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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has received praise at home and abroad for her nonconfrontational approach to the U.S. tariff threat.

The FBI said it’s investigating the attack as possible terrorism given a spray-painted slogan "RESIST" and the use of violence.

A red flag in the January registration numbers was the small increase in EV market share, which rose 0.7 percentage points from a year earlier to 8.3 percent.

Non-Tesla EVs had 58,777 new registrations in January, with double-digit and triple-digit percentage gains from a variety of Tesla competitors.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said it was hard running his businesses along with his advisory role in the Trump administration as Tesla stock tanked.

Tesla, Lucid and Rivian make their vehicles in the U.S. with significant domestic parts. But none of the EV brands are immune from tariff impacts.

Rivian and Lucid racked up billions in losses last year amid modest sales, rising factory incentives and growing uncertainty in the EV market.

Peter Rawlinson will also receive a company car as part of his two-year "transition agreement."

Lucid said COO Marc Winterhoff will be chief executive on an interim basis. The company’s stock rose 6 percent in after-hours trading on the news.

Despite improving sales and a new crossover, Lucid faces headwinds from the possible repeal of EV tax incentives by the Trump administration.