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A ₹1.95 crore BMW, a ₹1.5 lakh scooter and an idle Ford plant walk into Tamil Nadu
BMW now builds the i7 in Chennai, Ultraviolette is spending ₹779 crore on a Hosur plant, and Ford may convert its shuttered factory into an EV hub. None of it is aimed at Indian buyers first.
The South cancelled $4.5bn of EV plants and kept selling more EVs anyway
Five Southeastern facilities were scrapped or downsized in twelve months, costing 9,670 anticipated jobs. Regional EV sales rose 25 percent over the same period.
Xiaomi lines up German dealers as China deliveries slow
Xiaomi signed preliminary agreements with eight German dealer groups for its 2027 European entry. At home, August deliveries fell, leaving a steep climb to its annual target.
Tesla's wheel-less Cybercab still has a steering wheel. It is a D-pad on a screen
Two Austin riders found a hidden virtual joystick on the Cybercab's cabin display. Tesla never showed it. Firefighters were trained on it, and one called it no silver bullet.
BYD's battery share fell while the market grew 20%. Its own factory was the bottleneck
SNE Research has CATL at 39.9% of global EV battery installations and BYD down to 14.7%. BYD's chairman has already explained why: the second-generation Blade line could not keep up.
Tesla opens Austin Cybercab rides as NHTSA starts a certification audit
Tesla has opened its 45-car Cybercab fleet to customers in Austin. NHTSA has begun an audit query into how the no-controls vehicle was certified.
London's first robotaxi still has a licensed driver in the front seat
Uber added Wayve's Ford Mustang Mach-E fleet to the app on Thursday. Fifteen cars, a safety operator, and a right turn in gridlock that still needed a human hand.
Hyundai's 600-mile Santa Fe is an EV with a generator, built in Alabama
Hyundai has put a series-hybrid Santa Fe on the 2027 U.S. calendar at more than 600 miles of combined range, with a pack under half the size of a comparable EV. Genesis follows at 640.
A quarter of US shoppers strongly consider an EV. Sales share is 5.6%
J.D. Power's consideration figure is climbing again while Cox counted 77,266 new EV sales in July. The gap between interest and purchases shows where the US market is stuck.
BMW's oldest factory is going all-electric, and the i3 has to pay for it
Munich is building the electric i3 after a four-year live conversion. BMW says the new line cuts manufacturing cost another 10 percent.
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