Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup
Emad Dlala, a top executive at EV-maker Lucid Motors, has left the company just months after being promoted to a leading role, TechCrunch has learned. Dlala’s exit is the first…
Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos and LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter, will announce pricing and start taking non-refundable preorders for its low-cost electric vehicle on…
Rivian under investigation over rear suspension failures on R1 models
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating how electric car maker Rivian services its vehicles’ rear suspension components, after receiving two reports from owners who lost control of their…
Ferrari’s first EV is not for you
Everyone seems to be mad about Ferrari’s first electric vehicle. Called Luce, and revealed on Monday, the design of the five-seater (gasp!) was led in large part by Jony Ive…
Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind
All that doom and gloom about the state of the electric vehicle market? That’s just an American problem. The rest of the world can’t get enough EVs, according to a…
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators
Tesla Robotaxis have crashed at least twice since July 2025 while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles, according to newly unredacted information submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Lucid Motors doesn’t know how many EVs it will build this year
Lucid Motors said Tuesday that it’s no longer sure how many EVs it will build or sell this year, as it navigates a transition to a new CEO and a…
Moment Energy raises $40M to meet ‘infinite demand for power’ with EV batteries
Moment Energy CEO Edward Chiang believes demand for power in North America is infinite — and that his startup has the solution. The company, which has headquarters in Canada and…
Rivian downsizes DOE loan to $4.5B, while boosting capacity of Georgia factory
Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount…
Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package
Tesla has revoked the “interim” pay package worth $29 billion that it gave its CEO Elon Musk last year, after the Delaware Supreme Court recently restored his larger $56 billion…