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+== China's BYD overtakes Tesla as world's top EV seller ==
+Osmond Chia & Danielle Kaye - 2 January 2026
+China's BYD has overtaken Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival in annual sales.
+Tesla car sales dropped by nearly 9% in 2025 to 1.64 million vehicles sold worldwide, the carmaker said on Friday - its second consecutive year of falling car deliveries.
+Those figures placed Tesla behind BYD, which said on Thursday that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to more than 2.25 million.
+The US firm has faced a tough year with a mixed reception to new offerings, unease over Musk's political activities and intensifying competition from Chinese rivals.
+Tesla's car sales fell 16% during the last three months of 2025. The drop was partly due to the repeal of a government subsidy that had helped knock as much as $7,500 (£5,570) off the price of certain battery electric, plug-in hybrid or fuel cell vehicles.
+Wall Street analysts have recently lowered their Tesla sales estimates for 2026, signalling an increasingly gloomy outlook.
+Chinese firms such as Geely, MG, and BYD - now the country's largest electric car company - have put pressure on Western rivals by pricing their vehicles below established brands.
+https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rjwpvmpzo
+== BYD’s cheapest electric cars to have LiDAR self-driving tech ==
+January 2026 - Riz Akhtar
+Chinese car giant BYD has reportedly been offering LiDAR sensors in upcoming versions of some of its cheapest cars on the market.
+According to CNC, the latest to be approved versions of both the Seagull, known as the Atto 1 in Australia, and the Dolphin hatchback will come equipped with LiDAR sensors to improve advanced driver assistance system offerings on these cars.
+With this tech, both models are expected to come with 12 cameras, 5 mm wave radars, a dozen ultrasonic sensors as well as the new LiDAR sensor.
+These roof-mounted LiDAR sensors have previously been spotted on BYD and other EV makers’ models priced at more than  $A25,000, at least in international markets, so seeing them on cars that are priced under that is quite a big step in bringing this technology to the mass market.
+https://thedriven.io/2026/01/11/byds-cheapest-electric-cars-to-have-lidar-self-driving-tech/
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 https://electrek.co/2024/05/29/why-this-electric-car-the-size-of-two-motorcycles-should-be-on-your-list/
+====== Fiat ======
+== Fiat Will Sell Tiny EV in the U.S. With a 28 MPH Top Speed ==
+It's morning in America for cute little cars that Americans have historically rejected.
+Zac Estrada - December 9, 2025
+Just days after President Donald Trump declared tiny cars would make new vehicles more affordable (as if affordability had nothing to do with tariffs imposed by the White House earlier this year), one of the smallest electric cars for sale in Europe is set to appear Stateside next year.
+Fiat USA announced on Monday that it would import the all-electric Topolino to the U.S. starting next year. While exact federal specifications haven’t been detailed yet, the Topolino uses an 8-horsepower, 6-kilowatt electric motor with a top speed of 28 mph and a roughly 40-mile driving range.
+It accommodates an adult driver somewhat comfortably on what’s basically a plastic seat, and two adults somewhat less comfortably because of the car’s narrowness, but at least it has conveniences that a golf cart doesn’t normally have, such as doors, windows, a Bluetooth speaker, and a smartphone dock for directions.
+Stellantis has been strongly hinting at bringing the Topolino to the U.S. since it went on sale in some European countries in 2023, with the car making the rounds at auto shows across the country. While Fiat had some early success with its reintroduction in the early 2010s after it gained a controlling share of the former Chrysler Group, sales collapsed with lower fuel prices and an aging lineup. Its only model available in the U.S. now is the slow-selling, all-electric 500e small hatchback that has been adversely affected by the end of EV tax incentives, tariffs, and a relatively high price given its roughly 150-mile range.
+https://gizmodo.com/fiat-will-sell-tiny-ev-in-the-u-s-with-a-28-mph-top-speed-2000697415