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Few people saw the layoffs at Tesla’s Supercharging team coming. But when it happened, it struck the entire auto industry like a bolt of lightning. When some 500 Tesla employees sifted through their emails on Tuesday morning, they all read something they wish they never had to: “You’re being let go.” Those might not have […]

The federal government requires automakers to include information on a vehicle’s energy consumption, along with pricing and other information, on the so-called “Monroney” sticker that’s posted on every new light-duty vehicle sold in the U.S. It’s named for Almer Stillwell “Mike” Monroney, a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma who sponsored the Automobile Disclosure Act of 1958,

When Volkswagen launched the ID.3, it was plagued by many issues stemming from its poorly designed and unfinished infotainment software. Subsequent updates made the ID.3 a much better car. Now, Volkswagen is giving it a completely new infotainment system, more power and an improved preconditioning function, allowing quicker charging. The big news is the new

For anyone who might be concerned about the future of electric vehicle charging after Tesla’s news this week, here’s some good news about other big players in the space. Electrify America’s DC fast charging network in North America experienced significant growth in 2023, as the number of charging sessions and dispensed energy more than doubled year-over-year.

Executive comments suggest that Cadillac could continue to sell gasoline vehicles beyond its 2030 target date for going all-electric, reports Automotive News. Cadillac boss John Roth told media during a sales and business briefing that electric and gasoline powertrains “will coexist for a number of years,” adding that “we will be offering an all-electric portfolio

The trouble with launching a brand-new car company is that it’s really, really expensive. It takes enormous, long-term investments in new manufacturing facilities, supply chains, workers and so on to succeed in the car business. It’s a lot more capital-intensive and a lot less profitable than, say, starting a software company from your dorm room.

If you ask me, there are basically only two names in the car design game right now: Hyundai Motor Group, and then everybody else. Maybe that’s being a bit hyperbolic, but I don’t care. Helped along by a considerable amount of talent poached from the European luxury brands, the Korean automakers have shown a consistent

BYD continued to increase its global plug-in electric car sales quickly in April, achieving a new second-best-ever monthly result and approaching the record set in December 2023. BYD‘s passenger plug-in car sales amounted to 312,048 units last month, including over 14,000 EVs from its sub-brands. That’s 49% more than a year ago. BYD might beat

Ford Motor Company reported 179,588 new vehicle sales in April (down 2.4% year-over-year) and 687,671 in the first four months of the year (up 4.2%). While the overall result was weaker than a year ago, Ford’s EV sales increased noticeably. Last month, Ford sold 8,019 EVs, 129% more than a year ago, which gives hope for a

Tesla is on a mass layoff rampage. The company not only announced a global workforce reduction of 10% last month but followed that up by dismissing almost its entire Supercharging team—the same team that laid the groundwork for Tesla’s success and established what is today the gold standard of EV charging in the U.S. and