Those lofty ideas you hear about like flying autonomous taxis, drone food delivery, and robot battery swaps aren’t just theoretical. China is jumping headfirst into these pie-in-the-sky concepts. As New York Times correspondent Keith Bradsher put it, “China has now raced far beyond the flirtation stage.” In Hefei, Bradsher explored the concept of autonomous flying…
Tesla and Merc are the better choices for driver rewards The compact exec has always been the first choice of company car drivers looking to cut a dash, but the tax-slashing benefits of going electric mean that corporate tastes have changed. The Tesla Model 3 has become the user-chooser’s first choice, its blend of tech, range, fast…
A European electric vehicle repair shop said Teslas powered by LG battery packs made in China have higher failure rates than those made in Europe or the U.S. The LG cells face accelerated degradation compared to those made by Panasonic. Repairs can cost thousands of dollars and swapping the cells is even more expensive. Tesla…
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I hope our readers will pardon my hyperbolic language, but believe that nobody, nobody, expected to see what’s now unraveling in the Colombian market. I knew Tesla was going to (finally) arrive on our shores at Bogota’s 19th International Automobile Hall, but to be completely…
It’s getting frothy out there. Pick any stock market metric, whether it’s the Nasdaq’s closing price or a more technical measure like the Shiller P/E ratio, and the number will look unusually large. Throw in crazy AI valuations, for privately held startups and publicly traded stocks alike, and what we’re seeing looks a lot like…
Stiff competition may be responsible for declining Tesla sales in the world’s largest electric vehicle market. What’s happening? Tesla experienced its worst month of 2025 in China, with sales down 36% year over year in October, according to Electrek. The company delivered 26,000 electric vehicles compared to more than 40,000 in October 2024. “In terms…
Electric vehicles are making significant inroads in South America, Reuters reports, but a major player remains markedly absent as this new market coalesces. 2025 has been a pivotal year for both EVs and the Tesla brand — back in May, the International Energy Agency projected that more than 20 million EVs would be sold by…
Tesla is facing a noticeable slowdown in China, one of the world’s most competitive electric vehicle markets, reports GuruFocus. After months of strong growth, the U.S. automaker sold just over 61,000 cars built at its Shanghai factory in October, a nearly 10% drop from the same time last year. The slowdown highlights just how crowded…
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk is expected to attend the dinner US President Donald Trump is hosting for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington DC on Tuesday. The visit is MBS’ first to the US in seven years. Musk, along with golfer tiger Tiger Woods, was invited to the event by Trump…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. China approved the first foreign automaker generative-AI services this week, clearing Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Mercedes-Benz (MBGAF) to offer in-car AI assistants to Chinese drivers. Regulators in Shanghai registered Tesla’s xBot customer-service model, while Beijing’s cyberspace authority listed Mercedes-Benz’s virtual assistant. The approvals let both firms deploy voice assistants that…