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Recalls, prices, EV sales data, and new-model coverage — written for buyers, not advertisers.
EVsFive days after the big reveal, regulators weighed in: the Roadster jumps on thrusters — it does not fly.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
The December 3 vote doubles as a referendum on Tesla’s bet on robots, robotaxis and in-house AI chips.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryThree numbers frame the report: 486,532 deliveries, 13.7 GWh of energy storage, and a $28.34 billion revenue consensus.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 4 min read
Industry“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.”
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryThe post-IPO rally has faded into a 35% correction. Today’s results will test whether Starlink growth can steady the story.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryThe first Megacharger at a Pilot travel center launches a network aimed at electric freight corridors.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVsAlef’s machine lifts off vertically and sustains forward flight — a fundamentally different thing from Tesla’s thruster-assisted hops.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 4 min read
EVsTen minutes by air versus more than an hour by car: Archer’s pitch is traffic that you simply skip.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsSeats from a Korean aerospace specialist, navigation from a Northrop Grumman unit: Valo is moving from design to industrial-scale production.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsA Chinese eVTOL maker, an Indonesian charter operator: the flying-taxi market is going international.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVsTwo motors, in the wheels, 555 horsepower: a rally legend reborn as an electric halo car.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsThe ultra-compact icon is back — this time on a dedicated small-EV platform, priced under £20,000.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsSix upgrades, one goal: keep the i6 among China’s top-selling premium EVs above RMB 200,000.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsA head-restraint attachment fix with epoxy — free at dealers, with owner letters going out November 30.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsA recall query asks whether the first recall worked. With 21 post-repair failures, NHTSA isn’t convinced.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 4 min read
EVsThree markets, three stories: record Europe, slumping China, and a North America still lapping the tax-credit cliff.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsAfter the subsidy cliff, the U.S. EV market is recovering the hard way — on price, product and gas prices.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryA fivefold fleet expansion on borrowed money: Waymo is betting it can industrialize the robotaxi.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryFirst the maps, then the driverless rides: Toronto is Waymo’s first planned market outside the U.S.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
PricesFestive-season offers through October 31 — but the biggest advertised discount isn’t what every buyer will actually save.
CARC Editorial Team · October 20, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsThe Roadster uses SpaceX cold-gas thrusters to briefly leave the ground — but it is not approved for public road use.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryThe Austin fleet hit 300+ Cybercabs in 30 days — while a federal investigation into the steering-wheel-free design stays open.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryAirports are the prize for robotaxi companies — Waymo just added Nashville International to its list.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryWaymo’s expansion vans are made by China’s Zeekr — and lawmakers say that’s a security and competition problem.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
EVsThe Type 01 is Jaguar’s moonshot: an all-electric flagship at Ferrari money, arriving as the brand rebuilds from a cyberattack and job cuts.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsLiDAR, 505 km of range, and an 800-volt architecture — for the price of a used Civic in the US.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryEurope’s biggest auto show became a battleground: legacy icons going electric while Chinese brands plant their flags in Paris.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryOne Chinese automaker is staging its own Tesla-style AI day — with an automotive AI model, a robotaxi, and an eVTOL all on the agenda.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustryNamed Oct 8 and booking through a WeChat mini-program, Yoyo is China’s latest answer to Tesla’s Cybercab and Waymo.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
EVsTwo British icons finally go electric — at 542 and 876 horsepower respectively, and six-figure prices to match.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsA manufacturing issue in the motor-generator ECU can leave the RAV4 PHEV without motive power at higher speeds.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsSeat-to-body bolts that may be missing or improperly seated — a small part with big consequences in a crash.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 2 min read
RecallsA burr on an airbag bracket can rip the airbag as it deploys — plus three more October Ford recalls worth knowing.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsA second-row seat that moves by itself mid-drive can injure occupants or fail to protect them in a crash — and a 2025 fix didn’t hold.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsRear seat belts that may not restrain properly in a crash — covering both of Stellantis’s compact crossovers.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 2 min read
PricesA $171,895 electric GT for ~$135K, and a $28,995 Chevy Bolt at 0.9% APR — October’s EV incentives are the year’s strongest.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
PricesZero-percent financing is spreading: 40 offers in October, six of them running a full 72 months.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
PricesThousands of rebates reviewed: Rogue up to $4,500 off, Q7 up to $13,000 off — some stackable with zero-percent financing.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 4 min read
RecallsFire-risk “park outside” orders are shrinking — but millions of Takata airbag vehicles still carry Do Not Drive warnings.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
IndustrySix categories, six winners — with the hybrid Telluride and electric-era Charger signaling where the market is headed.
CARC Editorial Team · October 19, 2026 · 3 min read
RecallsFront power seat motors may overheat due to a stuck control switch. Owners are advised to park outdoors until a fix is ready.
CARC Editorial Team · October 15, 2026 · 3 min read
EVsWith gas at $4.33 a gallon, EVs hit 6.4% of US new-car sales in Q3. Tesla still owns the segment.
CARC Editorial Team · October 16, 2026 · 4 min read
PricesPrices keep climbing, but stronger sales of smaller, cheaper vehicles are tempering the growth.
CARC Editorial Team · October 14, 2026 · 4 min read
EVsOne in five VW Group cars delivered in Europe last quarter was electric. The budget EV offensive is working.
CARC Editorial Team · October 12, 2026 · 4 min read
RecallsWater in steering wiring, battery fire risk, and bad headlight chips: the biggest campaigns from the latest NHTSA batch.
CARC Editorial Team · October 10, 2026 · 4 min read
IndustryThe tipping point is here: fewer than half of new cars sold worldwide this year run on gasoline alone.
CARC Editorial Team · October 13, 2026 · 3 min read
ComparisonsHybrid-only RAV4 at 43 mpg vs gas-only CX-5 at 26 mpg — a 17-mpg gap, the widest in the class.
CARC Editorial Team · October 11, 2026 · 5 min read
EVsA $26,400 electric truck with optional SUV conversion kits — Slate is taking the radically simple approach.
CARC Editorial Team · October 17, 2026 · 3 min read