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Brazilian company Vammo has announced that it has surpassed 10 million battery swaps, with more than 10,000 active users and profitability on an EBITDA basis. The company is preparing to expand from São Paulo to Campinas, driven by growth in the electric motorcycle market and its subscription and battery-swapping model.
A video posted by a Tesla Cybercab passenger revealed a manual driving mode that relies on a virtual control stick on the screen, despite the vehicle being designed without a steering wheel or pedals. This comes as U.S. regulators scrutinize how an autonomous vehicle lacking traditional controls can be approved.
A Tesla filing with federal authorities reveals that the driver-assistance system was active when a Model 3 stopped in a traffic lane on I-4 before a truck struck it and killed its driver. But the company withheld communication data, the crash narrative, and the possible reason for the stop, leaving the key circumstances of the crash unresolved.
An Electrek article tracks the spread of videos showing users sleeping, playing games, or watching videos while driving Tesla vehicles with the FSD (Supervised) feature, along with openly advertised attempts to disable attention-monitoring systems. The article argues that the problem is not limited to driver behavior, but also involves the contradiction between marketing claims about the system’s capabilities and legal warnings emphasizing that it is not autonomous driving.
Global electric vehicle sales rose to approximately 1.85 million vehicles in July 2026, driven by strong growth in Europe and the rest of the world, while declining in North America. The decline in China masks an accelerating shift toward fully electric vehicles, despite a drop in sales of plug-in hybrid and extended-range vehicles.