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🧵 The Netherlands just gave Tesla FSD a provisional green light.
But before Musk celebrates: Finnish regulators asked Tesla one beautifully blunt question — do you really plan to let people drive hands-free on icy roads at 80 km/h?
Here's where Tesla stands in Europe right now ↓
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Tesla Giga Texas back in business: drone footage from May 11 shows fresh Cybertruck batches on the yard — reportedly including the $59,990 Dual Motor AWD trim.
Delivery estimates had slipped from June 2026 all the way to April 2027 for new orders. If production really restarted, those queues should finally start moving.
Bonus from SPEEDME: dozens of finished Cybercabs spotted in the shipping area too.
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🧵 China just unveiled the BAIC B81 — and yes, it's a Mercedes G-Class clone.
Boxy. Massive. Body-on-frame. Identical silhouette.
The catch? It will reportedly cost about FOUR times less than the real G-Wagen.
Here's what BAIC is actually building ↓
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The B81 traces its lineage back to the BAW BJ212 — a Chinese military 4x4 born 61 years ago.
So you've got: 60 years of off-road heritage + modern range-extender tech + a G-Class silhouette + a price tag four times smaller than Mercedes.
Sales start August 1. The G-Wagen has been warned.
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Mercedes just opened orders for the electric C-Class.
The first version is the C 400 4Matic. €67,700. 490 hp. 94.5 kWh battery on 800V. Up to 762 km WLTP.
Translation: a mid-size electric sedan that finally doesn't need a charging plan for an Autobahn run.
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SPEEDME exclusive: LARTE Design just built the world's first 100% pink pre-preg carbon body kit for the Porsche Cayenne.
Not a wrap. Not paint. The colour is baked into the carbon weave itself — same factories that supply Koenigsegg and Bugatti.
11 components. TUV-certified. Road-legal. No drilling.
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🧵 BMW just confirmed an electric wagon that does 900 km on a single charge.
Yes — wagon. The i3 Touring is real, CEO Oliver Zipse signed it off. Internal name: NA1. Arrival: 2027.
This isn't a concept. It's a production car aimed at the people Tesla never quite reached ↓
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The original i3 was a tiny city EV with a carbon body and suicide doors. A polarising experiment.
The new i3 Touring is the opposite: a long-range, full-size, sensible electric estate. BMW finally building the EV that a lot of people actually wanted in the first place.
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Xiaomi isn't done yet. After the SU7 sedan and YU7 crossover, a full-size family SUV is coming — codename Kunlun, debut in H2 2026.
The twist: it's not a pure EV. Range-extender hybrid with a 70+ kWh battery and 400–500 km of pure electric range.
That battery is bigger than many entry-level EVs carry as their whole pack.
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Volkswagen just unveiled the meanest Golf R in history.
Massive rear wing. Side exhaust. Vented fenders. Built with Max Kruse Racing for the 2027 24h Nürburgring — the 25th anniversary of the R range.
The boss already calls it "the most spectacular Golf R to date." Hard to disagree.
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Worth following @Tesla_Europe and the conversation on this one.

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🧵 The Netherlands just gave Tesla FSD a provisional green light.
But before Musk celebrates: Finnish regulators asked Tesla one beautifully blunt question — do you really plan to let people drive hands-free on icy roads at 80 km/h?
Here's where Tesla stands in Europe right now ↓
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The stakes are real. Tesla is losing market share in Europe, and FSD is a paid feature meant to prop up margins.
But the hardest part of the route isn't on the road — it's in Brussels.
Full breakdown 👇