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August 18, 2025

Ford’s Radical EV Reboot: Modular Assembly, Affordable Pickups, and a Break with 100 Years of Tradition

Ford, the company that invented the moving assembly line, is now preparing to get rid of it for electric vehicle production. In a detailed Autoline Deep Dive, our friend John McElroy explains what Ford’s new “Universal EV Platform” really means. His reporting provides more detail than you will…

August 17, 2025

Ford Reinvents the Assembly Line to Compete with China

Jim Farley said it himself: “This was not easy at all. We’re fighting a battle globally that is ultimately testing our capability.” That was the CEO of Ford speaking in a video post on X as the automaker unveiled a seismic shift in U.S. auto manufacturing. Ford has…

August 17, 2025

TheFP: China Is Overtaking America. In an Electric Car.

Ethan Dodd captured it best in The Free Press with a headline that says it all: “China Is Overtaking America. In an Electric Car.” His reporting lays out the scale of the challenge America now faces. Or to borrow from WWE’s Paul Heyman: This is not a…

July 3, 2025

The Big Beautiful Gift to China

Well, Congress just wrapped it up, put a bow on it, and handed it to Beijing. Today, the House passed the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” sending it to President Trump for his July 4 signing ceremony. It is being sold as a patriotic win for American workers. In reality, it…

June 3, 2025

UPDATE: More Context on NJ Turnpike Tesla Charger Removal

As reported by InsideEVs staff writer Suvrat Kothari, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) has requested the removal of 64 Tesla Superchargers from service plazas along one of the busiest highway corridors in the Northeast. The chargers are being decommissioned to make way for new stations operated by…

May 16, 2025

Electric shock: The Chinese threat to Europe’s industrial heartland

Thanks to Michael Dunne’s tweet, we’ve been staring at this chart all day. We recommend reading the full report here, curtesy of the European Council of Foreign Relations. As Congress is threatening to pull investment from the U.S auto industry, we would do well to think about how…

May 12, 2025

Congress Just Took A Step Toward Killing The $7,500 EV Tax Credit

Today the House Ways and Means released what many have been waiting for, the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill”. Find language for the proposal attached. Although expected and feared by many in the industry, this proposal would axe the consumer subsidy for most vehicles by the next year. As noted…

May 1, 2025

Proposed EV Annual Fee of $250

As a signal of how skeptical the current Congress is of EVs, there’s now momentum around charging all EVs $250 per year. The funds would go to the Highway Trust Fund, which is facing a $150B a year shortfall over the next five years. We suggest you read…

April 22, 2025

Tesla’s Earning Report

Today’s headlines in the EV world centered on Tesla’s disappointing earnings call. And for good reason. The company that sells the plurality of EVs in the US saw automotive revenues drop 20% from last year. Net income went down 71%, and that’s not where the bad news stopped. Tesla…

February 27, 2025

The EV Fight in Congress: California Here We Come…

As the budget fight in Congress moves toward EV subsidies, there is certain to be a Congressional effort to overturn California’s pending ban on the sale of new gasoline powered cars and light trucks by 2035. These “bans” are a favorite EV bashing message of the Trump administration (even though…