Li Auto’s Biggest SUV Yet, the i9, Launches This Week — With the Company’s Margins Riding on It
Li Auto launches its flagship six-seat i9 electric SUV on September 16, a 400kW dual-motor family EV arriving as the…
Category: EV/Robotics
Toyota Recalls 10,000 C-HR EVs Over a Braking Software Bug That Can Cut Power Mid-Drive
Toyota is recalling about 10,000 model-year 2026 C-HR electric vehicles over a regenerative braking software glitch that can overcharge the…
BYD’s Home Market Is Shrinking Fast. Its Export Business Just Covered for It.
BYD's domestic China revenue fell 31% in the first half of 2026 and its home-market registrations dropped nearly 46%. Overseas…
Waymo and Zoox Just Landed in the Same Cities on the Same Day — That’s the Real Story
On September 1, Waymo launched in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa while Zoox announced testing in Houston and San Diego.…
China’s LandSpace Just Landed a Reusable Rocket Booster for the First Time. Then It Fell Over — But the Landing Itself Still Changes the Math on Launch Costs.
LandSpace became the first Chinese commercial company to land an orbital-class rocket booster on August 18, a milestone for reusable-launch…
Unitree’s Stock Popped 460% on Its First Trading Day. Its Own Founder Spent the Same Week Telling Everyone Not to Get Too Excited.
Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO closed its first day up 460%, valuing the humanoid robot maker at roughly 342 billion yuan…
Washington Killed the EV Tax Credit That Battery Startups Were Built On. A Handful of Them Just Found a New Customer: The Pentagon.
After the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated federal EV and battery incentives, US battery startups like Coreshell, Lilac Solutions, and…
A Satellite Startup Just Raised $250 Million From Google and Salesforce. Its Founder’s Pitch Is That Space Infrastructure Needs to Scale Like the Cloud Did.
Muon Space raised a $250 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation, backed by Google, Salesforce Ventures, and Wellington…
A Robot Just Broke Usain Bolt’s 100-Meter World Record in Beijing. It Still Can’t Reliably Handle a Job That Wasn’t Its One Job.
A Chinese humanoid robot ran the 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at Beijing's World Humanoid Robot Games, breaking Usain Bolt's…
BYD’s Chairman Personally Flew to Manila to Tour Dealerships. For a Company That Rarely Makes Country Visits, That’s a Signal Worth Reading.
BYD chairman Wang Chuanfu visited the Philippines in mid-August to tour dealerships and charging hubs, calling the country one of…