Black Tesla Model 3 Performance plugged in at a Tesla Supercharger stall on a wet parking lot

4 min read · Industry Fuel Shock · October 6, 2026

Gas Cars Fall Below 50% of Global Sales. U.S. New EVs Are Stuck at 6%

Gas-only cars fell to 49% of global sales in H1 2026, a first. U.S. new EV share is stuck near 6% as buyers answer $4 gas with hybrids and used EVs.

Haye Kesteloo Editor-in-chief October 6, 2026

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IND

Gas Cars Fall Below 50% of Global Sales. U.S. New EVs Are Stuck at 6%

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TSLA

Tesla Semi Wins Over a Million-Mile Skeptic Who Still Picks Diesel

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TSLA

Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

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MAZDA

Mazda CX-6e Swears at Pedestrians for You. NHTSA Wouldn't Allow It

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TSLA

Tesla Says Five Sessions a Day Halve a Supercharger's Energy Cost

H. Kesteloo

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LCID

Lucid Cosmos Caught Testing on US-101 as Lucid Builds 38% Fewer Cars

H. Kesteloo

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TSLA

Jason Oppenheim Buys Staff 10 Teslas on an FSD Stat Tesla Never Made

H. Kesteloo

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LCID

Lucid Q3 Deliveries Fall To 3,806 After A 38% Production Cut

H. Kesteloo

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TSLA

Tesla Lets You Flee a Supercharger Mid-Charge After Idaho Shooting

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EVGO

EVgo's 750-kW Charger Slips to 2027, and No US EV Can Take It Yet

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TSLA

Tesla Roadster Demo Slips to October 15 as a Flood Watch Hits Waco

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RNLT

Renault Built an Electric 8 Gordini Coupe and Says It Won't Sell It

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Two white Tesla Semi trucks pulling red shipping containers along a waterfront road at sunset, with palm trees and port cranes behind them

Deep Dive · Video

Tesla Semi Wins Over a Million-Mile Skeptic Who Still Picks Diesel

FreightWaves' Adam Wingfield called the Tesla Semi overhyped for three years. Loaded, it lost 1 mph on a climb. He still picks diesel for long haul.

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 6 · 5 min read

Thomas of GTS Car Life standing beside his white Tesla Model Y Performance in a parking lot at dusk

Video

Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 6

Dark purple Mazda CX-6e electric SUV parked under a timber-slatted roof with hills and blue sky behind it

Australia

Mazda CX-6e Swears at Pedestrians for You. NHTSA Wouldn't Allow It

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 5

Close-up of a Tesla Supercharger charging handle plugged into a dark red Tesla, with the charge port light glowing green

Supercharging

Tesla Says Five Sessions a Day Halve a Supercharger's Energy Cost

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 5

RivianR1S · R1T · R2 · R3

All Rivian →

Lucid Cosmos Caught Testing on US-101 as Lucid Builds 38% Fewer Cars

Haye Kesteloo Oct 5

Lucid

Tesla Files to Open a Dallas Showroom on Knox Street, Steps from Rivian's Spaces Location

Haye Kesteloo Jul 10

Retail

Rivian Files To Sell 75 Million Shares Into Its R2 Rally, The Dilution We Called In February

Haye Kesteloo Jul 6

Rivian

LucidAir · Gravity · Earth

Lucid

Lucid Cosmos Caught Testing on US-101 as Lucid Builds 38% Fewer Cars

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 5

Lucid

Lucid Q3 Deliveries Fall To 3,806 After A 38% Production Cut

Haye Kesteloo · Oct 5

Lucid

Lucid Cuts 18% Of US Workforce, Eliminates COO Role In Napoli’s First Major Move

Haye Kesteloo · Jun 22

FordF-150 Lightning · Mustang Mach-E · Skunkworks

All Ford →

GM EV Sales Drop 27.5% In First Half Of 2026 As The Dead Tax Credit Splits Chevrolet From Cadillac

Haye Kesteloo Jul 6

Rivian Beats Q2 Delivery Estimates And Raises Its 2026 Forecast, The Quarter The R2 Finally Showed Up

Haye Kesteloo Jul 2

Rivian

BMW iX5 Unveiled With 435-Mile Range And The Same Divisive Face As The iX3

Haye Kesteloo Jun 30

BMW

BMWi7 · iX3 · Neue Klasse · M

BMW i3 Reservations Open With a 468-Mile Estimate and No Price

Damien Kesteloo · Sep 30

GM EV Sales Drop 27.5% In First Half Of 2026 As The Dead Tax Credit Splits Chevrolet From Cadillac

Haye Kesteloo · Jul 6

BMW

BMW iX5 Unveiled With 435-Mile Range And The Same Divisive Face As The iX3

Haye Kesteloo · Jun 30

PorscheTaycan · Macan Electric · Mission X

All Porsche →

Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

Haye Kesteloo Oct 6

Video

Bentley Torcal Costs $218,000 and Charges Like a Porsche Cayenne

Damien Kesteloo Sep 23

Bentley

Bentley Names Its First EV Torcal, Borrowing From Torque Eight Months After Its CEO Said Everyone Has It

