Canada's auto industry is among the three domestic sectors most affected by US tariffs under President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a nine-minute address released on his YouTube channel on Sunday.
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, the up to $5.8 billion joint venture between Rivian and Volkswagen Group, has appointed Manasi Vartak as Vice President of AI and Data.
Nio is seeking subtenants for its four flagship showrooms in major German cities after the Chinese EV maker registered just eight new vehicles in the country in the first quarter of 2026.
Tesla began offering rides on its Robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston on Saturday, marking the first expansion of the autonomous ride-hailing programme beyond Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Rivian said on Saturday it was evaluating damage at its Normal, Illinois assembly plant after a severe storm with winds measured at 85 mph struck Central Illinois on Friday night, hitting 'Building 2,' where the Body and General Assembly of its new R2 SUV are located.
SAIC-Volkswagen's new flagship SUV for China features a physical in-car companion that sits on the dashboard, reacts to driving, nods to music, and asks to be charged when the battery runs low — a concept the Chinese brand Nio unveiled nearly a decade ago.
Polestar posted a $2.36 billion net loss for 2025 on Friday but crossed into adjusted gross profitability in the fourth quarter, with CEO Michael Lohscheller reaffirming a slower 2026 sales trajectory amid what he called "challenging" geopolitical conditions.
Canada's International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu met with three of China's largest automakers in Guangzhou on Thursday, the latest in a series of ministerial engagements with Chinese carmakers since the January trade deal.
Tesla is binding buyers of its 350-unit Signature Edition Model S and Model X to a one-year resale ban enforced by $50,000 in liquidated damages.
Tesla published four international patents on Thursday covering the forearm, wrist, joint and hand architecture of its Optimus humanoid robot, providing the first detailed mechanical blueprint for the design set for mass production.
XPeng expanded its workforce by 4,520 people in 2025, the biggest annual increase in the Chinese carmaker's history as a public company, according to the annual report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday.
SpaceX acquired 1,279 Cybertrucks in the fourth quarter of 2025, absorbing more than 18% of Tesla's entire US pickup volume for the period, according to registration data from S&P Global Mobility reported by Bloomberg on Thursday.
The world's largest EV maker BYD delivered its first shipment of electric and hybrid vehicles to Argentina this week, capitalizing on President Javier Milei's decision to lift import tariffs in April 2025.
Rivian plans to open the public R2 online configurator in May, giving customers the ability to build and price the mid-size SUV on the company's website ahead of the first external deliveries in June.
The first Rivian R2 vehicles have been photographed parked in the customer delivery area outside the company's Normal, Illinois plant, prompting speculation that employee handovers of the mid-size SUV are underway.
Tesla shares surged over 8% on Wednesday, hitting an intraday high of $394.48 in the stock's biggest rally since September, driven by CEO Elon Musk's announcement that the company has completed the design of its next-generation AI5 chip and momentum from a UBS upgrade the day before.
TD Cowen analyst Itay Michaeli has nearly halved the firm's price target on Lucid Motors on Wednesday while maintaining a Hold rating, the second cut of the day as Wall Street firms weigh in on the leadership and financial announcements shared on Tuesday.
Baird analyst Ben Kallo lowered his price target on Lucid Motors, a day after the EV maker announced a new permanent CEO, expanded its purchase deal with Uber, secured fresh funding from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and launched a $300 million stock offering.
Tesla's Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in Germany in March with 6,841 new registrations — and 86% of those went to private buyers.
Lucid Motors' incoming chief executive Silvio Napoli will receive a $1.5 million annual base salary, a target bonus of 200% of salary, a $9.5 million equity grant, and up to one million performance-based stock options tied to market capitalisation hurdles ranging from $5 billion to $17.5 billion.























