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It might be a brand-new year, but it has been anything but quiet for the folks at Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Headlines have screamed about Tesla's sales decline and have gone as far to call the Cybertruck a "cyberflop." When it comes to the Cybertruck, allegedly Tesla's Ford Motor Company F-150 Lightning fighter, critics didn't hold back their opinion.

Workers employed at Chinese EV maker BYD Co's factory in Brazil reportedly earned nearly twice the Chinese hourly minimum wage in many regions, despite questionable working conditions.

It is no secret that Tesla's future relies largely on the company's ability to achieve true autonomous driving through its FSD program.

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Toyota was again the top selling automaker in the world in 2024. Toyota Motor Corp. ended the year with 10.82 million sales (though, that was down 3.7% from 2023). Top rival Volkswagen AG was ... [continued]

BYD Company Limited (OTCMKTS:BYDDY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 122,500 shares, a growth of 192.4% from the December 31st total of 41,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 517,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Changan has created an electric EV that will compete with the Tesla Cybertruck but transforms between SUV mode to Pickup truck mode making it far more useful to those that don’t work on farms but drive pickup trucks for a fraction of the price of a Tesla.

Sales of all types of electric vehicles rose more than 40% in China last year, while those of gasoline-powered automobiles plunged, industry data showed.

Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. is spearheading an effort to block new tariffs on graphite imports from China, pitting Donald Trump’s richest backer against the president’s favorite economic tool.

Late last year, we reported that Brazilian authorities had opened an investigation into BYD over reports of slavery at its contractors’ facilities in the country.We now have more details on what happened, and it doesn’t sound good.