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The biggest European car market, Germany, saw the sales of electric vehicles plummet by 36.8% in July from a year earlier, as EV sales are softening worldwide and as Berlin ended subsidies at the end of (more…)

If levying more than 100% tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles wasn't enough, the Biden administration is now gearing up to propose a ban on Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles on US highways, citing national security risks.

Reuters reports the new rule would prohibit Chinese software with Level 3 automation and above on all US roadways. This would also ban all testing of Chinese autonomous vehicles in the US. 

A Commerce Department (more…)

YouTuber Cody Detwiler, known as WhistlinDiesel, released a video on Friday in which he stress-tested a Tesla Cybertruck and a Ford F-150. Although Detwiler's testing of the EV truck comes months after other social media users, his tests may be some of the most rigorous yet. 

Before the series of durability tests started, the Cybertruck rolled off a rollback tow truck, surviving while the Ford F-150's driveshaft instantly broke. Detwiler was infuriated that it (more…)