BYD Seal 08 makes a splash for under $30K, and It gives the Tesla Model 3 a run for its money

From zero-gravity seats to a 26-inch AR display and 1,660 km of PHEV range, BYD launched all of it for under $30,000 in China.

UK EV registrations hit 30% share in June as Tesla rebounds 42%
UK EV registrations hit 30% share in June as Tesla rebounds 42%

British battery-electric vehicle registrations jumped 38% in June to 64,440 units, pushing EVs to nearly 30% of the new car market — their strongest monthly performance outside seasonal peaks, according to New AutoMotive data released Friday.
The overa…

Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 deliveries jump 25% to 480,126, beating estimates
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 deliveries jump 25% to 480,126, beating estimates

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, up 25% from the same quarter a year ago and roughly 74,000 vehicles above Wall Street’s consensus estimate.
It’s Tesla’s strongest second quarter ever and its first year-over-year delivery…

BYD set to crush Tesla again in Q2 EV sales with 557,000 deliveries
BYD set to crush Tesla again in Q2 EV sales with 557,000 deliveries

BYD delivered 557,090 fully electric vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, according to figures compiled by Bloomberg, putting the Chinese automaker back on top of the global battery-electric race.
Tesla is expected to report around 396,500 deliverie…

Tesla’s arch rival has already won at charging tech. Now, it’s testing a self-driving breakthrough

BYD may be building its own powerful AI chip, but it’s not abandoning outside partners just yet. That delay could make its next wave of smart driving features cheaper and easier to roll out.

Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 delivery consensus: 406,000 vehicles expected
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 delivery consensus: 406,000 vehicles expected

Tesla released its company-compiled delivery consensus for the second quarter of 2026, and Wall Street analysts now expect the automaker to deliver 406,024 vehicles.
That would be just 5.7% growth over the 384,122 vehicles Tesla delivered in Q2 2025 — …

CATL chief: solid-state batteries at ‘level 4 of 9,’ no leap until 2030
CATL chief: solid-state batteries at ‘level 4 of 9,’ no leap until 2030

Robin Zeng Yuqun, the founder and chairman of CATL, the world’s largest EV battery maker, just poured cold water on the solid-state battery hype, saying the much-anticipated technology is only at “level four” of a nine-step readiness scale.
Speaking at…

Colombia announces 750 mile electric truck corridor linking Bogotá to Cartagena
Colombia announces 750 mile electric truck corridor linking Bogotá to Cartagena

In a major win for Latin American air quality, the new 750 mile Ruta-E electric truck corridor will connect Bogotá and Cartagena with charging infrastructure built to support the more than 1,000 commercial EVs set to hit Colombia’s roads by 2032.

BYD’s Great Tang eSUV offers 10-minute charging and a 590-mile range starting at $40,000

The BYD Great Tang just broke BYD’s own preorder record with 150,000 orders, and the specs explain exactly why.

Rivian CEO signals self-driving prices, like Tesla’s, will fall
Rivian CEO signals self-driving prices, like Tesla’s, will fall

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the money automakers charge for self-driving software won’t last, comparing autonomy to airbags: a paid option today, baked into the price of every car tomorrow.
The comments, made in a new interview with WIRED, amount to a …