Neue Klasse, i7, iX3 and M Electric — Munich’s EV program from validation mule to showroom.
We’ve been tracking the bidirectional charging space closely, and Polestar just made a significant move that deserves attention. The Swedish-Chinese automaker announced a partnership with Canadian startup Dcbel to bring vehicle-to-home (V2H) capability to Polestar 3 owners in California, making the luxury SUV double as a home backup battery capable of powering a house for…
Germany just made it official. Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed today that he’s sending a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanding that Brussels allow plug-in hybrids and “highly efficient” combustion engines to be sold beyond the 2035 deadline. “We’re sending the right signal to the commission with this letter,” Merz said at…
Europe’s embattled carmakers are hoping for regulatory relief when Brussels unveils an auto sector package on December 10, which could water down an effective ban on new combustion engines initially slated for 2035. The continent’s automakers from Volkswagen to Renault had high hopes for the electric vehicle shift when they set ambitious targets at the…
Plug-in hybrids have officially buried diesel in Europe’s powertrain hierarchy. For the first time in automotive history, PHEVs outsold diesel vehicles across the continent through October 2025, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. The milestone marks another grim chapter in diesel’s decade-long collapse, a downfall that began with Volkswagen’s emissions-cheat
BMW is weighing the addition of range-extending engines to some of its vehicles in China, including the X5 SUV and 7-Series sedan, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would make BMW the first German automaker to embrace technology popularized by Chinese competitors like BYD and Li Auto. This isn’t innovation. It’s adaptation…
A four-year-old startup with only two vehicles just embarrassed the entire luxury EV establishment. U.S. News & World Report named Lucid Motors the Best Luxury Electric Vehicle Brand for 2025, ranking the American upstart above Tesla, Porsche, BMW, and Rivian. The recognition validates what Lucid has been claiming since its founding: engineering excellence can trump…
Germany’s electric vehicle boom is built on a foundation of corporate accounting tricks, not genuine consumer demand. A German industry association warned Monday that nearly one in four newly registered EVs in 2025 were “self-registered” by manufacturers and dealers rather than sold to actual customers. The revelation exposes a troubling gap between official registration statistics…
China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) will manufacture its AION V electric SUV at Magna International’s Austria facility, the companies announced Thursday, marking the second Chinese EV brand in two months to use European contract manufacturing as a workaround for steep EU tariffs on China-made vehicles. The move highlights a rapidly emerging strategy among Chinese automakers:…
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