Samsung has completed its own version of Tesla’s AI5 self-driving chip and is preparing to start production at its foundry in Taylor, Texas, on the company’s latest 2-nanometer process, according to industry officials.
The move confirms Samsung is building AI5 on 2nm — a node that had been expected to debut with Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip, not this one.
What Samsung revealed
The…
Elon Musk told Tesla staff to move to using Grok, the AI model from his own xAI (now folded into SpaceX), according to a memo sent to employees on Friday.
The push comes days after Tesla capped employee spending on third-party AI tools — and it lands even though Musk…
BYD’s low-cost Seagull EV, sold as the Dolphin Surf in Europe, is getting another update with a longer body and a more powerful motor.
BYD Seagull EV is due for a refresh
Starting at just 69,800 yuan, or about $10,000, the Seagull is BYD’s smallest, most affordable…
Xiaomi reveals SkyNomad N90: a living room on wheels
July 14, 2026
Xiaomi has revealed the SkyNomad N90, the first model in its new SkyNomad series and the company’s first extended-range electric vehicle. CEO Lei Jun posted the first official exterior images today, and a new regulatory filing confirmed the full specs.
The N90 is a full-size, three-row SUV with a claimed combined range of more than 1,500 km (932 miles), aimed squarely at Li Auto and…
Ahead of the updated 2027 model, sales of Volkswagen’s electric minibus bounced back, rising 120%. Meanwhile, the ID.4 is on a brief hiatus as it undergoes a major refresh.
Volkswagen is revamping its EV lineup
The ID. Buzz is returning for the 2027 model year in the US…
Toyota is promising big things for the Lexus LFA EV sports car, but will we ever get to see it?
July 13, 2026
Toyota’s luxury marque is bringing back its iconic sports car as an EV. The all-electric Lexus LFA made a public appearance at the Goodwood FOS, but will it ever reach production?
When is Lexus launching the LFA EV sports car?
After unveiling the LFA Concept in December…
Australia just posted its biggest month ever for electric car sales, and for the first time seven different EVs each cleared 1,000 units in a single month.
Every one of them is either Chinese-owned or Chinese-built — and that includes the Tesla Model Y that topped the chart, which rolls off the line in Shanghai.
A record month, and a changing of the guard
According to The Driven, which broke…
Waymo has activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas, its riders will now see vehicles with no human at the wheel, and the Alphabet unit says Denver, San Diego, and Tampa are next in line.
The move adds four new markets to Waymo’s driverless footprint and pushes…
Tesla has leased a 682,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Austin Hills Commerce Center, expanding Elon Musk’s already sprawling Central Texas real estate footprint.
The company is set to occupy the second phase of the development at 11801 Decker Lake…
Tesla has launched Tesla Home, a home energy management platform powered by an AI engine called Opticaster that it says makes “hundreds of decisions” a day about when to store and use electricity to lower your bill.
However, it’s not an entirely new product as Electrek has been reporting on Tesla’s Opticaster for 5 years.
What Tesla Home actually is
According to Tesla’s own support…
