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TuesdayOct 27, 2026 10:00 am

Toyota Makes Record Sales in Europe Thanks to Vehicle Electrification

Toyota set a nine-month European sales record in 2026 on the strength of an internal product shift rather than market conquest, with electrified vehicles now making up 87% of what the company sells across the region. Combined volume across both brands edged up 0.6% to 936,042 units, but that number masks a dramatic reshaping of the lineup. Non-electrified sales account for most of what changed underneath the flat headline. Vehicles carrying no electric motor fell from roughly 210,000 to 122,419 over the period, a retreat of around 40% that outpaced EU-wide combustion declines by more than two to one, with…

FridayOct 23, 2026 10:00 am

Digital Natives are Buying EVs in Large Numbers

Younger consumers are buying electric vehicles in growing numbers, and the criteria driving those decisions have less to do with brand heritage and more with digital connectivity and software capability. Research across China, North America and Europe points to a generational realignment in what a desirable car actually is, with digital natives increasingly treating vehicles as hardware platforms that happen to move. When this demographic evaluates an electric vehicle, the framework they apply mirrors the one they use for consumer electronics like phones. Charging infrastructure, software responsiveness and in-car technology rank high alongside cost considerations as the primary factors. Mechanical…

ThursdayOct 22, 2026 10:00 am

Americans Seem Unable to Find EVs to Buy

Americans appear to be struggling to find electric vehicles at a moment when fuel prices have made them more attractive than ever. Pump prices jumped from $2.94 per gallon to $4.35 in the three months following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, yet battery-electric vehicle sales fell 16% against the same period of 2025. That gap looks like consumer rejection, but it is actually a supply failure. Hybrid sales climbed 18% across those same months, partly because the vehicles were available. Automakers had been expanding hybrid output for years, and dealerships were carrying 19% more hybrid stock…

TuesdayOct 20, 2026 10:00 am

US Employees, Factories Left Stranded After EV Subsidy Reversal

Close to 1,000 workers at a Kansas City-area assembly plant have been sent home without a return date, caught in the fallout from Washington’s withdrawal of federal EV purchase support. General Motors had been targeting around 150,000 Chevrolet Bolts at the facility before early next year. Demand collapsed when the $7,500 consumer tax credit was removed last September, and projected output has since fallen to roughly 35,000 units. A planned transition to conventional models, including the Buick Envision SUV and Chevrolet Equinox, remains incomplete. GM’s exposure traces back to a 2020 commitment of $27 billion over five years toward electric…

ThursdayOct 15, 2026 10:00 am

China Agrees to Reduce its Exports of Hybrid Vehicles to the EU

The yawning trade gap between China and the European Union has produced its first concrete diplomatic response, with European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announcing a deal in Beijing on Friday that would reduce projected Chinese hybrid and plug-in hybrid shipments to the bloc by over half during a four-year window. Sefcovic said the agreement would put a meaningful brake on the volume of Chinese hybrid vehicles flowing into European markets, though he offered no specifics on how the curbs would be enforced. He described the outcome as a strong result for both sides, saying it would stop several million vehicles…

TuesdayOct 13, 2026 10:00 am

Europe Sees an Influx of Affordable EV Options

Europe's electric car market is undergoing a rapid democratization, with affordable models flooding showrooms just as surging fuel costs push drivers toward alternatives. Sales of battery-electric vehicles hit 1.64 million across the EU in the first eight months of 2026, marking a 45% jump on the prior year, driven by a wave of sub-$28,000 models that are reshaping who can realistically afford to switch. For the first time ever, electric vehicles pushed past pure gas models across an entire quarter in Q2 2026, capturing 22% of sales. European buyers now have access to over 150 mass-market electric models, a selection…

FridayOct 09, 2026 10:00 am

GM’s EV Sales Nosedive in Q3 2026

General Motors reported a steep slide in electric vehicle demand for the three months ending in September 2026, a slump heavy enough to weigh down the automaker's results for the quarter and for the year so far. Federal buyers lost the federal EV purchase incentive roughly twelve months ago, and the resulting drop-off looks to have landed harder than GM itself was braced for. Cadillac absorbed some of the sharpest hits within GM's lineup, with the Escalade IQL and IQ together moving just 1,604 vehicle units. The Lyriq, on the other hand, lost half its volume outright, tumbling 50.2 percent…

ThursdayOct 08, 2026 10:00 am

EV Subsidy Program in Germany Attracts 100,000 Households

Germany's electric vehicle subsidy program has drawn applications from 100,000 households since its launch, and officials are calling the pace of uptake a surprise. The Federal Ministry for the Environment confirmed the milestone in early October, noting that approvals had roughly doubled in a single month, climbing from about 50,000 in early September to 97,790 just before the threshold was crossed. Officials say the scheme is reaching the buyers it was designed to benefit. Environment Minister Carsten Schneider described the results as exceeding expectations, pointing out that leasing options and support for compact models have opened electric ownership to households…

TuesdayOct 06, 2026 10:00 am

The Prospects of an Electric Vehicle Future in the US Blur Further

A year after Congress eliminated the federal EV tax credit, America's electric vehicle market has become genuinely difficult to characterize in a single sentence. Sales briefly topped 11% of new-car purchases last September as shoppers raced the deadline, then slid hard once the incentive vanished, posting year-over-year declines in the double digits through early 2026. Since then, the market has leveled off at roughly half that pre-deadline peak, settling into the mid-single digits for most of this year. Hybrids have muddied the picture even further as American demand for them has climbed more than a quarter compared with last year. …

FridayOct 02, 2026 10:00 am

How to Optimize the Range of Your Electric Vehicle

If you own an electric car, figuring out how to maximize its efficiency is critical to optimizing the vehicle’s range. You can do this in several ways. For starters, speed does more to drain an electric vehicle's range than almost anything else a driver controls. Sustained highway speeds pull far more from the battery than stop-start city driving, where a car can recover some of that energy every time it slows down. If a long trip leaves you uncertain about reaching a charger, dropping from 100 kilometers per hour to 90 stretches your range noticeably, and cutting back further to…

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