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Tesla is discontinuing the Model X for 2026. Five years later, does a 2021 model hold up well enough to stand the test of time after its production ends?

The post Testing the BYD Dolphin Surf: The Cheapest Chinese EV, Cheaper Than a Renault 5, with 227 km Real Range and GTI-Style Handling appeared first on Car Revs Daily.

EV sales are going through the roof in Europe and Asia, driven by high gas prices. America's EV market is on shakier ground.

Scientists have developed a fuel cell that uses microbes in soil to produce electricity. The device can power underground sensors for tasks like monitoring moisture or detecting touch, without needing batteries or solar panels. It works in both dry and wet conditions and even lasts longer than similar technologies. This could pave the way for sustainable, low-maintenance sensors in farming and environmental monitoring.

A YouTuber driving a Tesla Model X the entire length of the Americas ran out of battery in Chile’s Atacama Desert — the driest place on Earth — and had to deploy emergency solar panels on the side of the highway to survive. The whole ordeal, captured on video, is a fascinating look at both the promise and the very real challenges of long-distance EV travel in regions where charging infrastructure remains sparse. more…

Tesla announced today that its “Robotaxi” service is now rolling out in Dallas and Houston, marking the company’s first expansion beyond Austin and San Francisco. The company shared maps of the two new service areas, which appear to cover small slices of each city. The Houston geofence covers approximately 25 square miles, according to early user analysis of the maps, while the Dallas zone appears to center around the Highland Park area. For context, Tesla’s Austin geofence has grown to roughly 245 square miles after months of gradual expansion — but that took nearly a year to reach from an initial 20-square-mile footprint. more…

A YouTuber bought a completely stripped-down Tesla Model 3 for just $2,000 — no body panels, no windshield, no seatbelts — and took it off-roading, drifting, and even jumping it. The wildest part? It still showed 212 miles of range on a full charge. The video, posted by Remmy Evans, is a testament to both the durability of Tesla’s drivetrain and the questionable decision-making that makes YouTube entertaining. more…

It was always going to be hard for these brands to launch their first high-volume products. Then things got a lot, lot harder.

If accurate, that means nearly one in every five Cybertrucks registered in the quarter was transferred internally within Musk’s business empire. The purchases, valued at more than $100 million, have continued into 2026. The post Tesla Cybertruck sales bolstered by bold Musk move, report claims appeared first on TESLARATI.

Despite being a former taxi, this pre-facelift Tesla Model Y’s battery is still going strong.

In short: Geely, which owns Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, and Zeekr, has launched the EX5, a battery-electric SUV starting at 109,800 yuan (~$15,300) with massaging seats, a 1,000-watt sound system, and up to 610 km of range. Already sold in 35 countries and the most exported BEV A-class crossover in China, it undercuts the cheapest European […] This story continues at The Next Web

The Dutch Tesla owner who launched a collective claim against Tesla over FSD on HW3 cars called Tesla to ask about the €6,400 he paid for “Full Self-Driving” in 2019. After 7 years of waiting, Tesla’s answer was to “just be patient.” It’s an almost comically tone-deaf response that perfectly encapsulates Tesla’s approach to the HW3 problem — and it’s only going to fuel the growing legal pressure in Europe. more…

Volkswagen launched the ID.UNYX 08, starting at under $35,000 in China. The fully connected electric SUV is Volkswagen’s first EV co-developed with XPeng. more…

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Tesla’s journey into India began with significant hurdles. For years, the electric vehicle giant faced steep import tariffs ranging from 70 percent to 110 percent on fully built vehicles, which dramatically inflated prices and stalled entry plans. The post Tesla preps new Model Y trim for India, a once-elusive market appeared first on TESLARATI.

Late last year, I had the chance to check out the world’s first semi-solid-state batteries designed for electric bicycles. At EICMA 2025, I visited T&D, an electric mobility company that was spun out of e-bike component maker Bafang (and founded by the same co-founder of Bafang, Sunny He). There I saw the first production-destined semi-solid-state e-bike batteries. At the time, it was a big secret which company would be the first to put them into e-bikes and get those new batteries on the road. But now we’ve finally learned who will claim the title: Giant. more…

Just like the original, the new Renault 4 EV can now act as the convertible you didn’t know you needed.

Audi has strengthened its China strategy by signing a new agreement with SAIC Motor, focusing on next-gen electric vehicles and advanced digital tech. At the heart of this collaboration is a new..

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The startup that claims to have developed the first usable solid-state batteries says the Verge TS Pro is the fastest-charging bike.

