The US is clearing the runway for air taxis and supersonic jets
The US is clearing the runway for air taxis and supersonic jets

The United States is moving to push two long-stalled aviation frontiers into commercial service at once, using federal rulemaking and White House pressure to speed electric air taxis and civil supersonic flight towards market. The effort ties together …

Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.
Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.

Tesla delivered 480,126 vehicles in the second quarter, beating Wall Street estimates with a 25% year-on-year increase. The stock dropped. That reaction tells you everything about where expectations sit ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report. A beat is n…

EVs outsold petrol and diesel in Germany for the first time. The birthplace of the car just changed its fuel.
EVs outsold petrol and diesel in Germany for the first time. The birthplace of the car just changed its fuel.

Electric cars outsold every other fuel type in Germany for the first time in June. The country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority recorded 84,057 new EV registrations, a 78.2% year-on-year increase, putting battery-electric vehicles at 28.4% market sh…

China’s car market is heading for its worst year since 2021. Sales fell 20% in the first half.
China’s car market is heading for its worst year since 2021. Sales fell 20% in the first half.

China’s passenger car sales fell 20.2% in the first half of 2026 to 8.7 million units, and the China Passenger Car Association has lowered its full-year forecast to a 14% decline, projecting 20.4 million deliveries, down from a record 23.7 million in 2…

Bentley hired an orchestra to solve the EV silence problem. Drums were the answer.
Bentley hired an orchestra to solve the EV silence problem. Drums were the answer.

Bentley recorded a V8 in a studio, analysed it, and discovered that rhythm, not mechanical tone, is what makes the engine emotionally compelling. To test the theory, the team set up parabolic speakers with the V8 playing on one side and a live drummer …

Chinese car sales in the UK jumped from 384 in 2015 to 285,000 last year. The tariff gap explains why.
Chinese car sales in the UK jumped from 384 in 2015 to 285,000 last year. The tariff gap explains why.

Brits bought 384 Chinese-made vehicles in 2015. Last year, they bought 285,000, according to automotive consulting firm Mobility Global. The growth is accelerating. BYD nearly doubled its UK sales in the first half of 2026 to over 37,000 units, and Chi…

Tesla made a $225 balance bike for toddlers. It has no motor, no pedals, and is already sold out.
Tesla made a $225 balance bike for toddlers. It has no motor, no pedals, and is already sold out.

Tesla launched a $225 balance bike for children aged 2 to 5. It has no motor, no pedals, no brakes, and is powered entirely by toddler legs. The lightweight white magnesium frame comes with a five-way adjustable seat, the Tesla wordmark on the side, an…

Lucid shares plunged 40% on a bankruptcy rumour from an EV blog. The denial came hours later.
Lucid shares plunged 40% on a bankruptcy rumour from an EV blog. The denial came hours later.

Lucid Motors stock fell more than 40% at one point on Tuesday and was halted for volatility multiple times after an EV-focused publication reported the company was considering going private or filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The stock reco…

China’s electric taxis are blunting the Hormuz oil shock, but only at the margins
China’s electric taxis are blunting the Hormuz oil shock, but only at the margins

China’s crude oil imports fell 41.3% in June from a year earlier to 29.27 million tonnes, the lowest monthly total since October 2016, according to customs data released on 14 July. Five months into the Strait of Hormuz crisis, Beijing is buying less o…

Tesla’s Cybercab drove across a car park, and the real news happened two days earlier
Tesla’s Cybercab drove across a car park, and the real news happened two days earlier

Tesla has said Cybercab employee rides are starting soon at its Texas factory. The announcement came with a clip of a gold Cybercab, butterfly doors up and no steering wheel or pedals, driving itself across the outbound lot, Mashable reports. Note the …