The newest chapter in the ‘European and American automakers just giving up and inviting the Chinese to take over’ saga has just been written. Ford will produce Geely vehicles at its plant in Valencia, Spain, alongside the Kuga and “a new generation of low- and zero-emission vehicles for European markets”, according to the official press release. Actually, Ford has established… Read more…

I spent the last couple of days dissecting the news of a Tesla Robotaxi ending its journey abruptly against a tree stump, but it turns out the real story isn’t a lonely not-so-autonomous prototype bending metal in a quiet cul-de-sac. The true jaw-dropper is buried within fresh data mapping out the behavior of ordinary, customer-owned Teslas operating in the wild.… Read more…

There is a profound (and beautifully ironic) twist unfolding in the global automotive landscape right now. The proud titans of Wolfsburg dictated exactly how cars were built, stamped, and sold to the rest of the planet for nearly a century. If you wanted absolute mechanical perfection, you bought German hardware. But in the ruthless, warp-speed arena of modern electric vehicles,… Read more…

Tesla is preparing to roll out its summer 2026 software update. It should become available shortly. The company has published the full list of new features that will be part of the update. Grok will be able to make phone calls, search for and play music, adjust climate settings, open the glovebox, and answer any questions you might have about… Read more…

Remember the original 2010 Nissan LEAF? Properly unpretentious, slightly bulbous eco-pod that screamed practicality from every line of its jellybean silhouette. It did not want to have anything to do with performance – it just wanted to help you skip the gas pump. Fast forward through 700,000 global sales, and Nissan has pulled off a rather fascinating surprise. In January… Read more…

The standard recipe for British luxury has always been reassuringly predictable: take a towering, brick-shaped vault of absolute opulence, line it with the finest hides, and give it the ability to conquer a muddy hillside or cruise down a boulevard with equal disdain. But the rules of the road are changing, and the newly teased Range Rover GT is a… Read more…

Here at Arena EV, we’ve been tracking the chaotic evolution of the electric vehicle market for a while now, watching automakers swap between wild electrification pledges and panicked U-turns. But nothing quite prepared us for the bureaucratic poetry of federal safety filings. A fresh batch of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data contains four newly unredacted incident reports from Tesla… Read more…

I have lost count of the hours I have spent deep in the digital trenches of online car configurators late at night. For anyone who genuinely loves cars, clicking through countless paint samples, ticking boxes for different upholstery, picking different drivetrains and swapping out wheel designs can be a deeply satisfying, almost therapeutic ritual – the ultimate modern tool for… Read more…

Back in April, Smart revealed that it would be going back to its roots, working on an EV that would be the spiritual successor to the original Smart ForTwo city car. Then, the company presented the Concept #2 a few weeks later in order to give us a better idea of what the production car would be based on. Today… Read more…

The auto industry’s obsession with stuffing electric cars with heavy battery packs to fix range anxiety sounds a bit like a lazy engineering shortcut. It seems automakers believe that making an EV heavier is the only way for it to go farther – an approach that is painfully counterintuitive. Adding weight increases rolling resistance, needs stiffer suspension components, and in… Read more…

It seems that the slow-burning EV revolution that we are witnessing, is going through a curious corporate shell game. On paper, things look spectacular. In the German market, which basically is Europe’s automotive barometer, battery-electric vehicle registrations climbed to a solid 19.1% market share by the end of 2025, rebounding beautifully after the government unexpectedly pulled the plug on consumer… Read more…

There’s no two ways about it – modern car interiors are changing fast. For many young motorists, talking directly to a vehicle is now an everyday habit rather than a futuristic novelty. Voice commands provide a simple way to bypass the complicated digital menus that clutter modern touchscreens. Honda announced a major technological update to satisfy this consumer demand. The… Read more…

Tesla just released a balance bike for toddlers, and as all balance bikes do, this one has no pedals, no motor, no brakes – the legs do all the things. However, it has a nice, clean design and a lightweight magnesium frame. The catch? It’s priced at $225. It’s designed for kids aged between 2 and 5 and has a… Read more…

July 16, 2026, will go down in auto history in one of two ways. It will be either remembered as the day that changed EV expectations, or it will be the day XPeng promised a lot, but failed to deliver. And after spending some time with the new coupe SUV from this Chinese disruptor, I am leaning toward the changed… Read more…

Small electric vehicles are particularly well suited to urban driving, which is why Nissan has revived the familiar Micra nameplate as a fully electric model based on the Renault 5 E-Tech. The two cars share many of their key components, yet each brand has applied its own interpretation of how a modern city car should look, feel and drive. In… Read more…

Today, Honda has confirmed that it is discontinuing the Prologue EV in the US. This follows the discontinuation of the Acura ZDX in September of last year and the cancellation of the RSX in March. A Honda spokesperson explained: Honda will conclude sales of Prologue later this year following completion of the 2026 model year. Prologue customers will continue to… Read more…

According to a new report, Volvo is currently “studying” the idea to launch a sedan and station wagon in the US – they could be hitting showrooms in 2028. They will both be electric and they are allegedly already in development for the European market. So adapting them for the US market should be relatively easy. The models will carry… Read more…

A new trade agreement between Canada and China opens the door for Chinese car manufacturers to enter the Canadian market. The trade deal reduces the 100% tariff on Chinese-imported cars to 6.1% for up to 49,000 vehicles in 2027. We’ve already seen some manufacturers like BYD, Chery and Geely making plans to enter the market, but the latest one to… Read more…

Don’t miss our closer look at the EX60 interior, design and features. Volvo has started deliveries of the EX60 in Europe. The first customers in Sweden are now behind the wheel of their new EV, and the company promises “many more to follow in the coming weeks and months”. The EX60 was introduced in January. It has a “class-leading range”… Read more…

XPeng revealed its budget crossover Mona L03 in China about a month ago, and it’s betting on this model to secure market positions in Europe as well. The Chinese automaker dropped the “Mona” from the name and announced the XPeng L03 for the collective European market today. We already know the hardware and features that make the L03 move, but… Read more…