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BYD Denza Z9GT Claims World’s Longest EV Range at 1,036 Km, But CLTC Numbers Need Context
The updated Denza Z9GT will offer two battery pack options -- 102.326 kWh and 122.496 kWh -- delivering CLTC ranges of 820 km and 1,036 km respectively
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Lucid
Lucid Gravity Europe Deliveries Finally Start in Switzerland After Missing January Target
Six weeks behind schedule, the first Lucid Gravity SUVs are rolling onto European roads. The confirmation came not from a press release, but from a LinkedIn post reported by Electric Vehicles, written by Fati Biljali, a Lucid delivery advisor for the Swiss market, who confirmed that “the Lucid Gravity has officially landed” and that “this…
Texas
Tesla’s Texas Escape Gave Musk More Than Legal Protection. The NYT Just Showed How Much More.
When Tesla reincorporated from Delaware to Texas in June 2024, Musk told shareholders it was about escaping hostile courts. What he didn’t mention: Texas was already the home base for a personal empire of shell companies that blur the lines between his public and private interests in ways that should worry every Tesla investor. Texas…
Canada
Canada’s Chinese EV Gamble Puts Detroit’s Canadian Plants on the Chopping Block
The same auto industry lobby that represents GM, Stellantis, and Ford in Canada just told Prime Minister Mark Carney his Chinese EV deal is making an already brutal US trade negotiation worse. Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA), made the comments at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto…
Ford
Detroit’s $53 Billion EV Retreat Surprises No One Who Was Paying Attention
Three months after the federal EV tax credit expired, a collector car fintech CEO told WardsAuto what we’ve been reporting since last summer: legacy automakers bet billions on government subsidies instead of building EVs people would buy without them. The combined damage now totals $53 billion across Ford, GM, and Stellantis. The write-downs keep getting…
Volkswagen
Volkswagen’s Cupra Tavascan Dodges EU Tariffs, and Now Chinese Automakers Want the Same Deal
The first crack in Europe’s tariff wall against China-made EVs didn’t come from BYDor SAIC. It came from Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest automaker, which just secured an exemption from the 20.7% additional duty on its China-built Cupra Tavascan SUV. The European Commission published the decision Tuesday in the Official Journal of the EU, and Chinese automakers are already lining up to negotiate their
BYD
BYD Sues the US Government Over Tariffs, But the Real Target Is the American Car Market
China’s largest automaker just filed the first tariff lawsuit by a Chinese car company against the United States government. The legal argument is about import duties on bus parts and batteries. The strategic play is about something bigger. BYD’s four American subsidiaries filed suit at the US Court of International Trade on January 26, arguing…
Tesla
Tesla vs. UNECE: New UN Autonomous Driving Rules Help Everyone, Including China’s BYD and Xpeng
The UN just adopted a draft global regulation for self-driving cars. Tesla fans are celebrating. They probably shouldn’t be, at least not yet. The UNECE regulation replaces prescriptive rules with outcome-based validation The new regulation, adopted by the GRVA at its 24th session in Geneva on January 19-23, 2026, establishes uniform safety provisions for vehicles…
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