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Jaguar Land Rover names Tata Motors CFO as top boss after rebrand controversy Outgoing CEO Adrian Mardell oversaw a major brand revamp of Jaguar that polarised opinions.

ignoring all the anti-woke cunts, Jaguar needs a new CEO after many years of failure with several CEOs. but Tata is running Jag so badly that I don't think a Tata exec will solve the crisis

CNA: Jaguar Land Rover names Tata Motors CFO P.B. Balaji as top boss

www.channelnewsasia.com/world/jaguar...

'I fixed that for you': Why mainstream headlines keep failing Plus: one journalist's brave plunge into independence; and my rant about a supposedly positive article about Buffalo

meanwhile, in America's ongoing self-censorship crisis...

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last month in the UK, BYD sold above 3x more cars than Tesla

Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it...

it's worth repeating that Tesla **remotely deleted** the local copy of the crash report from the owner's car. deeply sinister shit

#EVs #EVsky

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it's trying to be a stream of consciousness buuuuuut it's a stream of diarrhoea

"Tesla for years had more repeat U.S. customers than any other major automotive brand" - but NOT anymore. now it has below average brand loyalty

*sad trombone noises*

How heatwaves are changing electricity demand in Europe: I’m quoted in the FT on the unprecedented challenges our energy systems face this summer.

As repeated heatwaves drive demand we’re witnessing a “massive change” in how and when energy is used.

full article: www.ft.com/content/23b3...

the jeans are irrelevant. badly-dressed MAGA morons heard a dog whistle and they sure love a dog whistle. therefore... now that brand is closely tied to racist chunderheads.

Porsche and the other Germans still have their head in the sand and think they can get away with the grand "misery spec" tradition where their "luxury cars" come with, like, zero tech or luxury comfort features.

yikes... I think I've seen 10x more McLarens than Polestars on the streets so far this year

"pivot to AI" is the new "pivot to video" con?

well done, Spain. Tesla's Spanish sales are surely going to drop behind many other brands' EV sales - including Toyota... lol - in the months ahead

Nio ONVO L90 SUV with its frunk open, revealing a large seated space.

it's a bit longer than a Lucid Gravity and it also has a bench in the front trunk

...but the Nio ONVO L90 costs a mere US$23,000 in China

#EVs #EVsky

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Audi-FAW launches pre-sales of the Q6L e-tron in China - electrive.com Audi's new Q6L e-tron has been available for pre-order in China since 26 July. The long version of the electric SUV measures 4.88 metres and exceeds the

amid Audi's EV sales disaster in China, Audi just launched the revamped Q6 E-tron with a 30% LOWER price - from 500k RMB to 353k RMB - compared to the original model 3 years ago

(yes that's why I've been ranting for years about delusional German EV pricing!)

www.electrive.com/2025/07/28/a...

good point. same with that Hyperloop concept - a vague back-of-the-envelope idea that serves to stop governments investing in proven bullet train tech (rail or maglev)

India overtakes China as biggest smartphone exporter to the United States, report says | CNN Business For the first time India has overtaken China as the No. 1 exporter of smartphones to the United States, following Apple’s tariff-driven manufacturing pivot to New Delhi.

"India-made devices accounted for 44% of smartphone imports in the US during the second quarter"

that was a rapid switcheroo from China-made phones

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a man in a striped shirt is pointing at the camera and making a face . ALT: a man in a striped shirt is pointing at the camera and making a face .

Tesla taking a bold step toward not being an automaker by not offering any cars

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with the words womp womp written on it ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with the words womp womp written on it

Tesla Model S and X, which have both been sales disasters, seem to have quit sales across Europe

insideevs.com/news/767444/...

#EVs #EVsky

a Pro version of the iPhone in a bold colour!? this orange would be fantastic, if it turns out to be true

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I guess public charging will be pull-through eventually when customer throughput becomes more important

this is not a debate, this is a straight fact:

charge ports should be on the REAR flank of a car because REVERSING is the correct way of parking!

#EVs #EVsky

YouTube video by Marques Brownlee iPadOS 26: Ready for Laptop Duty?

MKBHD on the upcoming iPadOS update that's now in beta testing

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YouTube video by carwow This car doesn't play by the rules

Hyundai Ioniq 9 gets tested in the UK

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNj...

#EVs #EVsky

aside from its very stupid obsession with email, people should be avoiding Substack for this reason:

"Spatial Scene" is a cool new feature in iOS 26 Beta - you can change any old photo taken on your iPhone to being a Spatial Scene and it becomes 3D

it looks good - but it's not saveable or shareable. well, unless you make a video showing it in action

close to zero ethics in new web-based journalism. it's grim.

"turmoil" is a dumb word choice.

EV sales in Europe are thriving and legacy automakers are happily picking up ex-Tesla owners

AI model used in an advert in Vogue

...even though it was an ad (apparently Guess still exists!), not Vogue editorial, I think it's good that people are giving Vogue shit for this.

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good to see protestors still keeping the limelight on Tesla

Israel is deliberately starving people in Gaza - and the scenes of malnourished Palestinian kids are particularly horrifying