opened the network to other brands, and its charging rules count only publicly accessible capacity. Tesla is building Supercharger stations dedicated to its robotaxi fleet, InsideEVs reported. […]

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Toyota recalls 10,000 C-HR EVs that may lose power, and none of them can update themselves

Toyota is recalling about 10,000 2026 C-HR electric crossovers in North America because a control unit can overcharge the traction battery under regenerative braking and shut the drive system down while driving. The fix is a software update the car cannot receive wirelessly, which European rules would document but not prevent. Toyota is recalling about […]

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