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China's BYD has overtaken Tesla as the world's best-selling maker of electric cars. In the final quarter of last year, BYD, backed by Warren Buffett, sold 526,409 fully electric vehicles, outpacing Tesla's 484,507.
BYD

BYD Overtakes Tesla In UK Market As Chinese EV Sales Surge Sixfold

BYD has overtaken Tesla in the United Kingdom’s electric vehicle market, marking a stunning reversal in one of Europe’s largest markets for plug-in cars. The Chinese manufacturer registered almost seven times more new cars than Tesla last month, according to data released Wednesday by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The shift…

EU Plans December Announcement For Affordable Small EVs To Counter Chinese Competition
Ford

EU Plans December Announcement For Affordable Small EVs To Counter Chinese Competition

The European Commission will announce a new regulatory category for affordable small electric vehicles in December, aiming to enable manufacturers to produce EVs priced between €15,000 and €20,000 ($16,000-$21,000) as Chinese competitors continue gaining market share with lower-cost models. European Commissioner for Industry Stephane Sejourne confirmed the timeline during the Automotive Industry D

Tesla Faces Major Lawsuit Over Full Self-Driving Promises—Are EV Buyers Misled?
China

Tesla’s China Sales Fall 9.9% In October As Even BYD Struggles Amid Brutal Price War

Tesla’s China-made electric vehicle sales fell 9.9% year-over-year in October 2025 to 61,497 units, reversing a brief September uptick and signaling renewed struggles in the world’s largest EV market. The decline, reported by the China Passenger Car Association, marks a troubling return to the downward trajectory that plagued the automaker for eight consecutive months earlier…

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Volkswagen Secures $426M Brazilian Loan to Accelerate Hybrid Development as EV Strategy Falters

Volkswagen has secured 2.3 billion reais ($425.62 million) in credit lines from Brazil’s state development bank BNDES to accelerate hybrid vehicle development across South America, according to Reuters. The German automaker announced Friday it will use the financing to offer hybrid versions of all new vehicles developed and manufactured in the region starting in 2026.…

Ford

Ford CEO Issues Dire Warning: China Can “Put Us All Out Of Business” With Existing Capacity

Ford CEO Jim Farley has escalated his warnings about Chinese automotive dominance to existential levels, declaring that China’s manufacturing capacity could single-handedly destroy the entire North American auto industry. In a stark CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired October 26, Farley compared the Chinese threat to 1980s Japan “on steroids”—his most alarming public assessment yet…

Tesla’s Parked Fleet as Global AI Network: Musk’s Bold Vision Faces Reality Check
Tesla

Tesla’s Parked Fleet as Global AI Network: Musk’s Bold Vision Faces Reality Check

Elon Musk floated an audacious idea during Tesla’s Q3 2025 earnings call that flew under the radar: transforming the company’s millions of parked vehicles into a massive distributed computing network for artificial intelligence. The proposal, shared by Tesla analyst Nic Cruz Patane on October 28, suggests using idle Teslas as AI inference processors when they’re…

EV Tensions Rise: EU Launches Subsidy Probe, China Reacts Strongly
China

China’s EV Boom Ends Golden Week Gasoline Surge, Cutting Fuel Demand 9% Year-Over-Year

China’s electric vehicle revolution has reached a historic milestone: for the first time, the country’s October “Golden Week” holiday saw gasoline demand fall instead of surge, dropping 9% year-over-year to 12.5 million tons despite record travel, according to Reuters. The shift marks a fundamental turning point in the world’s largest oil market, where EVs are…

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