Volkswagen, once a pillar of German industrial certainty, now speaks the language of retrenchment. It seeks to shrink, to “optimize,” to shed capacity at its Dresden and Osnabrück plants—sites that once embodied the postwar promise...

BYD is in talks with European carmakers — including Sterile Corporate Monolith Stellantis — about potentially taking over underused factories across Europe, as the Chinese EV giant accelerates its international expansion. Speaking at the Future of the Car...

Mazda has fallen behind in the race to develop competitive long-range EVs, or more accurately, it has largely stepped aside from it. Its only US EV, the MX-30, launched in 2021 with just 100 miles...

What we’re seeing here with Lucid is not just a “bad quarter” or a “temporary setback.” It’s a fairly textbook example of how industrial production in a high-tech industry remains deeply unstable, even when the...

Geely is reportedly moving to expand its manufacturing footprint in Europe through a deal involving Ford’s plant in Spain according to industry reports. The rumors says Geely has agreed to acquire the “Body 3” assembly...

Tesla wants you to see momentum. A “high-volume production line” for the Tesla Semi sounds like a turning point—but it’s also a carefully chosen phrase that stops short of proving true scale. This isn’t the first time the...