U.S. EV Sales Slowed For The First Time In April. Here's Why We also discuss why thousands of American jobs in Republican states are on the line and how the rest of the world is running away with EVs. InsideEVs · Jun 13, 2025
Tesla's Robotaxi Dreams Hinge On One Huge Mystery How will Tesla's Robotaxi teleoperators really work? That question looms over a June 22 Robotaxi service launch in Austin. InsideEVs · Jun 11, 2025
Car Shipments to the US Have Fallen Off a Cliff. Guess Why Sea-based car shipments to the United States fell off a cliff in May, down over 70 percent versus the same time last year, according to Automotive News. Citing trade database Descartes Datamyne, the report claims there were nearly 10,000 fewer vehicles imported via ocean ports. Motor1 · Jun 10, 2025
Stellantis Will 'Experiment' With Chrysler to Fill The Gaps When it comes to products, Chrysler currently offers the least among the 14 brands under the Stellantis corporate umbrella. It’s now essentially a minivan brand, selling only the Pacifica/Voyager. Heck, even Lancia, another troubled automaker within the conglomerate, has a second product scheduled for 2026. So, how does the struggling… Motor1 · Jun 9, 2025
For Tesla, The Musk-Trump Divorce Comes At The Worst Time We also discuss why automakers are not blaming tariffs for price increases and the impact of China's export restrictions on rare earth materials. InsideEVs · Jun 6, 2025
'Lowest In Decades': Carmakers Pull Back On New Models, Especially EVs Today on Critical Materials: Automakers pull back EVs, dealerships beg automakers to stop sending them an overflow of EVs and Xiaomi SU7 waitlist is a year long InsideEVs · Jun 5, 2025
Electric Pickup Trucks Just Aren't Taking Off Also, Nio cuts costs to get profitable while Toyota invests in itself for the long run. InsideEVs · Jun 4, 2025
Carlos Tavares: I Could've Done 'Tons of Things' Differently In hindsight, past mistakes often become much clearer. However, Carlos Tavares denies being fired after clashing with people within Stellantis. Instead, he chose to leave on his terms following what he described as a “very mature” conversation with chairman John Elkann, who also holds the same role at Ferrari. Tavares,… Motor1 · Jun 3, 2025
Public EV Charging Is Finally Getting Better After years of declining public EV charging reliability, the first quarter of 2025 brings good news. Let's just hope it's not a fluke. InsideEVs · Jun 2, 2025
Bill Ford Has A Warning For Congress On EV Batteries Ford wants to make affordable EVs and lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in the U.S. Its plans are now “in peril.” InsideEVs · May 30, 2025
The Last Five-Speed Manual Is Dead Manual transmissions aren’t as popular as they used to be, and now, buyers will have one fewer option going forward. Nissan has allegedly ended production of the manual-equipped Versa, killing off the cheapest car you can buy in America today, and the last five-speed on the market. Motor1 · May 29, 2025
Volkswagen's New Electric Plan Just Hit A Crucial Milestone Today on Critical Materials: VW readies its next-gen EV underpinnings, Volvo slashes 3,000 jobs, and BYD cuts prices for the wrong reasons. InsideEVs · May 27, 2025
Cadillac's EVs Are Seriously Poaching Tesla Owners About 8 out of 10 Cadillac EV buyers are new to the brand. Also, Honda wants to wait out the U.S. government and hope the trade situation improves. InsideEVs · May 21, 2025
The Cadillac Celestiq Is So Fancy GM Had To Register 300 Patents To Build It GM had to register 300 new patents while engineering the $360,000 ultra-luxury EV, pushing the limits of 3D printing and fabrication. InsideEVs · May 20, 2025
InsideEVs · May 20, 2025 Trump Could Clamp Down On EVs Even More With New Fuel Economy Rules The Trump administration and its allies say that cars are too expensive. These days, not many people would disagree, but the GOP's underlying target with those claims is often electric vehicles. Now, Trump's U.S. Transportation Department seems to be going after fuel economy rules that were used by the Biden administration…
Motor1 · May 19, 2025 Porsche Isn't in a Great Situation Right Now Porsche might be in a mess of its own making. Sales for the German automaker were down globally by 8.0 percent through the first three months of the year. While sales in the United States were actually up, the foreign-made Macan and Cayenne made up nearly 68 percent of those…
Motor1 · May 19, 2025 Toyota Contacted Nissan After Honda Merger Failed: Report On December 23, 2024, Nissan and Honda signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore a potential merger. However, the negotiations didn’t last long before the two Japanese automakers parted ways. On February 13, 2025, the companies officially ended talks, partly because Nissan was against becoming a Honda subsidiary. While…
Motor1 · May 16, 2025 The Nissan Sentra Might Soon Be an American-Made Sedan Nissan is facing a tough future, and plenty of uncertainty ahead could force the company to shift Sentra production to the United States. Despite the brand’s global woes and financial struggles, sales were up 6.3 percent through the first three months of 2025 in America, driven mostly by its small,…
Motor1 · May 15, 2025 Nissan Would Sell a New Xterra Tomorrow If It Could Nissan is in a bit of a pickle. The company is cutting 20,000 jobs, shuttering seven factories, and pausing development of several models. It’s all part of the “Re:Nissan” plan to stop the financial bleeding after losing a staggering $4.5 billion in just one year. While cost-cutting is currently the…
InsideEVs · May 14, 2025 Porsche Blames Electrification For Deepening Crisis Porsche isn't having the best time right now. Recently considered among the world's most profitable automakers on a percentage basis, the German sports and luxury marque faces dropping sales, steep tariffs, and stiff EV competition in China. It's even reportedly delaying the arrival of a new wave of electric products,…
Motor1 · May 13, 2025 Another EV Startup Is on the Brink of Death Remeber Bollinger Motors? The last time we checked in on the EV startup, it was filing a lawsuit against UK-based Munro for patent infringement. Prior to that, the company decided to step away from plans to build its blocky B1 SUV and B2 pickup in favor of a large commercial…
InsideEVs · May 8, 2025 A Key Tesla Cybertruck Feature Just Went Subscription-Only Tesla's Cybertruck is getting dragged lately—and not in a fun way. Between the lackluster sales figures and the long-promised Range Extender getting filed away for good, Tesla's flagship pickup isn't having a great year.
Motor1 · May 7, 2025 Nissan's Bold New Strategy: Sell More Cars Nissan's recent struggles are no secret. But over the last few months, the Japanese automaker has attempted to right the ship with a flurry of incentives and programs aimed at moving new product. This latest offering is no exception.
Motor1 · Apr 30, 2025 Ford Extends Employee Pricing for All After Huge Success Ford has extended its employee discount pricing for all program to July 6, according to Automotive News, following the Trump administration's Tuesday order to scale back tariffs.
Motor1 · Apr 30, 2025 Toyota Chairman Says a Sports Car Must Have a Gas Engine It’s been nearly two years since Toyota gave us a taste of an electric sports car, but the FT-Se concept has yet to evolve into a production model. That’s because a road-going version isn’t coming anytime soon. Instead, the company’s chairman would much rather stick to performance vehicles powered by…