Tag: Green NCAP

The FCC adopted a proposal to open an extra 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-device service and drop region-wide lease rules, a potential win for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want two 5G bands left out.

Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Model Y RWD five stars and 93%, with life-cycle emissions of 95 g CO2-eq/km, the lowest it has ever published. Tesla's verified factory and battery data made the difference.

Toyota's new 1.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid is small enough to fit a BEV-first multi-pathway platform, letting one body be an EV, PHEV or hybrid with 15%+ better fuel economy.

Ford's EV unit lost $1.058 billion in Q3 on $1.2 billion of revenue, a minus 86.5% margin, after the F-150 Lightning ended and Mach-E output was cut to match demand.

I counted 153 Japanese crash headlines from the past year. Not one ordinary crash named a car maker. Tesla was named in 25 of 27, and 24 of those were overseas crashes. The brand-first headline isn't a Japanese habit. It arrives with the wire copy.