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If you want an enjoyable driving experience, adding more power and battery capacity isn’t necessarily the best solution.

Two very different takes on the three-row, high-dollar electric SUV.

One more major player in the auto industry is now testing the “holy grail” of electric vehicle batteries. Solid-state EV batteries promise longer driving ranges, faster charging, and significantly higher energy density. However, this carmaker is using them in a unique way. more…

NHTSA investigating Tesla for delays in self-driving crash reports under the Standing General Order 2021-01. read more

The rule is to submit a report within five days. It takes Tesla months.

Tesla sells electric vehicles equipped with a standard Autopilot system, or premium Full Self-Driving Supervised option, which is also known as FSD, in the U.S.

Slow-rolling required crash reports is not a good look, but the company says it wasn't intentional.

Tesla is under investigation for failing to report crashes involving its partially autonomous driving technology in a timely manner. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires automakers to report crashes involving advanced driver assist features “within one or five days” of the incident, but Tesla was reporting crashes “several months or more” after they occurred, the agency said. Tesla has told NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that the delays were the result of a problem with its data collection that has since been fixed. But the agency is still opening an audit investigation as standard procedure to ensure the company is doing everything by the book. The rule dates back to a standing general order (SGO) from 2021 that requires automakers and robotaxi companies to report

NHTSA announced that it has launched an investigation into Tesla for not correctly reporting crashes involving its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. more…

Tesla is testing its FSD system in Asia, amid lawsuits and criticism over Robotaxis and ride-hailing expansion. read more

GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province — Kia’s much-touted modular van, the PV5, stays true to the fundamental purpose of modern vehicles: carrying humans, goods and services. The multipurpose electric van made its global debut in February, about a year after the carmaker’s fresh concept of the platform beyond vehicle was unveiled at the 2024 CES in Las Vegas. The PV5 comes in two types — Passenger and Cargo — depending on the purpose of its delivery. For those who want to use it as a family vehicle, the PV5 Passenger offers comfortable and spacious indoor experiences. The five-seater electric van was smooth yet powerful on first acceleration during the ride from KINTEX in Goyang, a city just northwest of Seoul, to a cafe on Yeongjong Island in Incheon. It took 30 minutes for a one-way trip to the destination. Shattering widespread perception that vans are less comfortable than sedans or SUVs, the PV5 Passenger model was quiet enough for this reporter to feel as if the vehicle is similar to

Once China's best selling car, we head to the streets just outside of Shanghai to see just how good it is.

An electric turbocharger means almost instant throttle response from the T-Hybrid.

Tesla Robotaxi could spell the beginning of the end of the New York City yellow cab. The post Tesla Robotaxi vs. New York Taxi: Why the Yellow Cab has a lot to lose appeared first on TESLARATI.

We are finally getting our first look at the IONIQ 2, the smaller sibling to the Hyundai IONIQ 5. Hyundai is expected to reveal the new EV next month, but after it was spotted driving near its tech center, we are already getting a sneak peek. Check it out for yourself in the video below. more…

Tesla Inc. to pay NYC test operators of its Robotaxi $25.25 - $30 hourly for driving vehicle for extended periods, collecting data & more. read more

We are finally getting our first look at the IONIQ 2, the smaller sibling to the Hyundai IONIQ 5. Hyundai is expected to reveal the new EV next month, but after it was spotted driving near its tech center, we are already getting a sneak peek. Check it out for yourself in the video below. more…

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Tesla is recruiting test drivers for "automated driving systems" in Queens, but hasn't applied for permits to test its autonomous vehicles on New York streets.

The Trump administration has announced new guidelines for the distribution of $5 billion in funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. This move comes on the heels of a legal tussle with a group of states. read more

The Tesla Model Y L prototype’s front and rear were covered up during the sighting. The post Tesla Model Y L spotted testing in China as pricing estimates emerge appeared first on TESLARATI.

Lucid teamed up with Uber, and Rivian supplied Amazon with its delivery fleet — both companies hope to topple Tesla off its pedestal. read more

GM engineers say they broke the world record for range in an electric vehicle. Anybody can repeat their tricks for pulling this off.

Move over, Lucid. There’s a new world record holder in EV range. Engineers at General Motors recently took a minimally modified version of the 2026 Chevrolet Silverado EV Work Truck out on a real-world test and traveled a total distance of 1,059.2 miles from a single charge. more…

Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it lost this week. The automaker was undeniably covering up for Autopilot. more…

Autonomous driving technology is on the rise, but questions about liability go unresolved. Plus: BMW's next seems promising.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that the company could start autonomous ride-hailing in Chicago soon amid regulatory approval amid FSD scrutiny. read more

A federal jury in Miami has determined Tesla bears partial responsibility for a deadly 2019 collision involving the

A missile in a straight line and a comfy cruiser everywhere else, the 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 makes long distances feel really short.

