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Ten days. That’s how long Tesla kept the door open on a $59,990 Cybertruck. On March 1, the introductory price disappeared from the configurator and the new base figure landed at $69,990 — still $10,000 less than the Premium trim, but a notable jump for buyers who weren’t fast enough to order. Autoblog first reported…
A door that won’t open in a crash isn’t a design quirk. It’s a death trap. China’s government just codified that reality into law, and the ripple effects will hit EV design studios from Munich to Fremont. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published rules banning concealed, electrically operated door handles on vehicles sold…
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
Fourteen crashes. An estimated 800,000 miles. One city. Those numbers come directly from Tesla’s own vehicle safety reports filed with federal regulators, as analyzed by Bloomberg’s Kara Carlson using data from NHTSA’s Standing General Order database. Five Crashes Across Six Weeks Paint a Damaging Picture Tesla’s latest vehicle safety report covers five incidents from December…
Six Cybercabs are currently being destroyed so that more can be built. That detail — six units simultaneously in crash testing — is the clearest signal yet that Tesla’s production ramp for the Cybercab at Giga Texas is moving on schedule toward its April 2026 volume production target. The update comes from Joe Tegtmeyer, a…
One day after reporting Q4 earnings that beat revenue estimates, Lucid Group filed a WARN notice with California’s Employment Development Department disclosing 319 job eliminations at its Newark headquarters, effective April 21, according to the Mercury News. That’s the third consecutive year Lucid has filed layoff notices at the same address: 123 workers cut in…
The man who led the development of Tesla’s Cybercab from concept to first production unit just walked out the door. Victor Nechita, who held the title of Vehicle Program Manager for the Cybercab, announced on LinkedIn that he’s leaving Tesla after nearly six years to move to Boston. The departure was first flagged on X…
The first Tesla robotaxi crash in Austin happened just weeks after the service launched. The most recent batch of five happened in a single month. In between, the pattern stayed consistent: federal data shows Tesla’s autonomous fleet is hitting things at a rate that would get a teenage driver’s insurance canceled. Bloomberg’s Kara Carlson reported…
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