EVXL — Electric Vehicle & Tesla NewsEVXL covers the electric vehicle industry: Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, BYD, Zeekr, and every EV that matters — breaking news, deep dives, and The Briefing newsletter.https://evxl.co/en-usTesla Extends 3.99% APR To The Model Y Performance, The Last Trim It Was Holding At Full Pricehttps://evxl.co/2026/07/21/tesla-model-y-performance-3-99-apr/https://evxl.co/2026/07/21/tesla-model-y-performance-3-99-apr/Tesla is now offering 3.99% APR financing on the new Model Y Performance for up to 72 months, extending subsidized financing to the only Model Y trim it had kept at full-price borrowing costs.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:51:11 GMTModel Yteslafull-self-drivinghaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla's Giga Berlin Ran At 54% Capacity In 2025 And Still Grew Profit 36%, Annual Report Showshttps://evxl.co/2026/07/20/tesla-giga-berlin-profit-2025/https://evxl.co/2026/07/20/tesla-giga-berlin-profit-2025/Tesla's German factory operated at 54% capacity in 2025 and built fewer vehicles, yet its net profit rose 36% to EUR 77.1 million, according to the annual report of Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg SE.Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:08:07 GMTGiga Berlinteslamodel-yhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Stages 245 Cybercabs at Giga Texas, Hitting EVXL's 200-Unit Call Ten Weeks Earlyhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/19/tesla-cybercabs-robotaxis-giga-texas/https://evxl.co/2026/07/19/tesla-cybercabs-robotaxis-giga-texas/A drone flyover of Gigafactory Texas on July 18, 2026 captured 245 Tesla Cybercab units staged across Austin factory lots, more than double the 102 cars observers counted five weeks earlier.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:50:26 GMTCybercabteslarobotaxitexasgigafactory-texashaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Model Y With FSD Is One Dutch Father's Answer to the Blackout Crash That Took His Licensehttps://evxl.co/2026/07/18/tesla-model-y-fsd-dutch-father-license/https://evxl.co/2026/07/18/tesla-model-y-fsd-dutch-father-license/After losing his license for a year following a blackout crash, Dutch entrepreneur Wilco de Kreij says a new Tesla Model Y with FSD Supervised is his answer to the fear of another medical emergency at the wheel.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:18:47 GMTModel Yteslanetherlandsrdwfsd-supervisedwilco-de-kreijepilepsyhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Adds 58 Robotaxis To Texas Fleet In One Dayhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/15/tesla-adds-58-texas-robotaxis-one-day/https://evxl.co/2026/07/15/tesla-adds-58-texas-robotaxis-one-day/Tesla's Texas robotaxi tracker jumped by 58 vehicles on July 15, pushing the company's registered fleet in the state to 175 and marking its biggest one-day increase in the public Texas DMV-based tracker yet.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:46:58 GMTTeslateslarobotaxitexasmodel-yautonomous-vehicleshaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla FSD Hits 50 Million Kilometers in Europe, 28 Times the Dataset That Won Its Approvalhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/14/tesla-50-million-kilometers-europe/https://evxl.co/2026/07/14/tesla-50-million-kilometers-europe/Tesla says European customers have now logged more than 50 million kilometers on FSD Supervised, a figure that is roughly 28 times larger than the 1.8 million kilometer dataset used to help win the system's first type approval in the Netherlands.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:50:54 GMTFull Self-Drivingteslaeuropenetherlandsrdwfsd-supervisedhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla FSD V14.3.5 Lets You Watch Any Camera, Including the Cabin View, While Drivinghttps://evxl.co/2026/07/13/tesla-fsd-14-3-5-camera-preview/https://evxl.co/2026/07/13/tesla-fsd-14-3-5-camera-preview/Tesla's FSD V14.3.5 update removes the Park requirement for Camera Preview, letting drivers check any exterior or interior camera feed, including the cabin camera, while the car is moving.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:20:00 GMTTeslaautopilothaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)EV Drivers Now Save $43 A Month On Fuel In Nearly Every State, And It Took A War To Prove Ithttps://evxl.co/2026/07/13/ev-drivers-save-43-month-fuel-war/https://evxl.co/2026/07/13/ev-drivers-save-43-month-fuel-war/American EV drivers now pay $43 a month less to fuel their cars than gasoline drivers do in nearly every state, as gas prices surged 37% and charging costs rose just 16% since the Iran war began in February.Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:40:00 GMTPolicycharginggas-priceshaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla FSD Outdrives Humans in the Data While Europe Approves It One Border at a Timehttps://evxl.co/2026/07/12/tesla-fsd-outdrives-humans-europe/https://evxl.co/2026/07/12/tesla-fsd-outdrives-humans-europe/A Dutch driver logs 10,000 FSD kilometers only to switch it off at the German border. RDW's own data shows fewer incidents than human driving, but 22 of 27 EU states still haven't approved it.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:09:00 GMTTeslafsdrobotaxihaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla's New Patent Could Keep You Cool in a Heatwave Without Losing the Glass Roofhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-perforated-glass-roof-patent-cooling/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-perforated-glass-roof-patent-cooling/A newly published Tesla patent describes a perforated double-layer glass roof that pipes conditioned air directly through tiny holes in the ceiling, cutting cabin heat and road noise at once.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTTeslateslapatentshvacglass-roofhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Files to Open a Dallas Showroom on Knox Street, Steps from Rivian's Spaces Locationhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-knox-street-dallas-showroom-rivian/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-knox-street-dallas-showroom-rivian/A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing shows Tesla plans a 2,513-square-foot showroom at 3113 Knox Street in Dallas, landing on the same strip where rival Rivian opened its Spaces location last year.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMTTeslateslariviandallasretailhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)NHTSA Chief Says Agency Will 'Absolutely' Consider Dropping Steering Wheel Rule for Driverless Carshttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/nhtsa-steering-wheel-driverless-cars/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/nhtsa-steering-wheel-driverless-cars/NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the agency will consider ending steering wheel requirements for fully driverless vehicles, a potential regulatory opening for Tesla's steering-wheel-free Cybercab.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:45:00 GMTPolicyteslarobotaxicybercabnhtsahaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Is Hiring 'AI Safety Operators' in 32 Cities Across 20 States, Signaling a Wider Robotaxi Pushhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-ai-safety-operator-hiring-expansion/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-ai-safety-operator-hiring-expansion/New Tesla job listings for 'AI Safety Operator' roles span 32 cities in 20 states plus Washington, D.C., a hiring footprint far larger than the automaker's current driverless Robotaxi markets.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:10:00 GMTTeslarobotaxihiringfsdhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Gets Written Out of New Jersey's Robotaxi Bill, and Its Own Record Helped Draft Ithttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-new-jersey-robotaxi-bill/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-new-jersey-robotaxi-bill/New Jersey lawmakers are weighing a bill that would keep Tesla's robotaxi out of the state before it ever carries a passenger there. Senate Bill S1677 would create a three-year autonomous vehicle pilot program overseen by the state Department of Transportation and the Motor Vehicle Commission, and it requires every participating vehicle to pair its cameras with two additional sensor types, such as lidar or radar.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:59:00 GMTTeslateslarobotaxicybercabfsdhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla FSD v14 Lite Lands In South Korea, But Only US-Built Model 3 And Y Owners Get Ithttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-fsd-v14-lite-south-korea-model-3-y/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-fsd-v14-lite-south-korea-model-3-y/Tesla's FSD v14 Lite reaches South Korea, its first international HW3 rollout. Only US-built Model 3 and Model Y qualify; Shanghai-built cars stay locked out.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:41:00 GMTTeslamodel-ymodel-3haye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla's Rental Program Is Expanding to Maryland and Kansas, Job Listings Showhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-rental-program-maryland-kansas/https://evxl.co/2026/07/10/tesla-rental-program-maryland-kansas/New Tesla job postings for Owings Mills, Maryland and Lenexa, Kansas point to the automaker's $60-a-day rental program spreading well past its original coastal pilot cities.