interesting to note that xiaomi’s cars use stuff that’s mostly self developed, including its electric motors they don’t make a gas engine, so that stuff all comes from someone else. Curious to see how this will go.

what a nondescript looking car (Leapmotor A05s)

Not sure how i feel about Xiaomi’s latest car insideevs.com/news/801336/...

I’ve always liked the way the BYD Seagull looked! It really did look like a Lambo city car. too bad the next one looks like it’s gonna be kind of ugly carnewschina.com/2026/07/10/n...

China targets an EV share of 30% out of all vehicles on the road by 2030, up from 12% at the end of 2025. This is a significant target given that the share of EVs in new registrations was 49% in 2025 and the share increased 3.1pp - the new target requires 3.6pp/year.

the media talks a lot about China’s lightning fast charging times, but some of China’s biggest volume EV sellers don’t actually charge all that fast. The Geely Xingyuan and BYD Seagull can only do like 55 kW. Yet, it doesn’t seem to be as big of a sales driver as you’d think

i think about this a lot. I don’t drive that much, but I do need a car. I’ve driven so many medium-range practical cars in China that aren’t pricy. The way my cars often sit for days on end means that a sizable amount of charging could easily be done with L1/L2 and a few solar panels.

wish i could have ubiquitous residential solar powering my cheap chinese EV

I’m sorry do you people not rotate the article in your mind for a week, vomit it onto the Google Doc in three hours with your eyes completely black, and then regain consciousness and publish it?

I’ve been the first american that some PR departments have ever talked to for some Chinese car brands, and I’ve had to tell them that I may be an exception to the rule, because I’m an adventurous eater with a high (ish) spice tolerance. On the Onvo L60 drive, I ate century eggs and frog legs.

i never talk about the food in china, but this spread of food from a restaurant that sold food from Yunnan province was one of the best meals i ever had

tbh, the food. I always eat well there, for very cheap.

lmao yall gon learn to listen to me one of these days

I low-key miss China tbh

There is a good chance that if this had happened to me in this story, I would have died. www.thedrive.com/news/how-flo...

the video is about the quality of fast food but everything feels like this lately

i hate america.

i think this guy daily drives this thing

One of my favorite things I've written: An interview with Kaila Yu, former import pinup model (who had an iconic role in F&F Tokyo Drift) and member of the band Nylon Pink. Although glamorous, she was very adamant that not all that glitters is gold during that era. www.thedrive.com/news/40705/f...

i think things are collapsing too fast for too many people. something has to give, and that’s kind of my own little bit of consolation right now.

lmao USMCA dead???

we can’t have chinese cars or birthright citizenship, huh? What CAN we have?

Slate’s barebones truck symbolizes a US auto market where new vehicles are becoming luxury goods @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

legit hate how FB messenger has reactions and comments now

Ive been toying with buying a used electric car, so I went to look at this Polestar 2 listed for sale near me. It was the cheapest one on sale, but not crazy cheap — about $3k cheaper than the next car up.

The influencer model sucks because the SEC sucks and it's hard to tell when someone is being paid to have an opinion or if they're earnestly just smitten with what they've seen. I'm not saying it's wrong to be an influencer, but we don't do the same job.

"what are you doing for Hallowe-" i will kill u

I checked linkedin and saw like another 5-6 people leave their respective outlets or lose their jobs within the past month, while the industry itself is pivoting to a weird influencer model.

I'm a little skeptical of Leapmotor (how are they getting so much cars for that low of a price?) but I think the A10 could really upend the global small EV market, tbh I think it definitely will do some damage to BYD and Geely, though (This thing can be yours for $9,600.)

i think car factories using those damn humanoid bots to make shit is about complete performance. they all move around the shop floor both slow and frail also when i was in China, Xpeng was adamant that its humanoid bot was bad for manufacturing which is why they aren’t using it there.

@abigailbassett.bsky.social’s reporting on Slate has been some of the best in the biz: fun fact: The Slate’s breakeven goal is 80,000 units per year. www.inc.com/abigail-bass...

ngl kind of terrifying to see so much of the Automotive journalism sphere crumble so quickly and all at once so many folks I know are either migrating to PR or are literally unemployed which is a shame, it’s not like there aren’t stories to tell about cars these days

this is why black writers and journalists get frustrated and leave. (if they aren’t fired or sidelined in their roles at work)

i don’t like how so much of news is just bullshit inflammatory pieces like this meant to get clicks and make people angry now

getting a fever in 100 degree F weather is for the birds

i wrote this a year ago and some of yall tried to take my head off. There’s no goddamn reason to have a battery in a car this big. I hate that automakers want to use all these damn resources so high earning individuals don’t have to be “inconvenienced” insideevs.com/news/766666/...

this pisses me off too. Sure, spending energy on HVAC isn't ideal but this is the world we live in. 100 degrees F isn't just discomfort, but its a literal health hazard.

europe is practically melting right now and i can’t help but be incensed at how little the US has tried to pivot toward electric cars and clean energy, while simultaneously pivoting toward power-hogging AI data centers

I am skeptical that Ford laying off 5,300 workers then hiring or rehiring 350 engineers to work across their departments and augmenting AI is some sort of labor win.

Hey look, i’m on video again: insideevs.com/reviews/7999...

God, the Nio ES8 is so good. I drove one in China; I understand why this thing not only is responsible for Nio‘s actual ability to generate profit, but why it sold like 100k in seven months. insideevs.com/reviews/7999...

I was joking but like this may actually be the case

no

i’m so tired of slab construction. BRING BACK BASEMENTS

I guess the the Zeekr 001 was so powerful the US government had to ban it in every form

as much as i love to disagree and argue sometimes on this site, you have a right to your opinion — so if folks are out there saying ”just drive this brand of car instead! it’s the same!” you are free to tell them ”fuck no” especially if it’s a government official. these people are not your parents.

I straight up forgot about the Kia EV4! It was weird looking but it seemed more up my alley.

i think it’s wild that the two EVs i half liked on the US market are now barred from sale. (Volvo EX30, Polestar 4)

I don’t think anyone should invest anything into the united states because we are far too punitive and inconsistent. Im even worried about Ford’s UEV project…

It really does feel like the path forward for affordable and interesting cars (not just EVs!) is actively being undermined. Polestar dead, EV projects canceled. Tariffs blowing costs out of the water for everyone, even cars made here…no one is winning.