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This Country Rules The EV World
Plus, we give you the cars with the best resale value, Amazon will sell used cars, Hyundai wants to build trucks for the US, and a major Tesla recall.
Bernardo Montes de Oca
March 22, 2025
Issue 99
Hello! We hope you have a great Saturday! I found a BMW 750il for sale. It hasn’t started in seven years. They’re practically giving it to me.
I feel it could lead to divorce, but I’m thinking about it. Any thoughts?
Sincerely, Bernard.
Market news
These are the 10 cars with the highest resale value.
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GM blocks the last dealership from installing CarPlay, but why is the company doing this?
Honda and Acura can now use Tesla superchargers.
Is the future of the car in the defense industry? Here's what the chairman of Stellantis thinks.
Speaking of Stellantis, here's the vehicle it wants to sell in the US, and it's a good idea.
These popular cars could become very expensive with tariffs.
Hyundai will create an F-150 of its own by partnering with Chevy. Yes, you read that right.
Car Culture
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This author lists the ten enthusiast cars he doesn't care about. Some of them make sense–do you agree?
The Chevy Suburban has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Here's why!
What happens when a Japanese tuner takes hold of a Challenger? This!
Amazon is getting into the used car business, which could change everything about selling cars.
Safety and recalls
Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks (yes, all of them) after steel panels could fall off!
Ford recalls even more cars (some being re-recalls).
Amazon's self-driving cars, Zoox, recalls 260 vehicles after they brake unexpectedly
Video of the week
Kern dives deep into the scary truth about car data tracking. It's genuinely concerning!
IN THE KNOW
One nation is disrupting the global auto industry, for better or worse
We're witnessing what might be the most dynamic stage of the automotive industry in the past 100 years. Much like a century ago, each manufacturer raced to create the next best-seller.
It's only that now, it's all about EVs, although this article questions such a perspective.
Even more fascinating is that the automotive world has become a battlefront in the growing tensions between two powerhouses.
I know it sounds dystopic, but one can't help but draw a Cold War-esque comparison, especially with one of the most important EV companies in the US being in the middle of it all.
Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, has dominated the headlines recently, but we're focusing on the automotive aspect.
As a car company, Tesla faces a big challenge, even if Musk says that the company's future is incredibly bright. Read more about this statement in this article.
The company needs to reinvent itself and overcome its fragmented leadership to remain competitive from many angles. Quality has never been Tesla's strong point.
As we mentioned above, having to recall all Cybertrucks for faulty glue is only one of the problems. After all, if you don't remember, Tesla was the most recalled brand in 2024, totaling 5 million recalled vehicles.
Quality is secondary, as strange as it may sound, regarding EVs. Tesla has a long way to go to convince potential consumers that they won't have any issues with the range.
That's where Tesla struggles. Yes, they might have the biggest charging network in the US, but that's still not enough to quell range anxiety, as this article explains.
In the meantime, competing manufacturers are developing models better than Tesla vehicles in more ways than one.
Mercedes unveiled its CLA, which is a big swing against Tesla thanks to its massive range. Check out how much and why Mercedes's combination of luxury, build quality, and range could be deadly for Tesla.
If you want something that stands out and has personality, there's always Rivian. This brand has beaten Tesla in one crucial category.
Yet, that's not what I find most interesting about the EV industry's battlefront. It's not even that Tesla's accountants can't find $1.4 billion.
It's that, in the rest of the world, another nation and another company is dominating to levels that no American company even comes close to.
When you have 76% of the global EV market, then you're powerful, and some experts believe no tariff will stop them.
Even more impressive is when one company develops a game-changing charger that gives you 249 miles of range in 5 minutes.
Our founder, Kern, wrote about the disruption happening globally and why it's important to pay attention.