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Tesla’s 66% Plunge in China Looks Like a Crash. The Export Data Says Otherwise.
In the last week of October, at a Tesla delivery center in Pudong, Shanghai, a salesperson leaned against a display car and scrolled through his phone. He had three delivery orders scheduled for the day. Two were carried over from late September. In the body shop next door, there were more technicians than cars. “It’s not that nobody’s buying,” he said. “There just aren’t any cars in the lot.”
By Jin2 days ago in Wheel
EV Road Trips Are Won by Fewer Stops, Not Faster Charging
Two cars, same price, different trip shapes Two EVs leave a charger at the same state of charge. Both cost about RMB 260,000. One is a mid-trim BYD Datang at RMB 269,900. It has a 130 kWh second-generation blade battery, a single rear motor with 500 hp, and a measured full-to-zero highway range of 611 km at an average 115 km/h. The other is a base ONVO L90 at RMB 265,900. It has an 85 kWh CALB ternary lithium battery. Dongchedi measured the high-trim L90 at 369 km of highway range.
By Jin2 days ago in Wheel
Foreigners Don’t Drive Small Cars Because They’re Pragmatic
Most of us buy e-bikes for errands. We do not skip Mercedes because we dislike Mercedes. We do not skip Tsinghua because we dislike Tsinghua. We do not share an apartment because a villa feels too big.
By Jin2 days ago in Wheel
What Adding a Teen Driver Really Costs on Car Insurance. AI-Generated.
If you're a parent with a teenager about to get a license, you've probably heard the horror stories about insurance. They're mostly true. Adding a teen driver is the single biggest jump your car insurance premium will ever take — and the numbers are big enough that you need a plan before the kid passes the test.
By Kody Clegg2 days ago in Wheel
Buying a Used Car From a Friend Without Ruining the Friendship. AI-Generated.
Buying a car from a friend sounds like a great deal. No dealership, no pressure, no haggling with a stranger, and you probably trust the person. But a car deal between friends has a way of going sideways, and when it does, you don't just lose money — you lose a friend.
By Kody Clegg2 days ago in Wheel
The Ruling That Decided Nothing and Showed What Competition Now Runs On
On November 11, 2026, the court in The Hague issued a ruling in Jaguar Land Rover v. BYD. The ruling did not address whether the Ti7 copied the Defender. The court had to resolve a more preliminary question: which digital records seized in the August raid could enter the later proceedings. That procedural ruling, which avoided the infringement question, shows more clearly than an infringement judgment what is shaping competition.
By Jin4 days ago in Wheel
The 503 km/h Run Happened. The Record Is Narrower Than the Headline.
The Yangwang U9 Xtreme ran 503.17 km/h in Abu Dhabi. The setting needs correction first. It did not happen on an open road with traffic. Local authorities closed a 10 km section of the E11, including a 7 km straight. The car was prepared, the surface was inspected, and the run was organized as a record attempt. The conditions still differed from a purpose-built high-speed oval. There was no banking. The surface had ordinary road variation. Heat, dust, and crosswind were present.
By Jin4 days ago in Wheel
What to Do After a Fender Bender (Before You Drive Away). AI-Generated.
Nobody plans for a fender bender. One second you are sitting at a light, the next someone taps your bumper and your heart is pounding. What you do in the next ten minutes matters more than you think, because insurance companies, repair shops, and the other driver will all ask questions later — and the answers are whatever you can prove. Here is the order that actually works.
By Kody Clegg7 days ago in Wheel
How to Save for a Car Down Payment (So the Loan Doesn't Eat You Alive). AI-Generated.
The down payment is the most boring part of buying a car, and it is also the part that decides whether the loan is manageable or miserable. Most people walk into a dealership with no down payment saved, finance the whole thing, and then spend five years paying for a car that was worth less than the loan from the second month. A decent down payment flips that. It is the difference between a payment you can handle and a payment that owns you.
By Kody Clegg8 days ago in Wheel
How to Negotiate a Used Car Price Without Getting Played. AI-Generated.
The sticker price on a used car is not the price. It is the opening offer, and the dealer or seller expects you to push back. Most people do not, because negotiating feels awkward, or because they already fell in love with the car, or because they have no idea what it is actually worth. That is exactly what the seller is counting on. The good news is that negotiating a car price is not a talent. It is a process, and anyone can follow it.
By Kody Clegg9 days ago in Wheel
The 1 Million Yuan Gamble: Inside Audi's "Buy One, Get One Free" Disaster
On November 3, 2026, a case-filing notice from the Shanghai Jiading District Market Supervision Administration brought a provisional comma to the "buy one, get one free" controversy that had surrounded SAIC Audi for nearly a month. The reported party was Shanghai SAIC Volkswagen Automobile Sales Co., Ltd., and the matter pointed to a post published on the evening of October 11 titled "Congratulations to Qinwen on Her Championship! AUDI Full Lineup Buy One, Get One Free." When consumers clicked through, they found that the "free" item was a 1:18 scale model car of the same model, worth "probably less than 1,000 yuan"; and the "full lineup" in the title was not the Audi lineup as the public understood it, but only two battery-electric models under the AUDI lettered badge, the E5 and the E7X.
By Jin10 days ago in Wheel
The Car Was the Dream. Then They Did the Math.
"At first, my budget for a car was 300,000 yuan. Then it dropped to 250,000." Asked why she was fixed on that price range, Li Yu answered bluntly: "To show off."
By Jin10 days ago in Wheel