Peugeot Reports AMAM Paris Award for the E-T16 Concept
Peugeot says its electric E-T16 design study won AMAM’s Paris concept-car award. The recognition does not confirm production specifications.
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Opel STX Concept Previews an Electric Estate with Active Aerodynamics
Opel’s October 11 STX announcement previews future estate styling and moving aerodynamic elements. It does not establish an orderable production car.
BMW Reveals iX4: What Its Range and Charging Claims Mean for Buyers
BMW announces the electric iX4 with a March 2027 launch plan. Understand the WLTP range figures, peak charging claim and market-specific details.
BMW Opens Bavarian Battery Plant: What the Production Milestone Means
BMW says battery production has started at Irlbach-Strasskirchen. We explain what the milestone establishes and what buyers still need to check.
EV Charging Time Explained: Why Peak kW Is Only Part of the Story
Understand kW, kWh, average charging power, and the questions to ask before comparing EV charging times. Includes an illustrative calculation.
IONNA Reports More Than 180 US Charging Sites: What Drivers Should Check
IONNA reports a larger US charging network. Here is how to assess whether that expansion helps your route, vehicle, and charging budget.
Rivian Delivered 19,248 Vehicles — Its Best Quarter Ever. To Reach Guidance It Now Needs 23,193 More.
Rivian built 19,751 vehicles in the third quarter and delivered 19,248. Both are the highest quarterly figures in the company's history, and the delivery number came in roughly 1,2...
Toyota Is Putting $1.34 Billion Into Argentina to Build an Electric Hilux — And Became the First Carmaker Through the RIGI Door
Argentina's RIGI regime has approved 23 projects worth USD 53.382 billion since it was created. Until last week, not one of them was a car plant. On 30 September 2026, the regime's...
Tesla's Robotaxi Just Gained One Hour of Night. Musk Says the Blocker Is Grey Kittens on Grey Tarmac.
Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin now runs until 11pm. Until the first week of October it stopped at 10pm, a limit that had been in place since 26 August. One hour. That is the wh...
The One-Millionth BMW M Is a Fire Orange M3. From Next Year, the Factory That Built It Makes Only EVs.
On 2 October 2026, BMW M built its one-millionth car. It is an M3, finished in BMW Individual Fire Orange III, and it came down the line at BMW Group Plant Munich. The company anno...
GM Sold 25,473 EVs Last Quarter. A Year Ago It Sold 66,501.
General Motors sold 670,974 vehicles in the United States in the third quarter of 2026. That is down 5.5% on the same quarter last year — a soft number, not a crisis. Inside it sit...
Tesla Delivered 486,532 Cars and Built 464,391. The 22,141-Unit Gap Is the Quarter's Real Story.
Tesla's third quarter is being reported as a beat, and it was one: 486,532 vehicles delivered against a consensus of 461,974 — 24,558 units clear, or 5.3%. But the number worth sit...
Geely Just Took 30% of NIO's Battery-Swap Business — And Paid Mostly in Assets, Not Cash
Geely is taking 30% of NIO Power, the battery-swapping and charging arm that has been NIO's most expensive and most distinctive asset for a decade. The unit is valued at roughly RM...
Ford's Cheapest Electric Van Is on Sale in Britain for £29,421 — And It Was Built in Nanchang
Ford's UK configurator opened on 25 September for the Transit City, and the number at the top of it is £29,421 excluding VAT for the L1H1 panel van. The taller, longer L2H2 asks £3...
Bentley's First EV Is the Most Powerful Car It Has Ever Built — And It Deliberately Stopped Short of Going Faster
Bentley revealed the Torcal on 23 September 2026, and the headline number is the one the company will be asked about for the next decade: 888 PS — 876 hp, 653 kW — making Bentley's...
Nissan Has Run Out of Room in Tennessee — And the Fix Is a Third Shift It Hasn't Approved Yet
Nissan's chairman for the Americas, Christian Meunier, said the quiet part out loud on 21 September 2026: the company has no more room in its American factories. "We're now maxing...
Volkswagen Just Cancelled Combustion Shifts in Wolfsburg — Not Because Demand Fell, But Because It Went to the EVs
Volkswagen has cancelled planned additional shifts at Wolfsburg. Reported on 22 September 2026 by German trade title Automobilwoche and carried independently by electrive, Electrek...
Volkswagen Just Wrote Down €6 Billion of Its Own Subsidiary — And Cut Its Margin Target to One Percent
Volkswagen told investors on Friday 18 September 2026 that roughly €10 billion — about US$11.5 billion — in one-off charges will land on its 2026 accounts, and cut its full-year op...
Volvo Is Building 13 New Cars by 2030 — And Has Stopped Pretending One Car Can Sell Everywhere
Volvo Cars told investors in Stockholm on 17 September 2026 that it will launch 13 all-new models by the end of 2030 and lift its EBIT margin beyond 8% — against 3.5% reported for...
