Tesla shareholders are voting this week on whether to award CEO Elon Musk a new pay package potentially worth up to $1 trillion over a decade, with some prominent investors in the electric car maker criticizing the compensation plan. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, which holds a stake in Tesla, on Tuesday said it would vote against…
As the EV market enters choppy waters, legacy automakers are pulling back on electrification plans, delaying EV launches, and cutting production at EV plants. That’s not an option for pure-play EV makers like Rivian. Instead, the Irvine, California-based manufacturer has its sights set firmly on the launch next year of its second-generation product: a midsize…
Electric vehicles are taking the world by storm, and emerging models with unbeatable prices are making switching to an EV all the more appealing. According to InsideEVs, the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt and its LT model will be the cheapest new electric cars on the market. The launch edition of the vehicle will come in at…
Power shifts begin in places most people never see – on assembly lines making batteries and robots, along transmission lines feeding data centre clusters, in local offices selling land and in labs training artificial intelligence models. The United States and China are using these quiet levers to construct different futures. The contest will be decided…
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have wrapped up a summit in South Korea with a deal to keep Chinese rare earth exports flowing. Refined tellurium is displayed at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery, May 11, 2022, in Magna, Utah. (AP) Here are some basic facts about these obscure elements making…
Elon Musk is widely recognized as an electric car pioneer. Yet the Tesla CEO has also single-handedly chilled the automaker’s sales, according to a recent study by researchers at Yale University. Public controversy over Musk’s role as leader of the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), as well as his acquisition of social media platform Twitter…
The Japan Mobility Show kicks off on Thursday with major automakers as well as nontraditional players displaying their latest models of electric vehicles expected to debut in Japan, where battery EVs are still a niche. But one carmaker is generating a lot of attention: China’s BYD, the world’s largest EV manufacturer, with its electric minivehicle…
When the Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari announced in early October its first ever fully-electric vehicle, it begged the question “What will a company known for prioritizing speed and sleek design over fuel efficiency bring to this competitive corner of the car market?” While most details about Ferrari’s Elettrica EV, including its appearance and price, remain…
MARKHAM, Ontario, October 27, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As Canada’s EV market moves past its early enthusiasm, VinFast is drawing in potential buyers through the emotional return on investment, blending technology, reliability, and reassurance to make electric ownership feel both practical and personally meaningful. Electric vehicles are no longer rare sights on Canadian roads. Yet even as they…
In September, the Tesla Model Y stayed the top-selling electric vehicle in China at 59,900 vehicles sold, according to the EV blog. This news comes after reports of lower-than-average third-quarter sales in the country hit the press. Some suspect that the new Model Y L, with three rows of seating, has helped keep sales high…