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:45:00 GMTTeslarentalcybertruckmodel-ymodel-3haye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Rivian Files To Sell 75 Million Shares Into Its R2 Rally, The Dilution We Called In Februaryhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/06/rivian-75-million-share-sale-doe-loan/https://evxl.co/2026/07/06/rivian-75-million-share-sale-doe-loan/Rivian filed to sell 75 million new Class A shares after Monday’s market close, a deal worth roughly $1.5 billion at the day’s $20.14 closing price. The company says the proceeds will fund general corporate purposes, including the equity contribution requirements tied to its Department of Energy (DOE) loan for the Georgia factory. The timing…Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:12:08 GMTRivianaudiepar2secteslavolkswagenhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)GM EV Sales Drop 27.5% In First Half Of 2026 As The Dead Tax Credit Splits Chevrolet From Cadillachttps://evxl.co/2026/07/06/gm-ev-sales-first-half-2026-tax-credit-split/https://evxl.co/2026/07/06/gm-ev-sales-first-half-2026-tax-credit-split/General Motors delivered 56,679 electric vehicles in the United States through the first six months of 2026, a 27.5 percent drop from the 78,167 units the same eleven nameplates recorded a year earlier. The company still holds the number two spot among US EV sellers, behind Tesla. The rest of GM’s business barely flinched. Total…Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:10:19 GMTGMbmwboltcadillacfordohiosectennesseeteslahaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Posts Its Best June Ever In The UK As Electric Cars Take 30% Of The Markethttps://evxl.co/2026/07/06/tesla-uk-best-june-ev-30-percent/https://evxl.co/2026/07/06/tesla-uk-best-june-ev-30-percent/Tesla registered 12,173 new cars in the United Kingdom in June, the brand’s best June on record there and a 58% jump over the 7,719 it managed a year earlier, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data published Monday, July 6, 2026. That volume handed Tesla 5.7% of the entire British new…Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:46:29 GMTTeslabydfrancegmmodel-3model-ysecunited-kingdomhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Bentley Names Its First EV Torcal, Borrowing From Torque Eight Months After Its CEO Said Everyone Has Ithttps://evxl.co/2026/07/06/bentley-ev-torcal/https://evxl.co/2026/07/06/bentley-ev-torcal/Bentley will call its first electric car the Torcal, the company announced from Crewe on July 6, 2026, ahead of a full reveal set for London on September 23. The name draws on El Torcal de Antequera, a limestone formation in Andalusia, Spain, and on the Latin torquere, to twist, the root of the modern…Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:44:57 GMTTeslaepaporschesecvolkswagenhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)EV Batteries Post A 0.3% Failure Rate While Buyers Keep Pricing In A Repair Bill That Rarely Comeshttps://evxl.co/2026/07/05/ev-battery-longevity-perception-gap/https://evxl.co/2026/07/05/ev-battery-longevity-perception-gap/The average electric vehicle still delivers up to 95% of its original range after five years on the road, according to battery-data firm Recurrent, and the highest-mileage cars are making the point hard to ignore. Richard Symons, who runs a used-EV dealership in southern England, has logged 247,000 miles on his five-year-old Tesla Model 3…Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:55:43 GMTModel 3boltcountryepahyundainissanhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Model Y Long Wheelbase Arrives In The US At $61,990, The Six-Seater Answer To The Cramped 7-Seaterhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/02/model-y-long-wheelbase/https://evxl.co/2026/07/02/model-y-long-wheelbase/Tesla launched the Model Y Long Wheelbase in the US and Puerto Rico today, a stretched, three-row, six-seat version of its best-seller with 325 miles of range and a 4.4-second 0-60 time. Tesla’s configurator lists it as the Model Y L Premium at $61,990, in Launch Series trim with all-wheel drive, sitting above the $57,990…Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:47:23 GMTModel Ychinacybertruckgmkiamodel-3sechaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)McMurtry Speirling Pure Goes To Production: $1.3 Million, 1,000 HP, And Fans That Suck It To The Track From A Standstillhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/02/mcmurtry-speirling-pure-production-1-3-million-fan-car/https://evxl.co/2026/07/02/mcmurtry-speirling-pure-production-1-3-million-fan-car/McMurtry Automotive unveiled the production version of the Speirling Pure, its all-electric track-only fan car, with US customer deliveries beginning in late 2026 and a starting price of $1.3 million. The headline numbers read like a physics dare: 1,000 bhp (745 kW) per McMurtry’s spec sheet, 0-60 mph in 1.55 seconds with a one-foot rollout,…Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:20:51 GMTTeslasecslatehaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Rivian Beats Q2 Delivery Estimates And Raises Its 2026 Forecast, The Quarter The R2 Finally Showed