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ThursdayApr 23, 2026 10:00 am

Germany Wants 8 Million EVs on Its Roads by 2030

Germany expects to have close to eight million electric vehicles on its roads by 2030. The projection is built from sales forecasts submitted by the country's major automakers. The estimate was produced by NOW GmbH, a government-affiliated body working with the transport ministry. Reaching that figure would require the battery-electric fleet to roughly quadruple from its current size within five years. The forecast also includes around 2.4 million plug-in hybrid vehicles, bringing the total electrified fleet to over ten million. Fewer than 35,000 electric cars were registered in Germany in 2017 but by early 2026, the total had climbed past two million, with the fastest growth concentrated…

TuesdayApr 21, 2026 10:00 am

EVs Appear to Have Passed Their Tipping Point

Electric vehicles have broken free of the oil price cycle that governed their previous adoption waves. While earlier sales surges typically collapsed when energy prices fell and the underlying economic case evaporated, the current expansion rests on an entirely different foundation. The self-reinforcing economics of battery manufacturing have completely changed the economics of owning a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Battery storage costs have dropped by roughly 93% since 2010 as the production learning curve has compounded with every expansion of manufacturing scale. For every doubling of total output across the industry, unit costs have historically fallen by approximately 9%. That dynamic has generated more than enough momentum…

FridayApr 17, 2026 10:00 am

Nissan Unveils Plan to Transform Vehicular Mobility Using AI

Nissan has unveiled plans to transform vehicular mobility using a combination of electrification, artificial intelligence (AI), and a vehicle lineup focused on the global market. Although the Japanese carmaker did not go all-in on electrification like its Western counterparts, Nissan had a pair of fully electric models by early 2026 and has pledged to launch 19 new EV models by the end of the decade. Dubbed “Mobility Intelligence for Everyday Life,” the recently-unveiled strategy will make customer experience its main priority. Artificial intelligence will play a central role as Nissan combines AI-powered EV tech with a variety of electric powertrains to develop EVs that cater to customers in different markets. With nearly every major automaker…

ThursdayApr 16, 2026 10:00 am

Sodium-Ion Batteries Could Potentially Address the EV Industry’s Supply Challenges

Accelerating electric vehicle adoption and growing energy storage needs are exposing vulnerabilities in battery supply chains and increasing interest in alternatives to lithium-ion technology. While geological reserves of lithium, nickel, and cobalt exist, expanding mining and processing operations fast enough to meet surging demand presents a major long-term challenge. Sodium-ion batteries, which use one of Earth's most plentiful elements, offer a potential complement to dominant lithium chemistries, particularly where cost, safety, and material availability are just as important as energy density. Performance gaps that long limited sodium-ion commercial viability are now narrowing substantially. Chinese manufacturer CATL introduced its first sodium-ion battery in 2021 with roughly 160 watt-hours per kilogram energy density.…

TuesdayApr 14, 2026 10:00 am

Cautious Optimism Surrounds BMW’s Announcement of New Hydrogen SUV

BMW's hydrogen vehicle program has moved from extended research into active production planning, and the iX5 Hydrogen is the clearest expression of that shift. Industry reaction has been genuinely positive, though tempered by a recognition that hydrogen's commercial future depends heavily on factors beyond any single vehicle's specifications. The iX5 Hydrogen's headline figures directly target the limitations that have slowed EV adoption. BMW claims a range of up to 750 kilometers (446 miles) and a refueling window of roughly five minutes. That pairing places the experience closer to stopping at a gas station than to managing an EV charging schedule, a distinction that matters considerably…

FridayApr 10, 2026 10:00 am

Toyota’s bZ EV is Threatening Tesla’s Dominance in the US

Toyota has quietly become one of the more consequential stories in the American electric vehicle market this year. Surging sales from its bZ crossover have placed the Japanese automaker in direct competition with Tesla for EV leadership, arriving at a moment when most rivals are retreating and pricing missteps have left the broader market exposed. In the just-concluded first quarter of the year, the bZ moved just over 10,000 units, a 79% increase from the same period a year earlier, Automotive News says. The Chevrolet Equinox EV, which led non-Tesla EV sales throughout 2025, managed around 9,600 units over the same stretch. Ford's Mustang Mach-E dropped roughly 60% to around 4,600…

ThursdayApr 09, 2026 10:00 am

Porsche’s Patent Application Seeks to Retain Stick Shift in EVs

Electric vehicles are steadily erasing the manual transmission from modern motoring, but Porsche appears unwilling to let it go without a fight. The German automaker filed a patent with its home country's intellectual property office in mid-2024, with the application published earlier this year, outlining a concept designed to preserve the feel of a stick shift inside an electric car. For a brand whose identity is inseparable from driving involvement, the filing reads as a statement of intent as much as a technical proposal. The patent centers on a dual-function shifter with two separate operating modes. In its automatic setting, the driver selects Drive, Neutral, or Reverse, and…

TuesdayApr 07, 2026 10:00 am

US Motorists are Embracing Chinese Electric Vehicles

Chinese electric vehicles remain locked out of the American market, but the appetite for them keeps growing. Tariffs introduced under the Biden administration pushed duties past 100%, sealing the border to Chinese EVs. Consumer curiosity has continued building regardless, fueled in large part by social media. Enthusiastic independent reviews on video platforms have introduced millions of Americans to vehicles they cannot legally buy, generating demand that policy has suppressed but not extinguished. The relatively low cost of Chinese-made electric cars is doing much of the heavy lifting. A new electric vehicle in the United States cost around $57,000 on average last year, according to Kelley Blue…

MondayApr 06, 2026 10:00 am

Polestar 3 EVs to Be Exclusively Made in the US

All global production of the Polestar 3 electric SUV is moving to a single location in South Carolina. The shift ends an arrangement that had seen the electric SUV assembled on two continents simultaneously, marking an unusual moment in the model's short history. For both Volvo Cars and Polestar, the move represents a meaningful change in manufacturing strategy, a signal that parent company Geely Holdings is growing increasingly confident in the American facility's capacity to serve the entire world market. When the Polestar 3 launched, it became the first model in the brand's history produced simultaneously on assembly lines in two different countries. That was a rare arrangement even by global…

ThursdayApr 02, 2026 10:00 am

What Buyers Need to Know Before Purchasing Used EVs

Used electric vehicles are suddenly the most searched category in Australia's second-hand car market, and the timing is no coincidence. Fuel costs have crossed thresholds that are genuinely changing purchase behavior. The used EV segment was already building momentum well before prices at the pump became a daily grievance. Pickles, one of the country's largest automotive auction platforms, has seen triple-digit growth in EV-related searches over the past month alone. Second-hand EVs accounted for a small slice of overall used car sales in 2025. Their growth rate of nearly 65% year-on-year left every other category behind. Close to half a…

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