Tesla will appeal the decision from the eight-person jury. The post Tesla to appeal jury verdict that held it partially liable for fatal crash appeared first on TESLARATI.

Tesla ordered to pay $243 million in lawsuit over 2019 fatal crash involving Autopilot. Verdict may impact future lawsuits. read more

The company's self-driving technology failed to prevent a 2019 crash which killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend in Florida.

Plaintiffs argued that the company massively oversold the assisted-driving capabilities of its cars After two weeks of testimony, a Florida jury has found Tesla partially responsible for the death of one person and causing serious injuries to another in a crash where the driver was using the company's much-touted Autopilot system.…

A Florida jury ruled that flaws in Tesla’s Autopilot software were partly to blame for a crash in 2019 that killed a 22-year-old woman and seriously injured her boyfriend.

A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News reports. It’s a rare loss in court for Tesla over Autopilot, which has been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths by the ​​National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The company won two jury trials in 2023 resulting from lawsuits alleging that Autopilot was to blame for crashes, and last year, a lawsuit challenging Tesla’s claims about Autopilot was dismissed by a federal judge. The loss also comes as Tesla is starting to test its robotaxi service in Austin and Bay Area — though in the latter location, it arguably isn’t a robotaxi service just yet.

The company was found partially liable.

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla losing the first Autopilot wrongful death trial, our Cadillac Lyric V first drive, and more. more…

A jury in Florida determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot technology.

Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.

Tesla has lost its Autopilot fatal crash wrongful death case in Florida as a jury says the automaker has to pay the victims $329 million. This is a significant blow to Tesla – although it will likely be appealed. more…

Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.

The victims and family of victims of a crash involving Tesla Autopilot are seeking $345 million in damages as part of a wrongful death court case. more…

Two new entries in the nascent field of family-size EVs vie for bragging rights.

Jury deliberations have begun in a Tesla trial concerning a fatal Autopilot crash from 2019.

On today’s battle-ready episode of Quick Charge, it’s Elon Musk vs. the world as big players position themselves for control of enough lithium to build 600 million electric cars and the rest of the industry squares up to Tesla in the battle for market leadership. more…

A Tesla Model Y Performance prototype was spotted testing in California ahead of its launch in the US, which is expected soon. more…

Living with an EV isn’t what it used to be. And after a week in Porsche’s latest electric offerings—the new Macan Turbo EV and second-generation Taycan 4S Cross Turismo—I’m more optimistic than ever that the tipping point has arrived. No hypermiling, no app-juggling charger hunts, just proper driving in proper cars. Both delivered on their […]

Samsung forecast a gradual second-half recovery for its semiconductor business after Q2 operating profit at the division plunged 93.84%. read more

Tesla says its seat robot also has great jeans, just like Sydney Sweeney. The post Tesla uses Sydney Sweeney ad controversy to flex its car seat testing strategy appeared first on TESLARATI.

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RBW, a British handcrafted electric car manufacturer, brought its cute little Roadster out to Santa Monica and invited us up for a drive. more…

Chinese media outlet Dongchedi closed down a real highway for a multi-day test of 36 different car driver assist systems in complicated, dangerous real-world driving situations, and most came up severely lacking – though Tesla escaped the tests relatively unscathed. more…

The “holy grail” of electric vehicle battery tech may be here sooner than you’d think. Mercedes-Benz is testing EVs with solid-state batteries on the road, promising to deliver over 600 miles of range. Here’s when you can expect to see it hit the market. more…

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The driver gave testimony in a federal trial about Tesla’s role in a 2019 accident that killed a woman in Florida.

After 40 years and six generations, 2025 marks the beginning of a new generation of the BMW M5: the G90 chassis. Featuring a ground-up redesign and a new plug-in hybrid powertrain, the specs are impressive. It's not just its horsepower and torque numbers but its curb weight of 5,390 pounds, too. That's no small figure, but the German brand's never held back in this department, and it has never greatly impeded the badge. Well, until now. There's a lot to like about the newest M5, especially in its corner-carving competence and how it acts around town solely propelled by electrons. But in other areas, this $123,275 super sedan lacks some nece … Read the full story at The Verge.

