- Musk says U.S. SEC ‘bastards’ forced settlement over Tesla tweets – Reuters
- Toyota shares fall over 2% after criticism from green activist investors – Reuters
- European pension funds attack Toyota for not going ‘all in’ on electric cars – FT
- UK running ahead of government EV target – Just-Auto
- Tesla fires Singapore country manager after Elon Musk warns of job cuts – CNBC
- Tesla hiring 500-600 staff a month at German plant, regional economy minister says – Automotive News
- SpaceX faces NASA hurdle for Starship backup launch pad – Reuters
- Denso mulls spinning off chip business – Just-Auto
- Old Electric-Vehicle Batteries Are Getting a Second Life – Wall Street Journal
- VW Group small EV family’s low target price could be hit by high inflation – Automotive News
Monday Morning Auto News, Jun 13, 2022: Green activist investors slam Totota, stock drops. Musk calls SEC “bastards.” More.
Friday Morning Auto News, Jun 10, 2022: NHTSA Tesla probe escalates, could lead to recall. DOJ sets sights on Faraday Future. More.
- Tesla cancels three June online hiring events for China – Reuters
- Elon Musk wants 80% of Americans on Twitter—now it’s less than 12% – Fortune
- US Agency Escalates Tesla Autopilot Probe That Could Lead to Recall – Businessinsider
- EV Startup Faraday Future Receives DOJ Request Amid SEC Probe – Bloomberg
- Porsche is testing out a new venture strategy. Here’s how it works – Fortune
- VW Group offers Russian workers payouts if they quit voluntarily – Autocar
- New electric Ford Supervan set for Goodwood – Autocar
- VW plans to sell first EV in India in 2023 – Automotive News
- Apple’s car vision extends far beyond music – Axios
Thursday Morning Auto News, Jun 09, 2022: Twitter to share bot data with Musk. Tesla on FTC radar. German union challenges Musk. More
- Tesla Autopilot concerns are on U.S. agency’s ‘radar,’ chair says – Reuters
- Twitter to share data with Elon Musk as it presses ahead with vote on $44bn deal – FT
- Tech: Musk’s Smoke and Mirrors – Businessinsider
- Twitter plans shareholder vote by August on sale to Musk – CNBC
- Musk’s Twitter Bid Leans on Financier Linked to Russian Tycoon – Bloomberg
- Tesla Needs Batteries. This Buffett-Backed EV Maker to Supply Them ‘Very Soon.’ – Barrons
- Major German Union Challenges Musk’s Return-to-Office Edict – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk will get user data “firehose” from Twitter – Axios
- Mercedes-Benz counts on EVs to lift it back to pre-Covid volumes – Automotive News
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Jun 08, 2022: Chaos reigns at Musk’s Twitter deal. More
- Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal: Extra Funding on Hold Due to Chaos: Report – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk’s 180 on Tesla Job Cuts Did Damage to His Credibility – Bloomberg
- Elon Musk and Twitter: a timeline of the $44bn deal that threatens to crumble – Guardian
- Uber donates app to World Food Program to use in Ukraine – Reuters
- Toyota supplier Toyoda Gosei asks employees to take leave as lockdown bites – Reuters
- Redesigned 2023 Toyota Sequoia will start at $59,795 with goal of tripling sales – Automotive News
- BYD to supply Tesla batteries – Just-Auto
- Do Apple’s bigger car screens take driving in the right direction? – Guardian
- Ford F-150 Lightning Comes Equipped With Adapter to Rescue Teslas – Bloomberg
- Elon Musk pushes back SpaceX’s Starlink public offering again by up to 4 years, report says – Businessinsider
- Volvo Cars and Epic Games collaborate in HMI – Just-Auto
BEVs in Germany: Tesla is an also-ran
We are used to Tesla cramming everything into the last month of the quarter, and the hangover a month later. This time, it’s different: In May, a mere 293 Tesla-BEVs were registered in Germany according to data provided by Germany’s regulator Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Tesla managed to sell fewer BEVs in Germany than China’s MG Roewe, a brand only a select few is aware of, and fewer than in hangover-April. [ There is more … ]