Monthly Archive: June 2025

The Chinese EV price war has gotten a lot of digital ink lately. And for good reason — Chinese automakers have dramatically cut prices on its EVs in recent weeks, and this is just the latest in many rounds of such price cuts/price wars/price battles that have been a fairly ... [continued]

Toyota has been one of the slowest legacy automakers to seriously start the transition to fully electric vehicles. That’s weird since Toyota led the way with hybrids, but it also makes sense for that reason — leaders of a tech transition are often laggards in the next one, as they ... [continued]

I just reported on the Xpeng G7 launching in China. One element of the highly attractive and competitive looking G7 is that it uses Xpeng’s new Turing AI chip, moving on from Nvidia’s Orin X chip. According to the Financial Times, Xpeng founder, chairman, and CEO He Xiaopeng, Volkswagen will ... [continued]

A new study by Wageningen University & Research shows that offshore wind farms not only produce energy, but may also contribute to the protection of marine life. Several shark and ray species were detected in and around Dutch wind farms based on traces of DNA in the seawater (eDNA). The ... [continued]

No Kings Day can and must be a forum to demand that our democratic system acts robustly in responsive to climate challenges.

XPENG’s newest model, the G7, has just hit the market. It’s currently available for pre-order, and there are also models available to touch and see in XPENG’s 530 stores in 214 Chinese cities. Anyway, before I bury the lede, probably the biggest note is the one in the headline. It ... [continued]

Waiting for regulatory approval appears to be the primary obstacle holding Tesla's FSD back from launching in Europe.

I’ve been driving with Tesla’s Full Self Driving now for 3.5 years, probably going through 20 different versions. I use it obsessively on the busy roads and 12-lane Interstate in northern Utah. I use it driving cross country 1551 miles on mostly Interstate between Lindon, Utah, and Three Lakes in ... [continued]