Tesla is denying rumors that it has pulled its “Full Self-Driving” team out of China, saying its Shanghai data center is “operating normally” and that it has even reported the claims to police.
The denial comes as China remains conspicuously absent from Tesla’s own list of markets where customers can subscribe to FSD because of the regulatory limbo the driver assist system faces.
What…
BMW i3 Touring captured on video for the first time [Video]
August 27, 2026
With the sedan version now on sale, the new BMW i3 Touring was captured for the first time with its wagon tail on display.
BMW i3 Touring breaks cover ahead of its debut
The i3 went on sale in June as BMW’s second Neue Klasse model, following the iX3 SUV. In Germany…
I tested this lithium-ion battery charging cabinet as the safest place to charge your e-bike batteries
August 27, 2026
One of the most common questions I get from readers isn’t just about speed or range anymore. Increasingly, I’m hearing more questions about battery safety.
People see the occasional viral video of an e-bike battery fire and wonder if they should be worried about charging…
Schneider Electric’s new 48-amp home EV charger is designed to solve one of the priciest problems that can come with buying an EV: discovering that your house needs an electrical panel or service upgrade before you can charge at Level 2 speeds.
The new Schneider Charge uses built-in dynamic load management to monitor how much electricity a home is using and automatically turn the EV’s…
A Tesla owner posted dashcam footage of his car driving straight over a log lying across the road while running Full Self-Driving (FSD) v14.1 Lite, without braking or slowing down.
The clip has more than 800,000 views, and it adds to a growing list of problems we’ve…
Tesla has lost another senior chip engineer to DensityAI, the AI hardware startup built out of its own former Dojo team. Shishuang Sun, who spent more than five years as a Tesla AI hardware architect on Dojo and the Autopilot computers, now lists his role as “Packaging and…
XPeng’s robotics business has raised over $900 million at a post-money valuation of more than $6.3 billion, the Chinese EV maker announced today. XPeng calls it the largest single-round private financing in the history of China’s embodied AI industry.
The round is meant to push XPeng’s IRON humanoid robot into mass production by the end of 2026 — a timeline that keeps the automaker ahead…
Hyundai has started taking pre-sale orderss for its upcoming Ioniq V, but if you’re reading this from anywhere that speaks English, you can’t have it… yet?
The Ioniq V debuted as just four months ago at the Beijing Auto Show (just weeks after its concept reveal), with…
Walmart’s 400 kW EV charging network just hit 100 stores
August 25, 2026
Walmart has opened its 100th company-owned EV fast-charging site, bringing its fast-growing network to 100 stores across 20 states.
The milestone site is at the Walmart Supercenter at 16218 Jackson Creek Parkway in Monument, Colorado. It has eight charging plugs – four…
Anthro Energy has broken ground on a first-of-its-kind US battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, with enough planned annual output to support up to 25 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of lithium-ion batteries.
The California battery startup says the facility will be the first large-scale, US-owned and operated plant producing advanced electrolytes. It’s expected to make around 12,000 metric…