The new and improved Hyundai IONIQ 5, or the hot-selling Chevy Equinox EV? Which electric SUV makes the smarter lease? Here’s the rundown. more…

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Weight is one thing, but where that weight is located on the car plays a significant role as well.

Engineer admits Tesla didn't keep Autopilot crash records until 2018 during fatal accident trial as scrutiny continues for FSD. read more

It may look like a Mercedes, but under the skin the CLA is more Silicon Valley than Stuttgart.

A Tesla engineer admitted in court that Tesla didn’t maintain Autopilot crash records before 2018, 3 years after launching the ADAS system, in a trial over the death of a bystander in a crash involving Autopilot. more…

Just four years after Rivian began selling its R1T truck, 2025 marks the beginning of the R1T and R1S' second generation. Considering they look essentially the same on the outside, it might be hard to decipher what warrants a new generation. But underneath, it's actually quite easy: all-new electric architecture, a new motor arrangement, retuned suspension, and more. Kicking off at $107,700, here's how all these revisions make the 2025 Rivian R1S Premium Tri-Motor a true frontrunner in the modern EV space. Specs The tri-motor arrangement fits in between the base dual and top-level quad, and was my tester's powertrain for a whole week. All … Read the full story at The Verge.

Series M, the all-electric off-road centric model from Scottish startup Munro Vehicles, is on the cusp of prototype validation before reaching customers. With a new chairperson in place, Munro says it has over £17 million in preliminary orders for its unique 4×4 EVs. more…

Used Tesla inventory is keeping pace with the rest of the used EV market, which is finally showing signs of stabilizing.

Overlapping generations see one of our favorite compact luxury SUVs come in two distinct flavors of propulsion, but which is better?

NIU’s recent addition to its KQi line of electric scooters, the KQi 200F, delivers on its promise of being a smart, mid-range commuter scooter that balances portability, comfort, and tech-savvy features. It’s normally reasonably priced, but right now during Prime Day sales you can actually get it for $250 off, dropping the price to just $549. At that price, it’s as affordable as a cheaper scooter while offering features and tech found in pricier models! In fact, it looks like NIU has some pretty crazy Prime Day sales on just about everything in the e-scooter lineup, so it’s . more…

Boutique electric hypercar developer Rimac Automobili continues to do what it does best—smash world records on the track. This time, Rimac took its Nevera R electric hypercar out, where it secured 24 world records, besting 23 previously held by the Standard version of the Nevera. more…

The Model Y accelerated up to 126 mph before slamming into the motorcyclist, throwing him 500 feet down the road, and the Tesla then collided with a Ram 1500.

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Tesla analyst Dan Ives lays out 3 ways the company's Board of Directors could oversee Musk's political push and help protect shareholders. read more

American EV automaker Lucid Motors has demonstrated another lesson in premium efficiency. Earlier this week, Lucid took a Grand Touring version of its flagship Air sedan on a Guinness World Record-setting trip from Switzerland to Germany, showcasing the capabilities of its technology while providing more evidence that all-electric models are the future of long-distance travel. more…

Tesla short seller made $1.4 billion in profits on the latest stock price decline as Elon Musk's net worth fell $15.3 billion in a single day to $346 billion.

Hyundai flew us out to Savannah, Georgia, a few weeks ago to get our first impressions of the much-anticipated Ioniq 9 three-row SUV. The vehicle uses the same E-GMP platform as the Kia EV9 and some smaller HMG EVs but the real question is: how is the Ioniq 9 different? Let’s take a look… more…

As exciting as it is to see how electric technology redefines automotive transportation, it's just as exciting to see how it alters what we already have. In the aftermarket, EV-converted restomods are quickly becoming big business. But direct from manufacturers, there's great potential in electrifying legacy badges by seamlessly blending old design with new technology. Case in point is the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ Technology, better known as the EV Geländewagen (which is German for all-terrain vehicle), or G-Wagen. Starting at $162,650, the G580 stays true to its original design formula but also utilizes EV technology to bolster its … Read the full story at The Verge.

Ford CEO questions Tesla's approach to autonomy, citing safety concerns and unrealistic valuation. Alphabet's Waymo may be the underrated value play. read more

The three-row Buzz is defined by its big battery, which has its plusses and minuses.

Tesla has launched Full Self-Driving testing in a fifth European country ahead of its launch. The post Tesla Full Self-Driving testing continues European expansion: here’s where appeared first on TESLARATI.

After its EV sales fell by 31.4% in the second quarter, Ford said it didn’t have vehicles on the lot for dealers to sell. Here’s what’s really going on with Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning sales. more…