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China's Chery to set up shop in Europe

April 12, 2024
Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. This would be Chery’s first manufacturing site in Europe. It’s all part of the Chinese brand’s ambitious plan to set up three brands in Europe and launch three new models for each brand, all by 2026 – yet, unfortunately, Chery wants to bring ICE vehicles along…
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Tesla Cybertruck teardown shows battery pack is 'half empty' and we are confused

April 11, 2024
A teardown of the Tesla Cybertruck showed that the battery pack is somehow half empty, which the chief engineer confirmed, and we are quite confused about it. At 123 kWh, the Cybertruck has the smallest battery pack of any electric pickup based on energy capacity. Tesla has often been able to get over battery packs with less energy capacity through great efficiency. This hasn’t really been the…
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Tesla opens wallet and settles Autopilot death lawsuit as it was getting interesting

April 10, 2024
Tesla’s team of “hardcore lawyers” have decided to settle a lawsuit involving an Autopilot death instead of going to a trial that looked like it was about to get interesting. Last month, we reported on the case as it was preparing to go to trial. It involved the death of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer who crashed his Tesla Model X while driving on Autopilot. The case was controversial…
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Elon Musk talks Tesla Secret Plan Part 2, how it is going 8 years later

April 9, 2024
Elon Musk is back referencing his ‘Tesla Secret Master Plan Part 2’. Let’s take a look at how the execution is going 8 years later. As a sort of public business plan, Musk has been releasing ‘Tesla Secret Plan’ blog posts to describe the automaker’s product plans. The first was released back in 2006 and to Tesla’s credit, the company accomplished pretty much everything in that…
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