Uphttps://evxl.co/2026/07/02/rivian-q2-2026-deliveries-beat-guidance-raise/https://evxl.co/2026/07/02/rivian-q2-2026-deliveries-beat-guidance-raise/Rivian delivered 12,194 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up about 14% from the 10,661 it delivered a year ago and comfortably ahead of the 10,518 analysts expected, according to estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. And Rivian paired the beat with a bigger statement: it raised its full-year 2026 delivery forecast from 62,000-67,000 to…Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:11:37 GMTRivianedvepafordr2secteslahaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Smashes Q2 Delivery Expectations With 480,126 Vehicles, And BYD Still Won The Quarterhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/02/tesla-q2-2026-deliveries-480126-beat/https://evxl.co/2026/07/02/tesla-q2-2026-deliveries-480126-beat/Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up 25% from a year ago and its fourth-best delivery quarter ever. Wall Street expected 406,024. Tesla beat its own compiled analyst consensus by 74,102 vehicles, an 18% overshoot that nobody on the sell side saw coming. The company also produced 451,758 vehicles and deployed…Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:56:25 GMTTeslabydmodel-3model-ysechaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)BYD Retakes The Global EV Crown From Tesla With Quarterly Sales That Shrank 8%https://evxl.co/2026/07/01/byd-retakes-ev-crown-tesla-q2-2026/https://evxl.co/2026/07/01/byd-retakes-ev-crown-tesla-q2-2026/BYD sold 557,090 fully electric vehicles in the second quarter, enough to take back the global BEV crown from Tesla a full day before Tesla reports its own numbers. Here is the part most coverage will skip: that winning figure is 8.22% lower than what BYD sold in the same quarter last year. Tesla publishes…Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:46:13 GMTBYDaustraliachinaeuropegmli-autoniosecstellantisteslaxiaomixpenghaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla’s June Rebound In Europe Runs On Subsidy Calendars As France Doubles And Norway Falls 43%https://evxl.co/2026/07/01/tesla-june-rebound-europe-subsidy-calendars/https://evxl.co/2026/07/01/tesla-june-rebound-europe-subsidy-calendars/Tesla registrations climbed across most of Europe’s big EV markets in June. France more than doubled from a year earlier, Sweden rose 56%, Portugal and Italy each gained 43%, Denmark added 39%, and Spain managed 5.6% growth. Norway went the other way and dropped 43%. The numbers land as Tesla prepares to publish second-quarter delivery…Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:07:58 GMTTeslabydchinaelon-muskepafrancegermanymodel-ynionorwaysecswedenvolkswagenhaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Semi’s First Fatal Crash Kills Nevada Couple While The Truck’s Automatic Braking Remains A Black Boxhttps://evxl.co/2026/07/01/tesla-semis-first-fatal-crash-kills-nevada-couple/https://evxl.co/2026/07/01/tesla-semis-first-fatal-crash-kills-nevada-couple/A Tesla Semi slammed into two passenger vehicles stopped at a red light on U.S. 50 in Dayton, Nevada, on Sunday morning, June 28, killing a married couple and leaving a third person with life-threatening injuries. Preliminary statements gathered at the scene suggest the truck driver may have fallen asleep, according to the Lyon County…Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:04:33 GMTNevadaaudicaliforniaelon-muskepanhtsasemihaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)BMW iX5 Unveiled With 435-Mile Range And The Same Divisive Face As The iX3https://evxl.co/2026/06/30/bmw-ix5-range-charging-design-controversy/https://evxl.co/2026/06/30/bmw-ix5-range-charging-design-controversy/BMW unveiled the all-electric iX5 on June 30, 2026, alongside the rest of its fifth-generation X5 lineup at the company’s “Home of X” event at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina. The iX5 60 xDrive will be the first fully electric BMW built in the United States, with production at Spartanburg starting later this year and customer…Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:18:55 GMTBMWepaeuropei3mustang-mach-esecsouth-carolinateslavolvohaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)Tesla Loses Truckloads of Batteries at Giga Nevada While Its Own Software Writes Self-Driving Codehttps://evxl.co/2026/06/29/tesla-giga-nevada-battery-cargo-thefts/https://evxl.co/2026/06/29/tesla-giga-nevada-battery-cargo-thefts/Organized crews stole trailers of Tesla car and home batteries straight off loading docks at the company’s Nevada facilities at least 11 times since last December, according to Storey County sheriff’s records. Nine of those suspected cargo thefts happened in January alone. The hauls ran into the millions: two of the earliest trailers each carried…Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:29:45 GMTNevadaaustraliacaliforniasecsemihaye@evxl.co (Haye Kesteloo)