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Washington Is Rewriting the MPG Rules, and the EV Math Changes With Them
A fleetwide 34.5 mpg target for 2031 instead of 50.4, a quiet reclassification fight over whether pickups count as cars, and a separate rule narrowing heavy-truck standards. What the CAFE rewrite does to the electric side of the business.
China's seven-million-car recall day puts emergency door releases in focus
Door-release recalls cover more than four million cars, led by 2.98 million Teslas. A separate Tesla driver-monitoring action took the day's combined filings above seven million.
South Carolina flattened 1,600 acres for Scout. The bill kept growing
The state promised Scout Motors a finished site in Blythewood. A stalled wetlands permit, idle earthmovers and a wet 2024 added $150 million to the tab, and lawmakers wanted an audit before paying it.
Europe's EV battery passport has 71 fields, but buyers will not see all of them
New EU guidance maps the data work behind the 2027 battery passport, and a real limit: access depends on who is asking.
The Michigan battery plant GM left is now making cells for Toyota and the grid
General Motors sold its stake in the Lansing Ultium plant after EV tax credits died. LG Energy Solution started production anyway, splitting the floor between Toyota cars and energy storage.
Britain reopens its EV sales mandate while a Sunderland battery line waits
The UK government has put its 2030 electric car sales target back on the table just as AESC shelves a third production line in Sunderland. Manufacturers, charging investors and EV bodies read the same numbers very differently.
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