Li Auto Just Priced Its Flagship EV Below Its Own Halo Car — And Aimed It at the Living Room, Not the Nürburgring
Li Auto launched the Li i9 on 16 September 2026, a six-seat battery-electric flagship priced at RMB 369,800 — roughly US$55,100 — in a single configuration, with deliveries startin...
Volkswagen Made the Most Powerful GTI in Fifty Years — And the First One You Can't Buy Yet
Volkswagen revealed the ID.3 GTI on 16 September 2026: 240 kW (326 PS), 545 Nm, rear-wheel drive, and up to 601 km of WLTP range. It is the most powerful GTI Volkswagen has built i...
100,000 Orders in Twelve Months: The iX3 Has Quietly Become BMW's Most Successful Launch Ever
BMW confirmed on 15 September 2026 that the electric iX3 has taken 100,000 orders in Europe alone in the twelve months since its premiere — the strongest first year any BMW model h...
GM Blinked: CarPlay and Android Auto Return to the 2027 Silverado and Sierra — But Not to the EVs
General Motors announced on 15 September 2026 that Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will be supported in its next-generation infotainment interface, launching first on the 2027 Chevr...
Volvo Just Solved the Electric Truck's Weight Problem — 80 Tonnes, 450 Kilometres, No Compromise
Volvo Trucks announced on 14 September 2026 a new electric truck rated for gross combination weights of up to 80 tonnes — a segment of heavy haulage that, until now, electric drive...
Europe Is Now Carrying Global EV Growth — and North America Has Fallen Out of the Race
Global electric vehicle sales reached 1.83 million units in August 2026, up 2% year on year. That headline number is the least interesting thing in the dataset. Underneath it, the...
China's NEV Penetration Hits a Record 65.2% Even as Retail Volumes Fall for an Eighth Straight Month
China's electric vehicle market has produced one of the strangest data prints of the cycle. In August 2026, new energy vehicles took a record 65.2% of retail passenger vehicle sale...
1,065 CV and a Police Livery: Lamborghini Is Fighting Two Battles to Keep the V12 Alive
In the span of three weeks, Lamborghini executed two product moves that appear disconnected at first glance but represent a singular strategic offensive. At The Quail during Monter...
Cybertruck Stainless Steel Exoskeleton: Real-World Durability, Surface Care Protocols, and Low-Maintenance Realities
The Tesla Cybertruck’s ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel exoskeleton has generated renewed discussion across automotive communities, as owners showcase its rugged resilien...
Tesla Cybercab Begins Rider Feedback Rollout Following Austin Commercial Operations and Palo Alto Fleet Testing
Following the commercial debut of its driverless ride-hailing operations in Austin, Texas, Tesla has initiated its first comprehensive Cybercab rider experience feedback program, g...
Tesla Schedules September 24 Semi Factory Rollout Event at 1.7 Million Sq Ft Dedicated Nevada Gigafactory
Tesla has formally sent out invitations for a dedicated "Semi Rollout" event on September 24, 2026, celebrating the high-volume operational launch of its brand-new, 1.7-million-squ...
Elon Musk Spotlights Giga New York as the Global Production Powerhouse for Next-Gen V4 Supercharger Cabinets
Elon Musk has placed a spotlight on Gigafactory New York in Buffalo, publicly acknowledging the facility's pivotal role as the primary manufacturing heart of Tesla's worldwide Supe...
Electric Vehicles Outsell Petrol Cars in Australia for the First Time in Historic Market Tipping Point
In a watershed moment for the southern hemisphere's automotive landscape, pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have officially outsold petrol-powered cars in Australia for the fir...
Tesla Giga Berlin Implements Mandatory Special Shifts to Target 7,500 Model Ys Per Week
Tesla has reached an agreement with its works council at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg (Grünheide) to introduce mandatory weekend and night shifts as the plant targets an aggressi...
Tata Motors Launches €3.82 Billion Takeover Bid for Iveco Group in Landmark Global Commercial Vehicle Play
In one of the most consequential industrial acquisitions of the decade, Mumbai-based Tata Motors has initiated an all-cash voluntary tender offer to acquire Italy's Iveco Group N.V...
Uber and Wayve Deploy UK's First Autonomous Ride-Hailing Fleet in London with Mustang Mach-E
Passengers in London can now be paired with an autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E when booking UberX, Uber Electric, or Uber Comfort trips. The pilot marks the first operational deploy...
BMW M Confirms Quad-Motor 1,340 HP Powertrain for First Pure Electric M3 Super-Saloon
BMW M has officially confirmed technical parameters for its upcoming all-electric performance saloon based on the Neue Klasse architecture. Utilizing four independent electric moto...
Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Sets 6:46.87 Nürburgring Lap, Challenging Porsche and Rimac Supremacy
Xiaomi has unleashed its production-spec SU7 Ultra at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, stopping the clock at an astonishing 6:46.874. Powered by dual V8s e-motors paired with a front...
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