Haye Kesteloo Jul 6

Bentley

VolkswagenID. · GTI · PPE · Group

Bentley

Bentley Torcal Costs $218,000 and Charges Like a Porsche Cayenne

Damien Kesteloo · Sep 23

Volkswagen

Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency EV Is Built to Waste Almost Nothing

Damien Kesteloo · Sep 14

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Chased A Flying Car In China For Five Years And Left Its Project Lead Facing A Criminal Case

Haye Kesteloo · Aug 1

Mercedes-BenzC-Class EQ · GLC · G 580 · EQS

All Mercedes →

BMW i3 Reservations Open With a 468-Mile Estimate and No Price

Damien Kesteloo Sep 30

Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency EV Is Built to Waste Almost Nothing

Damien Kesteloo Sep 14

Volkswagen

BYD Pays for Crashes Its Driver-Assist Causes, the Bill Tesla Still Hands to Owners

Haye Kesteloo Jun 15

BYD

China Watch BYD · Xiaomi · NIO · Zeekr · XPeng

Illustration of a flying Volkswagen, representing VW's abandoned V.MO flying car project

Deep Dive · Volkswagen

Volkswagen Chased A Flying Car In China For Five Years And Left Its Project Lead Facing A Criminal Case

Reuters obtained hundreds of pages on Volkswagen's failed V.MO flying car. The program died in June 2024, and the Chinese manager VW promoted as the face of its innovation is now the named suspect in a Shanghai trade-secrets investigation.

Haye Kesteloo · Aug 1 · 7 min read

BYD Dolphin Surf electric hatchback, one of the export models behind BYD's record overseas shipments

BYD

BYD Sales Rise 21.8% in July as Exports Hit a Record, but the 5 Million Target No Longer Adds Up

Haye Kesteloo · Aug 1

Yellow and black Renault 5 Turbo 3E electric hot hatch

Earnings

Renault Returns To Profit With One Hard Rule: Every New EV Must Earn Like A Hybrid

Haye Kesteloo · Jul 31

Tesla

Tesla Posts Its Best June Ever In The UK As Electric Cars Take 30% Of The Market

Haye Kesteloo · Jul 6

BYDHan · Seal · Yangwang · Denza · Seagull

All BYD →

Volkswagen Chased A Flying Car In China For Five Years And Left Its Project Lead Facing A Criminal Case

Haye Kesteloo Aug 1

Volkswagen

BYD Sales Rise 21.8% in July as Exports Hit a Record, but the 5 Million Target No Longer Adds Up

Haye Kesteloo Aug 1

BYD

Renault Returns To Profit With One Hard Rule: Every New EV Must Earn Like A Hybrid

Haye Kesteloo Jul 31

Earnings

Zeekr001 · 007 · Mix · 9X · Geely Group

South Carolina

Geely Already Builds Cars In South Carolina, And The Chinese EV Ban Has A Factory-Sized Hole

Haye Kesteloo · Jun 9

Tesla

40% of U.S. Consumers Want Chinese EVs. The Government Won’t Let Them Buy One.

Haye Kesteloo · Mar 23

BMW’s 2025 Profits Hit Pandemic-Era Low as China Losses and Tariffs Erase €1.3 Billion in Earnings

Haye Kesteloo · Mar 12

XiaomiSU7 · SU7 Ultra · YU7 · Lei Jun

All Xiaomi →

BYD Retakes The Global EV Crown From Tesla With Quarterly Sales That Shrank 8%

Haye Kesteloo Jul 1

BYD

Xiaomi YU7 GT Laps Nürburgring With Nobody Driving, Posting First Autonomous Record

Haye Kesteloo Jun 22

Xiaomi

Geely Already Builds Cars In South Carolina, And The Chinese EV Ban Has A Factory-Sized Hole

Haye Kesteloo Jun 9

South Carolina

NIOET9 · Onvo · Firefly · Power Swap

BYD

BYD Retakes The Global EV Crown From Tesla With Quarterly Sales That Shrank 8%

Haye Kesteloo · Jul 1

Tesla

Tesla’s June Rebound In Europe Runs On Subsidy Calendars As France Doubles And Norway Falls 43%

Haye Kesteloo · Jul 1

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Weighs 100,000 Job Cuts And Four Plant Closures As Its EV Bet Comes Due

Haye Kesteloo · Jun 26

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Tesla Semi Wins Over a Million-Mile Skeptic Who Still Picks Diesel

FreightWaves' Adam Wingfield called the Tesla Semi overhyped for three years. Loaded, it lost 1 mph on a climb. He still picks diesel for long haul.

Haye Kesteloo Oct 6 5 min

Video

Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

A 20-year car-business veteran and driving instructor swapped a 911 GTS and a Taycan for three Teslas. The 510 hp he quotes is 50 more than Tesla lists.

Haye Kesteloo Oct 6 4 min

Video

Mazda CX-6e Swears at Pedestrians for You. NHTSA Wouldn't Allow It

Australian testers found the Mazda CX-6e reads any typed message, profanity included, through its front speaker. NHTSA pulled Tesla's Boombox for less.

Haye Kesteloo Oct 5 4 min

Australia

Tesla Says Five Sessions a Day Halve a Supercharger's Energy Cost

Tesla's new guide for Supercharger for Business buyers explains demand charges, and why a $940,000 site only pays off once the stalls stay busy.

Haye Kesteloo Oct 5 5 min

Supercharging

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