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FridaySep 11, 2026 10:00 am

EV Sales Continued Their Surge in Portugal in August

Sales of electric cars kept climbing in Portugal last month, with battery-only models jumping 65.2% year-on-year in August to reach 5,079 units sold. This was enough to account for over a third of all passenger cars sold in the country's showrooms that month. That single-month share outpaced the electrified segment's broader position across the year so far, underscoring how quickly EV adoption has been accelerating in recent weeks. The gains came as Portugal's overall auto market kept expanding too. Dealers moved 17,209 vehicles of every kind in August, an 11.3% bump compared with a year earlier, according to figures from industry group ACAP. Running the tally from January through…

WednesdaySep 09, 2026 10:00 am

EVs Could Become Niche Vehicles in the US as Sales Plummet

Electric vehicles are having a brutal stretch in the United States. Their share of the new-car market hit a record near 12% last September, right before a $7,500 federal EV incentive went away. By January that share had fallen to 6%, and Cox Automotive figures show sales dropped by a further 20% that month compared with December. Policies from the Trump administration are doing a lot of the damage. Washington scrapped an earlier rule pushing EVs to half of new car sales by 2030, and regulators loosened fuel economy requirements from over 50 miles per gallon down to roughly 34.5. California also lost its…

FridaySep 04, 2026 10:00 am

European Startup Seeks to Reinvent EV Tires to Slash Toxic Effects

An electric car's clean reputation might be masking a less obvious problem sitting right under it: the tires. Gunnlaugur Erlendsson, founder and CEO of Swedish technology company ENSO, argues that tires are among the products everyone relies on without really thinking about, quietly underpinning much of the global economy while causing damage that rarely gets discussed. That damage adds up quickly once you look closer. The constant wear from stopping, starting, and turning, combined with energy-intensive production and raw material extraction, makes tires a major contributor to air pollution in cities, and one of the largest sources of ocean microplastics,…

ThursdaySep 03, 2026 10:00 am

Why the Racetrack Is Becoming the Frontier of the EV Transition

Formula E has quietly turned its racetracks into testing labs for the technology showing up in electric cars sold to ordinary drivers. Jaguar, Nissan, Porsche, Mahindra, Yamaha, and Stellantis all field teams in the all-electric series, and Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds says the series functions as a proving ground for road-car engineering. He pointed to the Porsche Cayenne Turbo as an example, calling it the brand's most powerful road-legal model to date despite running entirely on batteries, with engineering that traces back to Porsche's work on the circuit. Dodds described a method that Jaguar developed for beaming wireless software updates to I-Pace…

TuesdaySep 01, 2026 10:00 am

Kia Offers Americans an Affordable EV Model

Kia is putting a genuinely affordable electric vehicle on the American market at a moment when almost no other automaker is bothering to try. The EV3, a compact crossover, starts at $31,385 with roughly 220 miles of range, a price point that has become nearly impossible to find in the U.S. as new EV launches cluster toward the premium end of the market. That scarcity has deepened recently as domestic automakers retreat from budget-friendly electric models. Ford discontinued its all-electric F-150 Lightning late last year and took a $19.4 billion writedown tied to battery investments. At the same time, General…

FridayAug 28, 2026 10:00 am

5 Key Tech Features Your New EV Should Have

Driver-assistance technology has become one of the clearest signals of how far electric vehicles have advanced, and it is one of five features worth checking before buying an EV. Depending on the electric car, that can include automatic braking, lane-keeping help, blind-spot alerts, and cameras or radar that watch the road around the car. It keeps the car centered in its lane, holds a following gap on the highway, and warns of traffic in a blind spot. None of this replaces attentive driving, and coverage varies significantly between models. EV battery range and management is a second area worth close attention. Modern battery-management systems constantly track how hot the…

ThursdayAug 27, 2026 10:00 am

Magnesium May Soon Be Commonplace in EV Batteries

Electric vehicles could be getting a new battery ingredient in the coming years, as carmakers look beyond lithium toward a cheaper, more abundant alternative: magnesium. Lithium earned its dominant role in EV batteries for good reason, offering high energy density, a light structure and quick charging that suits modern driving needs. But the metal is running into supply problems that are hard to ignore. Bringing a new lithium mine into production takes between 16 and 18 years on average, once permitting, exploration rights, and financing are accounted for. The extraction process itself isn't gentle either, with hard rock mining generating…

TuesdayAug 25, 2026 10:00 am

Xiaomi Exceeds 500,000 Units Delivered as its EV Sales Climb

Xiaomi has delivered over half a million units of the SU7 electric sedan, a significant milestone for a company that has been producing cars for a little over two years. When Xiaomi first announced its intent to develop battery electric cars, it was known for its massive smart manufacturing and consumer electronics business. Apple was the only other consumer electronics firm that tried to produce electric cars but failed to deliver a single unit after a decade of R&D and $10 billion in investment. However, Xiaomi hit the ground running and delivered its first SU7 unit barely a month after announcing its expansion into battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in March 2024. The company’s…

FridayAug 21, 2026 10:00 am

What the World Could Learn from China’s EV Dominance

The world's policymakers and automakers have real lessons to draw from how China built its electric vehicle industry, and the useful ones have little to do with copying an all-powerful state. Start with technological range: China backed multiple pathways simultaneously, battery-electric, hybrid, fuel-cell, and alternative fuels, rather than committing early to one winner. That flexibility let policy adjust as the technology and market matured, in contrast to the European Union's narrower post-Dieselgate focus on batteries and EVs alone. A second lesson concerns subnational government. Empowered local or regional authorities, given real incentives and accountability for failure, can generate more competition and experimentation than a single centralized program typically manages. A third lesson is…

ThursdayAug 20, 2026 10:00 am

Porsche to Stop Producing the Taycan EV

Porsche's electric sedan is headed for retirement. German business publication WirtschaftsWoche recently reported that the automaker's works council has provisionally backed a management proposal to wind down the Taycan, with 2030 set as the target. Automotive website Motor 1 says the arrangement is not yet finalized, pointing to a phased exit rather than a quick stop. This will give Porsche a stretch of time to keep the Taycan on sale and updated before it's finally gone from the markets. The car's sales trajectory helps explain the timing of Porsche’s decision. Global sales fell from around 21,000 units in 2023 to near 16,000 in 2025. Furthermore, only around 6,000 were shipped in the first 6 months of 2026,…

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