Apple’s journey into the automotive world came to a screeching halt, and the ripples of it are still being felt across the company. Many employees deeply involved in its secretive “Project Titan” car initiative have recently been laid off. Apple’s shift in focus has resulted in over 600 employees being let go. While most of the layoffs impacted staff involved… Read more…

Chevrolet’s Silverado EV RST promises remarkable range and it seems to actually deliver it. The first real-world test of the truck has shown results even exceeding initial range estimates. The Silverado EV touts a class-leading range of 708 km, and it looks to challenge the expectations of even the most skeptical truck enthusiasts. One recent road trip proved that the… Read more…

Ford is making a surprise course correction, slowing the pace of its electric vehicle rollout. The company announced a delay in the launch of its highly-anticipated three-row electric SUV and a new focus on hybrid models. This shift comes on the heels of Ford’s impressive first-quarter EV sales, where it secured second place in the US electric car market. While… Read more…

Kia is on the verge of expanding its EV5 beyond the Chinese market. Initially a China-exclusive model, a global version of the EV5 is now rolling off assembly lines at the Yancheng plant, destined for buyers worldwide. The EV5 will join the popular Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 in using the dedicated E-GMP electric architecture. Size-wise, the EV5 slots… Read more…

Electric vehicles may be the future of transportation, but battery longevity needs to improve significantly before they can claim to be outright more durable than ICEs. After all that the hardest and most expensive part to replace so people need to know they won’t need to do it for a long while. Chinese battery giant CATL and bus heavyweight Yutong… Read more…

The electric vehicle revolution has shown no signs of slowing down, and Chinese automaker BYD is one of the major players in charge. BYD is known for its successful electric passenger vehicles and is ready to leave its mark on the pickup truck market with a hotly anticipated all-electric model. Leaked images suggest that BYD’s first electric pickup truck could… Read more…

Tesla has so far refreshed the Model 3, but not what used to be called the Performance version. This has recently been rumored to get a name change to Model 3 Ludicrous, and its launch now seems imminent, considering the fact that a lot of these cars are showing up left and right with no camo on them whatsoever. Case… Read more…

Owning a high-end electric vehicle has always come with a hefty price tag, but a new study reveals the financial blow you take can be even more significant than you expect. If you’re in the market for a luxury EV, you might want to reconsider the purchase – or consider buying a used one. Headline-making research from US-based iSeeCars demonstrates… Read more…

Get ready for electric vehicles that could take you further than ever before! That’s as long as you believe the hype in every press release, of course. Talent New Energy, a solid-state battery startup in China, claims it has just raised the bar with an astonishing new battery. Imagine a road trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back… Read more…

Xiaomi, the electronics company known for its vast ecosystem of devices, is off to an amazing start in the EV market. After unveiling its first-ever electric car, the SU7 sedan, order books erupted like fireworks. The company boasts it has received north of 100,000 registrations from eager buyers, with unrefundable deposit placed for 40,000 of those. This kind of initial… Read more…

Geely’s premium Zeekr brand is making sure it’s not left behind in China’s competitive electric car market. It is updating its sleek Zeekr 007 sedan with impressive features that promise not to break the bank. The brand has a reputation for cutting-edge tech and eye-catching design, and its newest entry-level model is here to prove that point. Just three months… Read more…

German auto giant BMW announced a partnership with Indian Tata Technologies today. Together, they’ll open a development center focused on electric vehicle software. BMW already has similar setups in places like China and Portugal. However, this new Indian venture is significant because it taps into India’s rich pool of software engineering talent. Christoph Grote, BMW’s Senior Vice President of Software… Read more…

Today Tesla has come out and shared its production and delivery numbers for the first quarter of the year (January 1 to March 31). They are not great numbers by any stretch of the imagination. However, in Tesla’s defense, the company says it was impacted by both the shipping diversions resulting from the Red Sea conflict, as well as the… Read more…

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is rapidly ramping up the production of its inaugural electric vehicle, the SU7. Facing higher than anticipated demand Xiaomi is pushing suppliers to double its production target and ensure customers get behind the wheel of the SU7 sooner rather than later. Early reports suggested production would max out at 6,000 SU7s monthly, but the company is… Read more…

Alpine has been teasing the A290 since last May, when it unveiled the A290 Beta concept. Now, almost one year later, the brand has finally announced when it plans to reveal the actual, non-concept A290. And we say “reveal” on purpose, since that’s the word Alpine uses. We’re not exactly sure how many details about the A290 will be released… Read more…

BYD-backed Denza gave its stylish N7 SUV a makeover today. Additionally, the 2024 Denza N7 got a new price that’s substantially lower than the outgoing version. Denza’s initial N7 launch in July 2023 didn’t make the splash the company hoped for. Now the updated N7’s starting price of RMB 239,800 (€30,900) represents a massive 20.5% savings over the current model.… Read more…

The electric vehicle battleground just got a lot more interesting, courtesy of Xiaomi. The Chinese tech giant launched its first EV, the SU7 midsize sedan. With impressive specs rivaling industry leaders, it was just a matter of time before actual road tests would answer the question – could Xiaomi be a new force to be reckoned with? In what looks… Read more…

A new month has started, and so BYD has come out with its sales numbers for last month – March, that is. They are impressive, to say the least. BYD says it sold a total of 302,459 “new energy vehicles” or NEVs (which means battery electric EVs but also hybrids, keep in mind), of which 301,631 were passenger vehicles. At… Read more…

Love it or hate it, the Tesla Cybertruck is rarely away from the spotlight. Its futuristic, wedge-like design has drawn both admiration and criticism. One central talking point has been its aerodynamics. Tesla promises a solid drag coefficient of 0.34, helping the beastly truck maximize range. Independent testers at the i1Tesla YouTube channel set out to find out if that… Read more…

It may be April Fools’ Day today, but Xiaomi SU7’s buyers have little to laugh about. Xiaomi’s first foray into electric vehicles is turning out to be a major success, but obviously manufacturing struggles to catch up with demand. The overwhelming early orders pushed delivery wait times to between three and seven months—that’s mid-October for the high-end SU7 Max. While… Read more…