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Stellantis Validates Game-Changing Solid-State Battery After 'Production Hell'

Massachusetts-based battery startup Factorial is having a moment. After putting a Mercedes-Benz EQS with its solid-state tech on the road for testing, it’s now teamed up with Stellantis to announce a major milestone: successful validation of automotive-grade semi-solid-state battery cells.

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The Electric Van Is Poised To Take Over The World

Mercedes helped invent the motorized van in Germany in the late 19th century. Now, it’s reinventing the category for America in the 21st. The global luxury brand has announced that it will be sending various iterations of its modular, battery-powered VAN.EA architecture to the States to move not just cargo,…

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The Toyota bZ7 Looks Fantastic. Too Bad It's Only For China

Toyota has revealed another electric sedan in China while it focuses on crossovers and SUVs everywhere else. The bZ7 is a China-exclusive flagship electric sedan bigger than a Camry and considerably more luxurious than anything with a bZ badge.

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All-New Lexus ES Has Hybrid And Pure Electric Power

Lexus has unveiled the all-new eighth-generation ES sedan in China at Auto Shanghai, which is now either a hybrid or a full-on EV. It’s not what we expected in terms of design, as it seems to break with the tradition of understated styling in favor of a much bolder look…

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E-REVs Can Unite A Divided America On Electric Vehicles

Covering the EV industry in the U.S. feels like being strapped to a rocket with zero control over the steering. The pace is warp speed, but the route is full of sharp, unexpected turns. That volatility can spook traditional car buyers who aren’t ready to give up gas cars with…

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The Nissan Frontier PHEV You Actually Want Is Here

Nissan's first plug-in hybrid pickup is alive. The Frontier Pro just debuted at Auto Shanghai, packing a four-cylinder engine and a single electric motor into a body that looks notably different from the pure combustion version we have today.

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Zeekr 009 Special Edition Minivan Has Actual Gold Plating And 778 HP

Zeekr wants to become an established player in the global premium car market and it’s in the process of creating a lineup with a wide range of models. Like any self-respecting luxury automaker, it has to have special ultra-fancy versions of its largest models like the 009 in Grand Collector’s…

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Tesla’s Dirt-Cheap EV Might Just Be A Basic Model 3 Or Y

If you've been holding your breath for Tesla's mysterious $30,000 Cybercab-based affordable EV to land, I've got some bad news for you. It's probably not happening—at least not in the way that you had hoped. From the sounds of Tesla's earnings call, the automaker's affordable model won't be some cool…

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Chinese Cars Go From 'Announced' To 'On The Road' Very Quickly

They call it “China Speed.”

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Tesla Says Its Affordable EV Is Coming In June: 'As Critical As Ever'

Tesla just posted its first quarterly earnings of 2025. Buried among the bruised financials and flatter-than-expected figures was something that Tesla clearly hopes will put the company back on its feet: the promise of affordable options. We've known about the tease of a new affordable vehicle for a while, however,…

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Even Rich People Don't Want To Pay A Monthly Subscription For Heated Seats

Lincoln finally figured out something consumers have been shouting about for years: car buyers don't want subscriptions. I know, shocker! But for some items—like cellular data connectivity—subscriptions aren't something an automaker can just eat for the life of the car. So where's the middle ground?

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Most EV Buyers In The U.S. Won’t Buy A Gas Car Again: Study

Electric vehicles aren’t just better for the environment, they’re increasingly the smarter economic choice for your wallet, too. And according to a new McKinsey Company study, once people make the switch, they rarely look back.

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Oh Great, Mercedes Is Also Doing Steering Yokes

After a few years of letting Tesla take the tech risks (and the associated punches that go along with it), automakers have been going all-in on cabin tech. Many modern car companies are transforming the driver's seat into some sort of spaceship-looking cockpit. Touch screens, Head-Up Displays and voice controls…

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CATL’s Sodium-Ion EV Battery Loves The Cold

The battery world wasn’t bullish about sodium-ion EV batteries until top Chinese battery companies went all in on the tech. Why bother with a new chemistry when lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) are already powering millions of EVs, are constantly improving, and are widely available?

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Volkswagen Wants A China Comeback With These New Cars

People often forget this today, but Volkswagen was among the earliest Western automakers to break into China. It launched a joint venture with the locals at SAIC in 1984, and that was the start of decades of sales and profits in what became the world's biggest car market. For its…

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We're At The Shanghai Auto Show To See The Future

When automotive executives in the United States and Europe talk about electric vehicles, they usually talk about tomorrow: the need to prepare for some vaguely defined "future" where their customers are largely moving beyond gasoline. But in China, that's not the future at all. It's the present.

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The 2025 Chevy Blazer EV SS Is A Performance Crossover For Normies

The 2025 Chevy Blazer EV SS isn’t the drifty, playful performance EV of our dreams. Chevy made that clear before I even got in the driver’s seat.

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Tesla Is Bracing For Its Hardest Earnings Call In Years

Tesla is facing perhaps its most pivotal moment in recent history. The automaker's sales are slipping, investor confidence is dwindling and political pressure coming from within has stained the automaker's reputation. With its first earnings call of the year coming today, Tesla has a lot to answer for. I hope…

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Does America Have Enough EV Chargers? It's Complicated

Electric vehicle sales have exploded, with over 3 million of them hitting U.S. roads in the last three calendar years alone. Is America’s public EV charging infrastructure keeping up? It’s a surprisingly tough question to answer. But it’s an important one, given that a perceived lack of charging stations is…

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Mercedes-Benz Vision V Previews A Very Important People Carrier

While in Stuttgart a few months back to see the Vision V concept, I asked Mercedes-Benz representatives whether it was like a V-Class or something else. They replied that it’s more like an S-Class, which seemed a bit unusual given the “V” in its name. When I had the chance…

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BYD Is Developing An Electric Kei Car For Japan: Report

Japan’s electric vehicle market fell 33% in 2024 from an already low baseline. But China's BYD still saw sales growth in the country. Nissan still dominates the Japanese electric car market, and Tesla leads among imported EVs, but BYD is now reportedly working on a model it hopes will slingshot…

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Slate's EV Was Caught Hiding In Plain Sight

It's not every day that a brand-spanking-new car company emerges from the woodwork. It's practically unheard of for said car startup to park its debut vehicle on a public street and let anybody stumble upon it before it's officially revealed.

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'We Lose The Auto Industry': LG Energy Chief's Warning If America Backs Off EVs

The Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution supplies a lot of power to a lot of electric vehicles. But these days, the company's North American president and chief strategy officer, Bob Lee, has steamships on his mind.

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'Pure Evil': Tesla Whistleblower Will Get Day In Court With Elon Musk

In a case against Tesla that has been going on since the Obama era, a former employee has finally been granted permission to sue Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, in open court.

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CATL's New LFP Battery Beats BYD’s 5-Minute EV Charging Speeds

The race is on to make the electric vehicle experience as convenient as owning gas-powered cars. China’s battery giants are in a head-to-head battle on that front. BYD recently unveiled its Super-e Platform, which can add 248 miles (400 kilometers) of range in five minutes. Now just days before Auto…

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