Tesla vs. Toyota: Why Killing Free Autopilot Puts Tesla Behind a $25,000 Corolla
Tesla killed free Autopilot on new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. Want lane-centering? Pay $99/month for FSD. Toyota and Honda include it standard for free.
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Tesla killed free Autopilot on new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. Want lane-centering? Pay $99/month for FSD. Toyota and Honda include it standard for free.
Tesla's California market share fell to 9.9% in 2025 as Toyota rose to No. 2. Discover why registrations dropped 11% despite Model Y’s segment dominance.
A $60,000 BYD Sealion 7 caught Julian Scot-Smith’s attention at a London Porsche dealership last December. The British couple had come to browse German luxury SUVs in Mayfair. They left considering a Chinese alternative. That moment, captured in a new Wall Street Journal analysis, distills everything happening in the global auto industry right now. BYD…
The internal documents tell one story. Tesla’s press statement tells another. According to works council election records obtained by German business daily Handelsblatt, Giga Berlin’s headcount dropped from 12,415 in 2024 to 10,703 today. That’s 1,712 fewer workers. A 14% decline. Tesla’s response? “Compared to 2024, there has been no significant reduction in the number…
Renault SA plans to reintegrate its Ampere electric vehicle and software operations back into the parent company, reversing a strategy that never delivered the €10 billion valuation former CEO Luca de Meo once promised investors. The French automaker is meeting with labor unions today to discuss the reorganization. Bloomberg reports that CEO François Provost is…
Volvo has officially unveiled its all-electric EX60 mid-size SUV, and the specifications tell a story the Swedish automaker desperately needed to tell. After months of declining EV sales and workforce cuts, today’s reveal in Stockholm delivers a vehicle that directly challenges everything BMW and Mercedes are bringing to market this year. The numbers speak for…
Two months after demanding Brussels weaken the 2035 combustion engine ban, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government is now pledging billions in taxpayer money to boost EV sales. The contradiction reveals Germany’s auto industry isn’t facing a policy problem. It’s facing a competitiveness crisis that no subsidy can fix. The Fact: Germany will offer families with small…
Five months ago, Elon Musk called Dojo an “evolutionary dead end” and disbanded the entire team. Now he wants to put it in orbit. The whiplash is real. Over the long weekend, Musk announced on X that Tesla aims to restart work on Dojo3, its previously abandoned third-generation AI chip. The twist? This time it…
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