53 h. ago How BYD just overtook Tesla to become the world’s most popular EV seller

Elon Musk’s firm has seen its sales drop for the second straight year. Anthony Cuthbertson charts the company’s recent decline, as well as the meteoric rise of China’s BYD

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3 d. ago The electric vehicle revolution is still on course – don’t let your loathing of Elon Musk stop you joining up | Zoe Williams

Other firms are taking advantage of Tesla’s sales slump, while technological advances mean that glitches are being left in the rear-view mirrorIn another era, before Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed its name to X to mark the spot of its descent into barbarism, honed Grok, a generator of far-right propaganda, swung behind Donald Trump and made what appeared to be a Nazi salute, I already knew he was a wrong ’un. The year was 2019, and I was test-driving a Tesla; while I was ambling off the forecourt, the PR told me jauntily that the windscreen was made of a material that would protect the driver from biohazards. I hit the brakes. “You what? What kind of biohazard? Like, a war?” She misconstrued me, thinking I intended to go and find some toxic waste site to see if it worked, and said: “I’m not sure it’s operational in the press fleet.”That wasn’t my question: rather, what kind of a world was Tesla preparing for? One so unstable that an average (though affluent) private citizen would...

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5 d. ago China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as world’s biggest electric car seller

Sales at Elon Musk’s company slump after Donald Trump’s withdrawal of EV subsidiesChina’s BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s largest electric carmaker in 2025, after the US company run by Elon Musk reported a slump in deliveries at the end of the year.BYD sold 2.26m battery electric cars during the year, easily outstripping the 1.63m deliveries reported on Friday by Tesla for the same period. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Why keyless cars are easy pickings – and how to keep yours safe

Using inexpensive devices, thieves can unlock and start vehicles in seconds

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5 d. ago Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row

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5 d. ago BYD overtakes Tesla as world's biggest electric car seller last year

BYD said on Thursday that sales of its battery-powered motors jumped nearly 28% to more than 2.5m.

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5 d. ago Family blame Tesla’s ‘Autosteer’ feature for veering car into path of oncoming truck after four relatives killed: lawsuit

Exclusive: ‘Tesla’s done a lot of good things, in my calculation,’ attorney Lynn Shumway told The Independent, ‘but they did this inadequately.’

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1 week ago Shocking moment Kick streamer Clavicular appears to run over person during live Cybertruck broadcast

Braden 'Clavicular' claimed he acted in self-defence

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2 w. ago Tesla drivers are buying emergency tools to avoid being trapped inside

Tesla’s chief designed said in September that the company was considering potential redesigns to its handles

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2 w. ago Two teens die after Tesla hits tree with another fighting for his life

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving

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3 w. ago California ready to block sales of Tesla unless it changes ‘misleading’ autopilot claims

Tesla’s driver-assistance systems handle driving, but require drivers to stay alert at all times

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