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FridayOct 30, 2026 10:00 am

Company Vehicle Regulations Could Create 344,000 Jobs in Europe

A recently-proposed company-vehicle policy has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new job opportunities across Europe at a time when the continent’s auto sector is facing a historic decline. According to the Fraunhofer ISI Study, company vehicles represent the fastest way for Europe to turn its ongoing transition to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) into an active job creator. For years anti-EV proponents argued that transitioning to electric cars would cause significant job losses in the auto industry. And with European auto giants struggling to compete with Chinese EVs in both price and quantity, the transition threatened to permanently…

ThursdayOct 29, 2026 10:00 am

Sales of Used EVs Soar in the US

Used electric vehicle sales set records in September as new EV purchases fell sharply, a split that reframes the dominant narrative about American consumer appetite for electric cars. The divergence points to price as the main variable rather than any fundamental resistance to the technology. New EV sales dropped 40.7% against the same month last year, reaching an estimated 86,632 units. Washington removed the $7,500 purchase incentive when it lapsed in late September 2025, and the gap it left behind has not closed. A new electric vehicle now costs around $62,000 on average while hybrids average around $47,600 by comparison.…

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…

FridayOct 16, 2026 10:00 am

VW’s Affordable EVs Secure Close to 150,000 Orders

Volkswagen’s new family of compact, lower-priced electric cars has pulled in close to 150,000 orders since the first models rolled off the line in June. Rising fuel costs and accessible pricing have drawn European buyers toward its smallest EVs much faster than the company projected. Group sales chief Martin Sander described a sharp acceleration in European demand for fully electric vehicles, attributing the surge to both the new lineup and the pressure of sustained gas prices. Four models make up the Electric Urban Car Family, all built on a common platform: the Skoda Epiq, the VW ID. Polo, the Cupra…

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…

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