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Volkswagen and Rivian are exploring opportunities to license their jointly-developed electric vehicle platform to competing automakers, marking a strategic shift that could transform the $5.8 billion partnership from an exclusive collaboration into an industry-wide technology provider. The announcement came during a media event in Palo Alto on November 12 as the joint venture known as…
Tesla is recalling approximately 10,500 Powerwall 2 home battery systems in the United States due to defective lithium-ion battery cells that can overheat, smoke, or ignite, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today. The recall follows 22 reports of overheating incidents including five fires that caused minor property damage, though no injuries have been…
The Detroit News reports that two years after promising an electric vehicle manufacturing revolution, America’s Battery Belt has collapsed into a landscape of stalled construction sites, mass layoffs, and desperate pivots to non-EV products. Despite $28 billion in taxpayer subsidies, the grand vision of Midwest EV dominance is crumbling just six weeks after federal tax…
Tesla is internally testing Apple CarPlay integration after years of CEO Elon Musk dismissing the feature as unnecessary, Bloomberg reported today. The stunning reversal comes as the electric vehicle maker faces collapsing sales across global markets and increased pressure following the September 30, 2025 expiration of federal EV tax credits. The move represents a dramatic…
Toyota began production Wednesday at its $13.9 billion North Carolina battery plant and announced an additional $10 billion investment over five years—a massive bet on hybrid vehicles timed perfectly with the Trump administration’s rollback of EV mandates. The facility in Liberty, North Carolina, marks the world’s largest automaker’s first battery plant outside Japan and validates…
The International Energy Agency has dramatically reversed its stance on peak oil demand, reinstating a scenario where global consumption continues growing through 2050—a stunning pivot driven primarily by slower-than-expected electric vehicle adoption worldwide. The Paris-based IEA released its World Energy Outlook 2025 on Wednesday, reintroducing a “Current Policies Scenario” that forecasts oil d
Chinese automakers are gaming their sales numbers by registering unsold electric vehicles to dealerships, who then dump them as discounted “used” cars that have never been driven. The practice has become so widespread that China’s Communist Party is now trying to stop it, revealing the deep structural rot in the world’s largest EV market built…
Google Maps now displays live Tesla Supercharger availability across North America and Europe, giving all EV drivers access to real-time charging data that was previously exclusive to Tesla owners. Tesla’s Charging account confirmed the integration on November 11, 2025, marking a significant expansion of the company’s charging ecosystem beyond its walled garden. The feature shows…
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