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Tesla has pushed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v14.3 to owners via an over-the-air update, shipping inside software version 2026.2.9.6. The release notes, published on NotATeslaApp and flagged by Tesla reporter Sawyer Merritt on X, is one of the larger FSD point releases in recent memory. The headline change is a ground-up rewrite of the AI compiler…
The Rivian R2 earned a 335-mile EPA rating, beating Rivian's own estimate. But the 144 MPGe efficiency claim and 210 kW peak charging rate both deserve scrutiny.
Lucid Motors will enter the UK market in 2027, bringing the Lucid Cosmos midsize SUV as its first right-hand drive product, Autocar reported on April 3 following an interview with Lucid European president Lawrence Hamilton. The Cosmos will launch ahead of a second model called the Earth, an off-road-focused derivative planned for 2028. Neither the…
Lucid delivered 3,093 vehicles in Q1 2026, far below what’s needed to hit its 25,000–27,000 vehicle annual target. A Gravity seat defect caused a 29-day halt, but the guidance math was already tight.
A Reuters report published today describes the widening gap between what American EV shoppers want and what U.S. trade policy allows them to buy. With the average new car now costing $49,191 according to Kelley Blue Book — and hitting a record $50,326 in December — a growing share of buyers is eyeing Chinese models…
The Guardian’s Saturday analysis frames what’s happening in Western auto boardrooms with unusual bluntness: pulling back from electric vehicles while oil prices spike over the Iran war is, as one former industry chief puts it, a “profound strategic mistake.” The historical parallel is Detroit in the 1980s, when Japanese competitors ate the American industry’s lunch…
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla and SpaceX‘s “Terafab” chip manufacturing project on the night of March 21, 2026, at a theatrical event inside Austin’s defunct Seaholm Power Plant — light beams shooting into the sky, Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the audience — and walked away without giving a construction timeline or confirming how the estimated…
The NHTSA has officially denied a petition to recall 2.2 million Tesla vehicles over unintended acceleration claims, ruling that one-pedal driving is not a safety defect.
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