For the next couple of weeks, the Morning Auto News are filed from a tropical island. Please excuse the inherently erratic schedule, and the possible absence of a few posts as we hang loose.
- Trump team is seeking to ease US rules for self-driving cars – Fortune
- Tesla stock pops 8% in premarket after report Trump wants to relax U.S. self-driving rules – CNBC
- BYD to overtake Volkswagen ventures as China’s top producer amid surge in EV deliveries – SCMP
- Xiaomi CEO: SU7 deliveries surpass 100,000, aiming for 130,000 by year end – Reuters
- Fact Check: Elon Musk did not sign $3 billion deal to buy CNN – Reuters
- Jaguar’s scrapped electric XJ pictured in production spec for first time – Autocar
- Welcome to Elontown, USA: an unlikely Texas home base for Musk’s business empire – Fortune
- Installing E.V. Chargers is Finally Paying Off for Retailers – New York Times
- Chery aims to avoid EU EV tariffs in Spain with local suppliers – Automotive News
- For Tesla Stock, Trump Giveth and Trump Taketh Away – Barrons
- Enechange Expands EV Charging with Toyota Wallet Integration – Businessinsider
- Abarth won’t launch another combustion model – Autocar
- ‘Morale is horrible’: Stellantis factory layoffs this fall near 4,000 – The Detroit News
- China EV Makers Bet on Self-Driving Models to Fend Off Tesla – Bnnbloomberg
- ‘Irreversible trend’ will spur global EV sales – Chinadaily
- The large luxury SUV will always be the perpetual symbol of automotive extravagance – Autoblog
- New Mercedes CLA gets 1.5-litre petrol with diesel-level efficiency – Autocar
- Scott Bessent speaks to Elon Musk as Trump Treasury position contest endures – SCMP
- America Got the World Driving. Now It’s Going Home – Bloomberg
