Electric Vehicle (EV)

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda has raised concerns about the environmental benefits of battery electric vehicles (EVs), suggesting that hybrids offer a more practical path to reducing carbon emissions in certain regions. He argues that Toyota’s 27 million hybrid vehicles have the same carbon footprint as only nine million when the entire lifecycle of emissions is taken into account.

On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s disagreements.

After campaigning for Donald Trump, spending millions to aid his election, and working in his administration, Elon Musk now says Trump should be impeached. In a Thursday afternoon X post amid a historic falling out between the two former allies,

Elon Musk took a shot at President Donald Trump as the two appear to be feuding over social media, claiming that files relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s client list “have not been made public” because the president is in them.

Elon Musk has launched an all-out attack against Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, instructing his followers in a social media post to lobby their representatives to “KILL the BILL.”

Republicans have fought back against Elon Musk’s criticism of the Big Beautiful Bill, saying it is mostly due to the legislation’s scrapping of green tax credits.

Elon Musk’s Tesla is enjoying skyrocketing new car sales in Norway compared to the previous year, defying a broader sales slump in the EV giant’s European markets.

Nigerian Mining Minister Dele Alake announced on Monday that his government will commission two large lithium processing plants from Chinese firms this year, one of them valued at $600 million and the other at $200 million.

European Tesla sales plummeted 49 percent in April using year-on-year figures as a quotient even as overall battery-electric sales rose almost 28 percent in the region.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was fuming Thursday as Congress passed a repeal of California’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate, which relied on a special waiver from the outgoing Biden administration in December.

Honda is slashing 30 percent of its investment in electric vehicles (EVs) due to slowing demand. Instead, the Japanese car giant with a large manufacturing presence in America will focus on launching more hybrid vehicles.

Hungarian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Levente Magyar said on Thursday that President Donald Trump should not pressure Hungary to “decouple” from China because China is too important as an investor and trading partner.

Thirty-five Democrats in the U.S. House joined Republicans last week to repeal California Governor Gavin Newsom’s attempt to ban sales of gas-powered cars in his state in favor of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2035.

Slate Auto, a new American EV startup reportedly backed by Jeff Bezos, has unveiled its first electric vehicle, the Slate Truck, with a starting price of less than $20,000 after federal incentives and a claimed range of 150 miles.

Saudi Aramco, the huge national oil company of Saudi Arabia, on Monday signed a joint development agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD to collaborate on “new energy vehicle technologies.”

Senate Republicans are looking to scrap a Biden-era rule that essentially allows Democrat-run California to impose an electric vehicle (EV) mandate across the United States.

Elon Musk’s Tesla reported a worrying 13 percent drop in EV deliveries for the first quarter of 2025, marking the company’s largest sales decline in history.

California now has more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than gas nozzles, but consumer demand is struggling to meet Gov. Gavin Newsom’s target of ending gas-powered vehicle sales by 2035, and federal support is in doubt.

Tesla’s sales in Europe have plummeted 49 percent in the first two months of the year, despite overall growth in the electric vehicle market. Elon Musk’s EV giant is facing stiff competition, aging models for sale, and the considerable political controversy of its CEO.

British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has rekindled his long-standing feud with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, focusing on the fact that the “eco hippies,” and other “deluded fools” who bought Tesla EVs have now turned on the man they once idolized.

The ongoing series of domestic terrorism attacks on Tesla dealerships and vehicles across the United States has prompted the FBI to issue a public warning, advising residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

San Jose police have arrested a man suspected of keying a white Tesla vehicle in a Costco parking lot, an incident that was captured on video and went viral on the internet. The alleged vandal has been charged with a felony over the incident which was captured on the Tesla’s camera system.

China slapped tariffs on over $2.6 billion in Canadian goods on Saturday, escalating a trade war that began even before Donald Trump won his second term in the White House.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Elon Musk’s Tesla almost $50,000 for alleged safety lapses following the death of an electrician at the company’s Austin factory last year.

Tesla has experienced a dramatic sales declines across major markets worldwide, with experts linking the downturn to both increased competition and CEO Elon Musk’s political activities.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin writes: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proud to have completed the largest hazardous materials cleanup in its history—and we did so in record time.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans plan to use a once-obscure law called the Congressional Review Act to revoke the waiver that President Joe Biden gave to California for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gas car ban.

The EPA visited schools in Winthrop, Maine, late last month as part of an investigation into electric buses supplied to the schools through federal grants. The probe comes after it was discovered that the buses built by a Canadian company have proven faulty.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) unveiled legislation that would short circuit the failed $7.5 billion electric vehicle program instituted by President Joe Biden, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

German auto parts giant Continental AG is cutting around 3,000 research and development jobs in its automotive division, a move that comes as the company prepares to spin off the struggling business amid broader turmoil for the auto industry stemming

Elon Musk’s Tesla has taken legal action against its own customers and members of the media in China over critical comments — and emerged victorious in almost every case.

MSNBC television host Rachel Maddow on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump and Elon Musk of “corrupt” self-dealing to purchase worth of $400 million of armored Teslas through a State Department contract.

BMW’s conservative approach to EV adoption, investing in platforms that can accommodate internal-combustion, hybrid, and electric powertrains, is now paying off as the company navigates the uncertain transition to electric vehicles.

Porsche is reportedly rethinking its electric vehicle plans and planning to add combustion engines to future model lines that were originally envisioned as EV-only, including a potential new gas-powered Macan.

President Donald Trump’s administration hit the brakes on the $5 billion Biden electric vehicle charging program, which has been criticized for its poor production of charging stations.

Ford Motor Company has reported a $5.1 billion loss in its electric vehicle and software business for 2024, with expectations of losing even more in 2025.