Tesla is sold out 'Signature' Edition Model S and X, which reportedly generated over $56M in revenue for the Elon Musk-led company. Importance Rank:  1 read more

The demand for batteries - for EVs and grid - has surged in the last year and is getting a further boost from the global fuel crisis as countries think energy security. The post Stunning growth of battery storage puts it at centre of global energy security needs, for cars and for grids appeared first on Renew Economy.

The “Made in China” wave is surging through the domestic electric vehicle (EV) market. Armed with not just price competitiveness but also advanced technology and brand diversification, Chinese capital and brands are shaking up the landscape of the Korean EV market.The biggest winner in the domestic

State says energy regulator and network companies must guarantee ready access to smarter and cheaper public electric vehicle charging, or face policy intervention. The post State to “step in” if regulator and network fail to remove EV charging “handbrakes and sort out tariffs appeared first on Renew Economy.

Volvo is expanding its electric trucking lead with the launch of new and improved line of FH, FM, and FMX Electric HD and semi trucks with up to 700 km (~430 miles) of range. more…

The musician is known for creating the anthem for Fortnite. He was touring for his major-label debut when Ms. Rivas Hernandez’s remains were found in his car, officials said.

Tesla sold just over 7,000 Cybertrucks in Q4 last year. Elon Musk's companies bought about 20% of them, Bloomberg reported.

Hyundai will unveil the IONIQ 3 during Milan Design Week in less than a week. Ahead of its debut, the electric hot hatch was spotted racing down the streets of South Korea. more…

Stubbornly high gas prices due to the war with Iran are moving the needle for some American car buyers, Hyundai's CEO claims.

SpaceX accounted for 1 in 5 Cybertruck registrations in Q4. Without Musk's own companies buying, sales would have dropped 51%. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Automakers built out their battery factories for more EVs than consumers are buying. Now they're turning those extra cells into cash.

Sales and production have also fallen short of the 250,000 mark by quite a wide margin.

The new all-electric C-Class is “the sportiest C-Class ever,” according to Mercedes-Benz. With its debut just days away, Mercedes offered a first look at the interior, and it’s loaded with massive screens. more…

The Insight will live on as an electric crossover SUV. Honda is opening orders in Japan on Friday, starting at about $35,000, but the new EV will be extremely limited. more…

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Two new patents, which were coincidentally filed on the same day as the "We, Robot" event back in October 2024, protect Tesla's mechanically actuated, tendon-driven architecture. The post Tesla Optimus V3 hand and arm details revealed in new patents appeared first on TESLARATI.

New registration data confirms what Electrek has been reporting for six months: Tesla’s Cybertruck sales are being propped up by Elon Musk’s other companies. SpaceX alone bought 1,279 Cybertrucks in Q4 2025 — 18% of every Cybertruck registered in the US that quarter. Without those inter-company purchases, Cybertruck registrations would have fallen 51% year-over-year instead of the numbers Tesla reported. more…

Ballard Power Systems, which has been at the forefront of PEM fuel cell technology since 1979, just welcomed Ralph Robinett…

Don’t let the sleek press release fool you — there’s more happening under the hood in Shanghai. China and Russia…

Talk about a game-changer! Bloom Energy Corporation just sealed an expanded supply agreement that could redefine how tech giants juice…

In a big step for green hydrogen in public transport, Brazil’s Federal District just rolled out its first commercial hydrogen…

Lotte SK Enroute, the 2022 joint venture by SK Gas, Lotte Chemical and Air Liquide Korea, has just flipped the…

Gas cars used to be the base for EVs. Now, new EVs are helping automakers make more efficient hybrids.

Fans love the iconic GT-R for a lot of reasons, including Nissan’s decision to stick to a gas-only solution. That’s about to change.

arXiv:2604.13459v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Turbofan engine degradation under sustained operational stress necessitates robust prognostic systems capable of accurately estimating the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of critical components. Existing deep learning approaches frequently fail to simultaneously capture multi-sensor spatial correlations and long-range temporal dependencies, while standard symmetric loss functions inadequately penalize the safety-critical error of over-estimating residual life. This study proposes a hybrid architecture integrating Twin-Stage One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks (1D-CNN), a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) network, and a custom Bahdanau Additive Attention mechanism. The model was trained and evaluated on the NASA Commercial Modular Aero-Propulsion System Simulation (C-MAPSS) FD001 sub-dataset employing a zero-leakage preprocessing pipeline, piecewise-linear RUL labeling capped at 130 cycles, and the NASA-specified

Owner of Australian solar farm portfolio that has been seeking a buyer for nearly two years suggests it may need to add battery storage. The post Australia solar portfolio marked for sale this year, but will likely need to add battery storage appeared first on Renew Economy.

