
Tesla Beat Wall Street in Q3 — but Sold Fewer Cars Than a Year Ago
Last year's quarter was inflated by the rush before the $7,500 EV credit expired. Against it, Model 3 and Model Y held nearly flat, while Tesla's other models fell 48%.
Priya covers batteries, charging and software-defined cars, with an engineering degree and a spreadsheet for every range claim ever made. She has road-tripped EVs across three continents and keeps the receipts.

Last year's quarter was inflated by the rush before the $7,500 EV credit expired. Against it, Model 3 and Model Y held nearly flat, while Tesla's other models fell 48%.

The 2027 Tucson gets a 17- or 12.9-inch screen, a voice assistant that answers to "Hey Hyundai," and its own app store, while wireless phone mirroring stays.

The 30,000-square-foot Saline center will evaluate packs from Toyota's $13.9 billion North Carolina plant, and it opened more than a year after Toyota's original 2025 target.

Land Rover's sportier EV shares the big Range Rover Electric's 542-hp powertrain and 118.5-kWh battery. Britain gets it from £109,810; America has no price or date yet.

Toyota's three electric SUVs carry over for 2027 with an $80 price bump. Line up the prices against the range ratings, and two trims stand out.

OnStar Fleet Intelligence puts orders, diagnostics, and OnStar renewals behind one login, adding a plain-English assistant that GM hasn't priced yet.

The GV90 skips the platform under every other Hyundai Motor Group EV. eMP brings a bigger battery, an aluminum structure, and two e-LSDs — plus open questions Genesis hasn't answered.

The GM–LG Energy Solution joint venture will retool its Tennessee plant for lithium manganese-rich cells, a chemistry aimed at long-range trucks without high-nickel costs. Work wraps up in 2028.
Software 2.11.0 brings Gravity-style controls, full-width CarPlay, and adapter-aware EV routing to 2025-and-newer Airs over the air. Earlier cars need a processor swap first.

The second-generation PCCM Plus brings wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, satellite-map navigation, and over-the-air updates to the 997.2, 991.1, 987.2, and 981 — but Porsche hasn't said what it costs.

Every TZ makes 308 hp, less than the related Highlander and Getaway, but Lexus's three-row EV reaches showrooms first, with up to 315 miles of estimated range.

Software 2.11.0 brings Gravity-style controls, full-width CarPlay, and adapter-aware EV routing to 2025-and-newer Airs over the air. Earlier cars need a processor swap first.

The electric SUV replaces the ID.4 and ID.5, debuts in early October, and reaches Europe in early 2027. VW hasn't said when U.S. buyers get it.

Twelve new EVs have a U.S. date inside 2027, three have a price, and most wear a 2028 badge. We sort the confirmed from the reported, and both from the ones that slipped.

EV sales settled near 5.8% of the market, stickers fell by up to $9,800, leasing dropped from 71% to 53%, and used EVs got more expensive. What the numbers say a year after September 30, 2025.

Twenty-one automakers now have Supercharger access, but whether you plug straight in or fumble with a $185–$249 adapter depends on your brand and model year. Here is the full breakdown.

The percentages count every crash regardless of fault, against a modeled human benchmark — and an independent IIHS check landed within a point of Waymo's own injury figure.

A brushless motor, a mount on the cowl crossbar, and 100,000 test cycles turn the GV90's 23.6-inch display into a 24.6-inch theater. And it drops the instant you drive, partly because of the airbag.

Ten EVs land under $39,000 with destination and no federal credit to help. One is a limited run, one hasn't reached dealers, and one is nearly sold out.

A joint testing agreement gives the automaker priority access to ProLogium's Gen4 cells — while a different solid-state battery, from Factorial, has already carried an EQS 749 miles on one charge.