In April, Subaru car sales in the United States amounted to 55,863 cars (up 9.5% year-over-year), bringing year-to-date volume to 208,859 (up 7.4% year-over-year). It was the 21st consecutive month of year-over-year growth. Last month was also very positive for Subaru EV sales, which more than doubled to a new monthly record of 1,456…

Ford Motor Company reported 179,588 new vehicle sales in April (down 2.4% year-over-year) and 687,671 in the first four months of the year (up 4.2%). While the overall result was weaker than a year ago, Ford's EV sales increased noticeably. Last month, Ford sold 8,019 EVs, 129% more than a year ago, which gives hope for…

I’m still reeling from my trip to China for the Beijing Auto Show last week. Between the travel there, the food, the impressive electric vehicle infrastructure, and the dozens if not hundreds of conversations I’ve had in the Middle Kingdom, my mind has been abuzz with story concepts, information, and messages ready to relay to…

The Tesla Cybertruck is full of innovations like steer-by-wire, a 48-volt electrical system, and, perhaps someday soon, a range-extending battery pack you can plop in the bed.  Sure, that's cool. But have you seen its windshield wiper?  The Cyberwiper The Tesla Cybertruck is full of outside-the-box design decisions.…

BYD continued to increase its global plug-in electric car sales quickly in April, achieving a new second-best-ever monthly result and approaching the record set in December 2023. BYD's passenger plug-in car sales amounted to 312,048 units last month, including over 14,000 EVs from its sub-brands. That's 49% more than a year ago. …

The trouble with launching a brand-new car company is that it's really, really expensive. It takes enormous, long-term investments in new manufacturing facilities, supply chains, workers and so on to succeed in the car business. It's a lot more capital-intensive and a lot less profitable than, say, starting a software company from your dorm room.…

If you ask me, there are basically only two names in the car design game right now: Hyundai Motor Group, and then everybody else. Maybe that's being a bit hyperbolic, but I don't care. Helped along by a considerable amount of talent poached from the European luxury brands, the Korean automakers have shown a consistent…

Costco is the place where you want to get a good deal on buying items in bulk, and its auto arm occasionally offers discounts on certain car models, usually not more than one at a time. But now it’s offering incentives for several EVs from different automakers under the “Spring savings on hybrids and EVs…

With the nation’s network of public electric vehicle charging site still a bit limited, most electric car owners charge their rides at home. At-home charging is the cheapest and most preferred method if possible.  All EVs come with a means to be connected to the power grid. Technically speaking, the charging station that converts…

Tesla is on a mass layoff rampage. The company not only announced a global workforce reduction of 10% last month but followed that up by dismissing almost its entire Supercharging team—the same team that laid the groundwork for Tesla’s success and established what is today the gold standard of EV charging in the U.S. and…