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EVs Take 98% Share of New Car Registrations in Norway in April
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (225+ words) Norway recorded a98. 6% EV shareof new passenger car registrations in April, breaking the prior record of 98. 4% set just one month earlier. Of April's 11, 103 registrations, 10, 952 were fully electric, whilejust 87 were diesel and 31 petrol, according to the OFV, Norway's Road Federation. Norway's used…...
Chinese EV Manufacturer BYD Says it Can Thrive Without US Market
1+ week, 4+ day ago (405+ words) China's largest electric vehicle maker has become the global leader in EV sales, overtaking its nearest rival last year. BYD is channeling that ambition into markets across Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Rising fuel prices are accelerating consumer interest in…...
Toyota's b Z EV is Threatening Tesla's Dominance in the US
4+ week, 1+ day ago (234+ words) Toyota has quietly become one of the more consequential stories in the American electric vehicle market this year. Surging sales from itsb Zcrossoverhave placed the Japanese automaker in direct competition with Tesla for EV leadership, arriving at a moment when…...
Porsche's Patent Application Seeks to Retain Stick Shift in EVs
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (378+ words) 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…...
US Motorists are Embracing Chinese Electric Vehicles
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (330+ words) 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…...
Oil Shock Triggers Surge in Global Chinese EV Exports
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (379+ words) Surging oil prices are'reshaping buying decisions'for millions of drivers, and Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are positioned to benefit'the'most. Geopolitical instability across the Middle East has pushed crude oil to'above $100 per barrel, unsettling fuel markets worldwide.' As a result, battery-powered transport'is…...
BYD Sees its EV Sales in Europe Triple as the Year Starts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (498+ words) BYD's European sales figures for the opening of 2026 are unlike anything the Chinese automaker has posted before. Registrations across the bloc surged to roughly three times the volume recorded in the same period last year. The result arrives against a…...
Interest in Electric Vehicles Grows as Gas Prices Rise Amid Iran War
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (591+ words) As the U. S. continues to wage war in Iran alongside Israel, thesubsequentrise in gas prices has causedinterest in battery electric vehicles(BEVs) to rise. Unlike combustion engine vehicles, BEVs are entirely powered by electricity, making themrelatively insulatedfrom shocks to the global…...
Volkswagen Profits Tumble as Tariffs, Competition in China Weigh on Earnings
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (342+ words) Audi is dealing with its own version of the same problem. Furthermore, the ongoing Middle East conflict has created meaningful headwinds for premium vehicle sales in regions where luxury purchases are sensitive to geopolitical instability." The erosion of Volkswagen's position…...
Honda's EV Retreat Poses Major Ramifications for Japanese Clean Tech
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) Honda has'scrapped'battery-electric vehicle programs it was building for the American market and'absorbed a multibillion-dollar write-down'to do it. The announcement has trained a harsh spotlight on something bigger than a single corporate miscalculation. Across Japan's automotive industry, a strategic failure has…...