India’s automotive sector faces potential production disruptions and delayed electric vehicle launches due to China’s export restrictions on rare earth magnets, which India imports over 80 percent of its requirements from the dominant global supplier. The restrictions, implemented in April 2025, mandate export licenses and detailed end-use disclosures, creating a clearance process that takes at… Continue reading China’s Rare Earth Export Restrictions Threaten India’s Automotive Production: CRISIL
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China’s Rare Earth Export Restrictions Threaten India’s Automotive Production: CRISIL
India’s automotive sector faces potential production disruptions and delayed electric vehicle launches due to China’s export restrictions on rare earth magnets, which India imports over 80 percent of its requirements from the dominant global supplier. The restrictions, implemented in April 2025, mandate export licenses and detailed end-use disclosures, creating a clearance process that takes at… Continue reading China’s Rare Earth Export Restrictions Threaten India’s Automotive Production: CRISIL
The funky Subaru Brat is returning as an EV pickup with a little help from Toyota
Remember the Subaru Brat? The iconic low-riding pickup from the late ’70s and ’80s? Even US President Ronald Reagan owned a 1978 Subaru Brat. Well, word on the street is that the small Subaru pickup will return as a full-on EV, with help from Toyota. Is Subaru launching an EV pickup? Subaru isn’t particularly known… Continue reading The funky Subaru Brat is returning as an EV pickup with a little help from Toyota
GM has another affordable EV in the works and it’s not the next-gen Chevy Bolt
The next-gen Chevy Bolt is finally almost here. GM confirmed that production is on track to begin by the end of the year, but the company is saying to keep a lookout for another affordable EV coming soon. Here’s what we know about the mysterious new model so far. GM plans to build another affordable… Continue reading GM has another affordable EV in the works and it’s not the next-gen Chevy Bolt
Tesla owners sue to break their leases over Musk making the cars ‘far-right totems’
Tesla leaseholders in France are suing the automaker to terminate their leases due to Elon Musk’s association with the cars, claiming they have become “far-right totems” and have harmed their reputation. Over the last few years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a sharp turn to the right of the political spectrum. After buying Twitter,… Continue reading Tesla owners sue to break their leases over Musk making the cars ‘far-right totems’
Tesla gains for a fourth day as Musk sets robotaxi date, Trump tensions cool
Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks to board Air Force One with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) as they depart for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on March 22, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla stock gained for a f fourth straight positive session Wednesday as the spat between CEO… Continue reading Tesla gains for a fourth day as Musk sets robotaxi date, Trump tensions cool
Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin ‘tentatively’ set to begin June 22
Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi at the AutoMobility LA 2024 auto show on Nov 21, 2024. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that his company’s robotaxi service is “tentatively” set to launch in Austin, Texas, on June 22. In a post on X, Musk indicated that he’s flying from… Continue reading Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin ‘tentatively’ set to begin June 22
Tesla rallies on robotaxi hopes as fear over Musk-Trump feud subsides
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images In the three trading days since Elon Musk’s war of words with President Donald Trump last week sank Tesla’s market cap by 14%… Continue reading Tesla rallies on robotaxi hopes as fear over Musk-Trump feud subsides
iVendi launches ‘Skyscanner’ finance product comparison tool for dealers
Ivendi has launched a new finance product for dealers called Finance Navigator, which enables dealers to undertake searches for potential vehicle buyers across their whole lending panel It provides results that looks like a finance product comparison site – similar to buying insurance through Go Compare, for example – from across a dealer’s lending panel.… Continue reading iVendi launches ‘Skyscanner’ finance product comparison tool for dealers
German FAZ: Electric cars take drive at 009440 in Germany
FAZ+E-Mobility: Electric cars in Germany take drive to 11.06.2025, 13: 56 reading time: 6 min. Folding out image IM May. The German electric car market experienced its previously strongest momentum: 43,060 newly approved Stromer means a plus of 45 percent compared to the previous year. But the boom is mainly based on company fleets. Go… Continue reading German FAZ: Electric cars take drive at 009440 in Germany