BYD has triggered another EV price war in China by slashing the price of several models, sending the stocks of local EV automakers sinking.
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Fred Lambert is the Editor-in-Chief and one of the founding members of Electrek. He mainly covers electric vehicles and renewable energy.
He is also the co-founder of Combat Edge, a MMA stats website.
Lambert made a name in the EV space through a steady stream of exclusive scoops about Tesla, including being the first journalist to try Tesla’s Autopilot feature back in 2015. Lambert also repeatedly broke stories about new Tesla products like Enhanced Summon, Model S design refresh, Tesla Autopilot 2.5, and more.
In 2020, he was also the first to report that Tesla’s new planned Gigafactory in the US would be located in Austin, Texas months before the official announcement.
His reporting has been used by many mainstream news organizations, like the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many more.
Lambert has appeared on television (CNBC) and has been featured in national papers for his expertise in electric vehicles.
You can contact him by email at fred@9to5mac.com or on Twitter @fredericLambert
Podcast: EV/Solar killing bill moves forward, Elon lies about Tesla’s demand, cheaper EVs, and more
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the EV/Solar killing bill moving forward, Elon lying about Tesla’s demand, cheaper EVs coming, and more.
Tesla Full Self-Driving veers off road, flips car in scary crash driver couldn’t prevent
A Tesla vehicle on the latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised update suddenly veered off road and flipped the car upside down – creating a scary crash that the driver said he couldn’t prevent.
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Here we compare the specs of the new Tesla Model Y (Chinese version) to the newly unveiled Xiaomi YU7, a vehicle dubbed the ‘Tesla killer’.
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The Republicans in Congress have voted for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, which are going to greatly slow down electric vehicles and renewable energy in the US.
Here’s how the new bill is going to affect Tesla.
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Tesla’s head of self-driving has admitted that the automaker’s autonomous program is lagging “a couple years” behind Waymo, but he believes the cost advantage will enable it to scale faster.
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Elon Musk just made public and material lies aimed at Tesla shareholders. Here’s the proof with the relevant transcript.
Now, let’s see if the SEC still has teeth or if the US has fully entered its scam era under the Trump administration.
Expand Expanding CloseElon Musk lies about Tesla’s demand, seals its fate as he says he’ll stay CEO with more shares
Elon Musk says he wants to stay CEO of Tesla for at least the next five years and have more controlling shares in the company.
This will most likely seal Tesla’s fate with Musk’s, as shareholders will likely approve of this despite his toxicity and lies.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla paid Powerwall owners $10 million through virtual power plants
Tesla announced it paid Powerwall owners $9.9 million through its virtual power plant programs in 2024.
Distributed energy is working.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla wipes odometer on Cybertruck in service, scratches it, and returns it to owner
Tesla has wiped off the 26,000 miles on the odometer of a Cybertruck in service, scratched the vehicle, and then returned it to the owner like nothing happened.
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Tesla has started accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, something that wasn’t the case more than a year after deliveries of the electric pickup truck started.
We are starting to see why Tesla didn’t accept its own vehicle as a trade-in: the depreciation is insane.
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Tesla is now pulling on all the demand levers in the US with new discounts and incentives as sales are crashing due to brand damage.
Expand Expanding ClosePodcast: EV tax credit on chopping block, Tesla’s China problem, Slate gets interest, and more
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss how the GOP plans to kill the EV tax credit, Tesla’s China problem, Slate getting some interest, and more.
Tesla’s robotaxi fleet will be powered by ‘plenty of teleoperation’
Tesla’s Austin robotaxi fleet will be powered by ‘plenty of teleoperation’ as it “can’t screw up”, according to a new report from Morgan Stanley after meeting with Tesla.
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Tesla has hired a new board member with no automotive background, but that’s not a problem as the main responsibility of Tesla’s board members these days is to sell stocks and let Elon Musk destroy the brand.
Expand Expanding CloseCompany returns entire Tesla vehicle fleet because of Elon Musk
Tscherning, a large Danish construction company, announced that it returned its entire corporate fleet of Tesla vehicles because of Elon Musk.
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Tesla has lost its director in charge of mechanical engineering for its energy products: Supercharger, Powerwall, and Megapack.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla has yet to start testing its robotaxi service without driver weeks before launch
Tesla has reportedly yet to start testing its robotaxi service in Austin without a safety driver behind the wheel – just weeks before the planned launch.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla (TSLA) board explore new pay deal for Elon Musk
Tesla’s (TSLA) board is reportedly exploring a new CEO pay deal for Elon Musk, who might not get back his $55 billion 2018 compensation package.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla’s Robyn Denholm made 5x more than next best-paid chair, a role Musk said was useless
Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s chairwoman, made five times more money than the next best-paid board chair, a role Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said was useless.
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Tesla has shared a video of the progress of its Optimus humanoid robot, but it still looks like it is catching up to the competition.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla (TSLA) Chinese deliveries dropped to a scary low level
Based on insurance registration, Tesla’s deliveries in China dropped to a scary low level last week despite having ramped up production of the new Model Y.
Expand Expanding CloseHonda pauses planned EV factory in Canada amid tariff war
Honda announced that it is pausing about $15 billion in planned EV investments to build electric vehicle and battery factories in Canada amid uncertainty over trade.
It’s the latest example of Canada’s backing the US plan backfiring.
Expand Expanding CloseNHTSA asks Tesla how it plans to release its robotaxi service based on FSD
NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program.
The agency wants to know how closely its planned robotaxi service in Austin will be to its FSD program, which is currently under investigation for safety defects.
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