Tesla will show FSD subscribers how often they use self-driving and what percent of their miles come from this method. The stats could lead to increased FSD miles for Tesla users. Importance Rank:  1 read more

Field was a key player in Tesla's Model 3 launch and spent the last five years heading up Ford's EV programs.

BMW has spent years telling us “Neue Klasse” would be its EV reset. The first production EV suggests that it wasn’t just marketing.

After achieving a breakthrough earlier this week, Greater Bay Technology said it aims to launch the world’s first mass-producible all-solid-state battery this year. more…

It seems like the best of both worlds. But it's actually the worst.

UBS analysts changed their previously bearish rating on shares of Tesla this week.

Hyundai will unveil the IONIQ 3 during Milan Design Week in less than a week. Ahead of its debut, we are getting a sneak peek of the electric hot hatch after it was spotted parked in a garage. more…

A Texas Tesla owner says he punched the accelerator to outrun an oncoming train after his car on “Full Self-Driving” drove itself through a lowered railroad crossing arm as the train closed in on the tracks. Joshua Brown, who says he has logged more than 40,000 miles using Tesla’s driver assist, described the incident as the first time FSD has ever “let me down.” more…

The first “true Volkswagen” is here. Volkswagen revealed the all-new ID.3 Neo with extensive upgrades, including a refined interior and exterior design and a driving range of nearly 400 miles (630 km) on a single charge. more…

A compact rear electric axle makes room for more batteries, upping the range figure.

Volvo Trucks has revealed its next wave of electric heavy-duty trucks, headlined by the FH Aero Electric with an impressive 700km range. Alongside it, the updated FH, FM and FMX Electric models promis..

The heavily revised ID.3 Neo addresses many of the original car’s shortcomings and looks a lot more conventional.

The new iX3 is hugely successful in Europe, but it wasn’t enough to offset the big declines recorded in China and the U.S.

Electric car sales fell considerably in the first quarter. Here are some trends to look out for, and what might happen next.

Nissan has revealed the third-generation Juke as a fully electric crossover for Europe, and its bolder new look is easily the most interesting thing about it.

arXiv:2604.12474v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In many robotic tasks, agents must traverse a sequence of spatial regions to complete a mission. Such problems are inherently mixed discrete-continuous: a high-level action sequence and a physically feasible continuous trajectory. The resulting trajectory and action sequence must also satisfy problem constraints such as deadlines, time windows, and velocity or acceleration limits. While hybrid temporal planners attempt to address this challenge, they typically model motion using linear (first-order) dynamics, which cannot guarantee that the resulting plan respects the robot's true physical constraints. Consequently, even when the high-level action sequence is fixed, producing a dynamically feasible trajectory becomes a bi-level optimization problem. We address this problem via reinforcement learning in continuous space. We define a Markov Decision Process that explicitly incorporates analytical second-order constraints and use it to

Wuling's updated Hongguang Mini EV arrives with a Mini Cooper-inspired design, 301 km of range, and a price tag that starts under $6,500.

Early this month, Hyundai E&C shook things up in the world of clean energy infrastructure by unveiling Korea’s very first…

Can hydrogen power the heavy machinery that shapes our cities and tills our fields? Bosch Rexroth and Kawasaki Heavy Industries…

Geely Auto has introduced the E2 compact electric hatchback in South Africa, targeting budget-conscious EV buyers with a practical and well-equipped package. Prices start at R339,900 (approx. $20,800)..

Here's a stat to blow your mind. Australian households are installing batteries equal to 9% of the total storage capacity installed by power companies across the globe. The post Australian home battery installations equal to almost 10 pct of global utility capacity brought online in March appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Even as EV sales cool in the U.S., Ionna’s charger expansion continues to move forward aggressively.

Work is underway on the third stage of a massive battery energy storage system being built in Queensland, that will double its size to 2.3 gigawatt-hours. The post Construction and concrete pours begin on third stage of massive battery, adding another 312 Tesla Megapacks appeared first on Renew Economy.

Elopn Musk, who is the world's richest person, has been counting on the greater Memphis area to serve as the backbone for xAI's buildout.

Global EV sales are still huge, but they’re not moving in the same direction everywhere: New data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows 4 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in Q1 2026, down 3% year over year. more…