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A new wrongful death lawsuit filed against Tesla Inc. highlights the ongoing safety crisis surrounding the company’s electronic door handle design, alleging that a couple became trapped in their burning Model 3 after a January 2023 crash in Washington state left one dead and the other seriously injured. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District…
China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) will manufacture its AION V electric SUV at Magna International’s Austria facility, the companies announced Thursday, marking the second Chinese EV brand in two months to use European contract manufacturing as a workaround for steep EU tariffs on China-made vehicles. The move highlights a rapidly emerging strategy among Chinese automakers:…
Lucid Motors just dropped the price of its critical SUV to under $80,000, but for buyers hoping for a federal subsidy, the timing couldn’t be worse. Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) officially launched the Lucid Gravity Touring on Thursday with a starting price of $79,900, a strategic move to broaden the luxury SUV’s appeal as demand…
Foxconn Chairman Young Liu is placing a massive bet on artificial intelligence while stepping back from electric vehicles, predicting that China’s brutally competitive EV market will soon experience a devastating consolidation that forces unprofitable startups to disappear. The world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer plans to invest $2 billion to $3 billion annually in AI infrastructure…
Ford’s UK managing director is pushing back against proposed electric vehicle taxation just weeks after the U.S. federal tax credit expiration triggered the exact market collapse she’s warning about—exposing how legacy automakers built EV strategies dependent on perpetual government subsidies rather than genuine competitiveness. Lisa Brankin, Ford UK’s chair and managing director, told the BBC’s…
Swedish battery-electric truck startup Einride has sued Danish logistics giant Maersk over a collapsed deployment deal that was supposed to put 300 zero-emission trucks on American roads but instead became the latest casualty of the post-subsidy EV market collapse. The lawsuit reveals a corporate sustainability commitment unraveling in real time. The Deal That Wasn’t Einride…
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering a blanket prohibition on Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles for military personnel, citing concerns that built-in cameras and microphones could enable espionage. The move follows months of restrictions at sensitive military sites and mirrors security theater tactics the United States previously deployed against Chinese drone manufacturer DJI—despite a
Xiaomi’s EV division posts a $98 million profit in Q3 2025, validating a “ruthlessly efficient” consumer tech strategy that puts Apple’s failed car project to shame. Xiaomi has achieved the holy grail of the electric vehicle industry—profitability—in record time, reports Bloomberg. The Chinese consumer electronics giant reported a 700 million yuan ($98 million USD) profit…
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