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(Source: Audi AG) Volkswagen announced a “Christmas miracle” with sweeping changes to its German operations but no immediate factory closures, layoffs, or wage cuts. Still, some 35,000 jobs are on the chopping block soon, but factories should remain open. This week, Bloomberg reports that Volkswagen and union leaders came to a deal after 70 hours

On today’s festive episode of Quick Charge, Tesla steps up for its owners by calling in mobile charging stations to cut down on wait time. Meanwhile Hyundai has some extra goodies for your stockings and Texas is cleaning up its act. We’ve also got big savings for Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra shoppers, as well

Toyota’s electric SUV may soon get a fresh start. After a rocky debut, the Toyota bZ4X is reportedly due for a rebrand, with a new name coming as soon as 2026. Is Toyota giving the bZ4X a new name? After launching the bZ4X in 2022, Toyota’s first electric SUV had a bumpy market debut. In

Hyundai wants to make driving an electric vehicle as easy as possible. All current and new Hyundai EV drivers will be able to get a free NACS adapter to charge up at over 20,000 Tesla Superchargers. Here’s how to get yours. Hyundai EV drivers: How to get your free NACS adapter Starting in the first

Honda and Nissan will team up to build EVs as they look to keep pace with Tesla and BYD. The Honda and Nissan EV merger will create one of the world’s largest auto groups as they look to pull a third Japanese automaker into the partnership. Here’s everything you need to know. How the Honda

Tesla has deployed a small fleet of ‘Megapack Chargers,’ a Megapack powering several Supercharger stalls on a trailer, to help with holiday travels. The nomenclature can be hard to follow here because Tesla already has “Megapacks”, “Megachagers”, and “Superchargers”, and now it also talks about “MegapackChargers.” However, this is not exactly a new product. It’s

Tesla might want to kill EV incentives in the US because of Elon Musk’s politics, but the automaker is still lobbying for them in other markets. It is highlighting Tesla’s clear problem of putting its CEO’s politics above its own mission. Tesla is stuck in a weird situation in the US. A few years ago,

Toyota bZ3C electric crossover SUV (Source: Toyota) Toyota has reportedly decided to build a new EV plant in China in hopes of clawing back business from BYD and other Chinese-owned rivals eating away at its market share. According to a report today in Nikkei business daily, the Japanese automaker plans to produce its luxury brand

Actor Blake Lively has accused her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the film in a legal complaint. Lively, 37, also claims 40-year-old Baldoni and the studio behind the movie embarked on a subsequent “multi-tiered plan” to damage her reputation. The complaint, which was filed

Tesla has found a problem with “cell denting” in some Cybertrucks and it is starting to change the battery packs. The automaker is even sending the trucks back to Gigafactory Texas to investigate and replace the packs. Cybertruck has been in production for a year now, and the production ramp has been relatively smooth. Tesla

BMW M is known for its powerful gas-powered sports cars, but its upcoming all-electric model could pack an even bigger punch. The team has been testing a secret EV prototype, dubbed “Beast,” since 2018. A new video gives us a sneak peek at the BMW M Beast. BMW has been working on a secret Beast

Tesla issued a new recall on a fleet of almost 700,000 vehicles, but fortunately, the fix is a simple over-the-air software update. For years, Tesla fans have been complaining about the automaker being in the headlines for “recalls” that were only about software. They claimed that the media unfairly used the recalls to make Tesla

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have performed together for the first time in five years.  Sir Paul, 82, was at the O2 in London for the final night of his worldwide Got Back tour. The pair performed Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Helter Skelter – with 84-year-old Ringo on drums – before

Photo: Toyota Toyota just got a $4.5 million boost from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to make EV batteries more sustainable. The funding comes from ARPA-E’s CIRCULAR program, which focuses on creating a sustainable, domestic supply chain for EV batteries. The project, led by Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), aims to tackle

Photo: BlueOval SK In a significant boost for the US EV industry, Ford’s joint venture, BlueOval SK, has closed a $9.63 billion loan from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loans Programs Office. The DOE loan will go toward the construction of three state-of-the-art battery manufacturing plants – one in Tennessee and two in Kentucky –

Tesla is working with the City of Austin, the automaker’s new home, on deploying self-driving cars. Now, Tesla simply needs to have self-driving cars. According to a new Bloomberg report, Tesla has been in contact with Austin officials about the requirements to deploy self-driving cars in the city: Emails acquired by Bloomberg through public records

Tesla has officially delivered its Tesla Semi electric trucks to a rare new customer, who confirmed the truck’s efficiency. Tesla Semi can be a difficult vehicle program to follow. The truck was first unveiled in 2017 and it was supposed to go into production in 2020. It was delayed several times and Tesla ended up

A new Bloomberg report cites that Volkswagen may in fact be working on a deal to keep its factories in Germany open. The report stated that the automaker is considering keeping its plants up and running while reinstating job security agreements until 2030, with the tradeoff being that workers would forgo bonus payments, according to

Credit: BMW Group BMW is expanding an innovative process for reclaiming and reusing EV raw materials in building a brand-new €10 million ($10.4 million) cell recycling center. The new German plant will work to radically slash costs in building EVs and push the company closer to a closed-loop battery cell production. BMW is developing what it

Toyota vows to make owning an EV even more affordable, but with only one model available in the US, it’s not giving buyers many options. After another delay to its upcoming electric SUV, here’s when you can expect to see more Toyota EV models roll out. Toyota aims to make EV ownership more affordable On