Industry News
Tesla has unveiled a six-seat version of its best-selling Model Y SUV in China, priced from ¥339,000 ($47,200), directly targeting middle-class families in the country’s fiercely competitive EV market. The Model Y L stretches 150mm...
By DCB Editorial
August 19, 2025
What we’re seeing with Dongfeng’s decision to sell its 50% stake in its Honda engine joint venture is not just a business transaction — it’s a symptom of a larger systemic shift. For decades, foreign...
By Peter Fitch
August 18, 2025
Lucid Motors’ new Gravity electric crossover had only nine U.S. registrations by June 30, six months after production began, according to industry analysis. By comparison, the Lucid Air sedan saw 4,780 registrations in the first...
By Alberto Frammartino
August 15, 2025
General Motors plans to import electric vehicle batteries from Chinese battery giant CATL, according to industry analysts. The move is a temporary measure as GM works to establish its own U.S.-based lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery production...
By DCB Editorial
August 8, 2025
Nissan’s newly installed CEO, Ivan Espinosa, is enacting a sweeping restructuring plan that will eliminate 15% of the company’s global workforce—tens of thousands of workers whose livelihoods are being sacrificed to appease shareholders and “streamline...
By DCB Editorial
August 7, 2025
Jaguar Land Rover, now little more than a legal fiction, recently dispensed with its CEO, Adrian Mardell—a technocrat with a fondness for spreadsheets, whose tenure, like so many in the age of the managerial class,...
By Anthony Henson
August 6, 2025