Trump administration bars Polestar from selling new EVs in the US under Connected Vehicle Rule
Trump administration bars Polestar from selling new EVs in the US under Connected Vehicle Rule

The Trump administration has barred Polestar from selling new electric vehicles in the United States, denying the Geely-owned automaker authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule. The decision, first reported by TechCrunch, means Polestar will not …

Toyota is closing in on GM as America’s top-selling automaker as hybrids surge and EVs falter
Toyota is closing in on GM as America’s top-selling automaker as hybrids surge and EVs falter

Toyota is gaining on General Motors in the race for America’s sales crown, and the gap is now the narrowest it has been in half a decade. A new forecast from Cox Automotive, released on Wednesday, projects Toyota will sell approximately 1,250,000 vehic…

Ferrari replaces its marketing chief one month after the Luce EV reveal wiped billions off its stock
Ferrari replaces its marketing chief one month after the Luce EV reveal wiped billions off its stock

Ferrari is replacing its Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Enrico Galliera, who has held the role for more than 16 years, with former BMW Italy CEO Massimiliano Di Silvestre. The change takes effect July 1 and comes exactly one month after the con…

Slate Auto prices its Bezos-backed EV pickup at $24,950 and opens preorders with 180,000 reservations
Slate Auto prices its Bezos-backed EV pickup at $24,950 and opens preorders with 180,000 reservations

Slate Auto revealed Wednesday that its electric pickup truck will start at $24,950, making it the cheapest new truck available in the United States. The Bezos-backed startup simultaneously opened preorders, converting more than 180,000 existing reserva…

Honda signs multiyear solid-state battery deal with QuantumScape after scrapping its EV lineup
Honda signs multiyear solid-state battery deal with QuantumScape after scrapping its EV lineup

Honda R&D, the independent research arm of Honda Motor Company, has signed a multiyear joint research agreement with California-based QuantumScape to develop and manufacture solid-state battery cells. The deal, announced on June 18, makes Honda the…

Lucid Motors cuts 18% of workforce as new CEO dismantles second production shift
Lucid Motors cuts 18% of workforce as new CEO dismantles second production shift

Lucid Motors is cutting 18 percent of its workforce, roughly 1,500 employees, just four months after the EV maker laid off 12 percent of its staff. The company said Monday that it has also eliminated the second production shift at its factory in Casa G…

BYD rejects claims it violated Hungary’s environmental rules at its Szeged EV factory
BYD rejects claims it violated Hungary’s environmental rules at its Szeged EV factory

BYD executive vice president Stella Li said the Chinese automaker has complied with all environmental regulations at its Szeged factory in Hungary, pushing back against allegations that the company violated its obligations during construction. Li made …

Rivian sued for allegedly promising self-driving features its first-generation vehicles can never deliver
Rivian sued for allegedly promising self-driving features its first-generation vehicles can never deliver

Rivian is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it spent five years making false promises about the autonomous driving capabilities of its first-generation R1T truck and R1S SUV. The complaint, filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Central …

BMW slashes profit forecast as China’s EV makers squeeze European carmakers on two fronts
BMW slashes profit forecast as China’s EV makers squeeze European carmakers on two fronts

BMW on Tuesday cut its full-year profit forecast for the car business, lowering its expected automotive EBIT margin to a corridor of 1 to 3 per cent from prior guidance of 4 to 6 per cent. The company blamed an accelerating decline in the Chinese marke…

Uber’s robotaxi service is heading to Houston to take another swing at Waymo
Uber’s robotaxi service is heading to Houston to take another swing at Waymo

Uber is taking its robotaxi service to Houston. The company said on 17 June that it will launch a premium driverless service in the city by mid-2027, the second US market for its partnership with EV maker Lucid and self-driving startup Nuro. It is also…