
General Motors is making a major change to its car dashboards. The company plans to remove Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from all its future vehicles, meaning drivers will no longer be able to project their smartphone apps, like maps and music, directly onto the car’s main screen. The change will not only affect new EVs but will also roll… Read more…
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Sunwoda joins the solid-state race with a 400 Wh/kg battery

The battle for the battery of the future has a new contender. Chinese manufacturer Sunwoda just announced its “Xin·Bixiao” battery, a polymer all-solid-state cell. This new battery steps into the ring with a key specification that makes the electric car industry sit up and take notice: an energy density of 400 Wh/kg. The headline-grabbing 400 Wh/kg is a measure of… Read more…
Tesla’s Q3 results reveal more EVs sold, but profit dips

Tesla’s financial results for the third quarter of 2025 are in, and the numbers tell a confusing story. The company set a new record for revenue, pulling in €23.99 billion. It also managed to deliver 497,099 vehicles to customers. And yet, despite selling more EVs than ever, the profits took a major hit. Investors were clearly not impressed, and the… Read more…
European Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast range test

The Tesla Cybertruck caused a riot with its existence and every piece of news surrounding it has been a point of discussion globally. Rarely has there ever been a vehicle to generate so much hype, and the Cybertruck successfully managed to divide people like nothing else on wheels ever could. Today’s test focuses on the Cybertruck’s efficiency and how it… Read more…
Audi’s updates its app to put an AI brain in your electric car

The modern car itself is only half the story these days. The other half, the part that we drivers wrestle with every day, is the software. Automakers know this, and Audi is taking a big step to streamline its technology with a total relaunch of the myAudi app. The company portrays it as a new solution designed to connect the… Read more…
BYD and Honor team up to merge your phone and your car

It really was only a matter of time before smartphones fully merged with our cars. Car giant BYD has just announced a major partnership with smartphone maker Honor. Their goal is ambitious: to tear down the wall between your handheld device and your dashboard, creating one seamless “intelligent ecosystem.” It’s all about making your car and phone think and act… Read more…
Yasa makes a 1,000-HP electric motor that weighs less than 30 pounds

Weight is the long-standing enemy of electric cars. Heavy batteries, multiple motors, and complex cooling systems all add up. This weight demands even bigger batteries to achieve decent driving range, which adds more weight. It is a vicious cycle. Until now. A UK-based company named Yasa, however, just revealed a new axial flux motor that weighs less than a well-stocked… Read more…
AAWireless TWO+ now on sale

The modern EV interior is a temple of clean lines and big screens. Yet, there’s one small snake that ruins this minimalist garden in a number of cars: the USB cable. That messy, tangled tether linking our phones to our dashboards is a must for using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in a long list of models. AAWireless made a… Read more…
China’s Yangwang U9 Xtreme smashes Nürburgring EV record

Germany’s Nürburgring is a long, twisting, and dangerous ribbon of asphalt known as “The Green Hell.” It earned that nickname for a good reason. Setting a fast lap time here means a car has more than just raw power. Automakers have always used the track as the ultimate test for their vehicles, and now, the record book for electric cars… Read more…
New all-electric Mercedes-Benz GLC goes on sale starting from €71,000

Mercedes-Benz has officially rolled out its all-new, all-electric GLC, one of the most important new EVs to hit the market. The combustion-engine GLC has been the brand’s best-selling vehicle worldwide for a very long time, and now the German automaker hopes to repeat that success with a battery-powered version designed from the ground up to lead the way in versatility… Read more…
Tesla axing physical key cards in new penny-pinching exercise

The world of electric cars is all about changing habits. Drivers have learned to plug in their cars instead of visiting a gas station, and for many Tesla owners, they have ditched the car key entirely. The primary “key” for a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y has been the owner’s smartphone for a while now. It is a convenient… Read more…
Elon Musk’s big squeeze: pay me, or I’m not your CEO

Elon Musk has given Tesla shareholders a choice: approve his massive new compensation package, or he might not be the one running the company. In a blunt response to criticism over the plan, Musk said: “Which of those [other] CEOs would you like to run Tesla It won’t be me.” This ultimatum comes as investors get ready for a shareholder… Read more…
Study finds ‘gentle driving’ is not needed on EVs

A cloud of anxiety has been hovering over electric car owners since day one of ownership. The conventional wisdom was clear: to preserve the costly battery, you must drive gently. Smooth acceleration, cautious merging, and a feather-light foot were preached as gospel. New research from Stanford University just flipped that entire script. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature… Read more…
Lucid Gravity goes through first real world range tests

Lucid Motors built its reputation on the enormous range of its Air sedan, and now it has officially launched its second act: the Lucid Gravity. This new all-electric SUV comes with some serious promises, at least on paper. The Gravity Grand Touring model comes with a massive 123-kWh battery, 724 km of EPA-estimated range, and a starting price of around… Read more…
Lucid Gravity goes through first real world range tests

Lucid Motors built its reputation on the enormous range of its Air sedan, and now it has officially launched its second act: the Lucid Gravity. This new all-electric SUV comes with some serious promises, at least on paper. The Gravity Grand Touring model comes with a massive 123-kWh battery, 724 km of EPA-estimated range, and a starting price of around… Read more…
Chery claims 1,300 km range with new solid-state battery

Chinese automaker Chery has just revealed a new battery prototype that could challenge everything we know about the range of electric cars. At a company event in Wuhu, Chery pulled the curtain back on its first self-developed all-solid-state battery. The company claims this new battery has a cell energy density of 600 Wh/kg. Chery claims its new battery could lead… Read more…
Chery claims 1,300 km range with new solid-state battery

Chinese automaker Chery has just revealed a new battery prototype that could challenge everything we know about the range of electric cars. At a company event in Wuhu, Chery pulled the curtain back on its first self-developed all-solid-state battery. The company claims this new battery has a cell energy density of 600 Wh/kg. Chery claims its new battery could lead… Read more…
Cadillac Optiq crosses the Atlantic, but loses something in translation

General Motors is bringing a taste of American electric luxury to Europe with the Cadillac Optiq. The stylish new crossover is the brand’s most affordable EV, and is now available for order in several European countries. Unfortunately, European customers will be getting a vehicle that is very different from the one sold in the United States, raising questions about whether… Read more…
GM has a big plan for an entire family of affordable electric cars

The Chevy Bolt is returning to showrooms with a promise to be as affordable as ever. But for General Motors, this is just the beginning. The company is planning to launch an entire “family” of low-cost electric cars, with the new lineup giving buyers what they really want: EVs that don’t empty their bank accounts. General Motors President Mark Reuss… Read more…
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode returns, stirring excitement and concern

Tesla has once again released a feature for its driver-assist system with a name designed to attract attention: “Mad Max.” This setting, part of what the company calls “Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” allows for higher speeds and more frequent lane changes. Some drivers are praising the update, but it arrives at a time when Tesla is already facing questions from safety… Read more…

