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The numbers Stellantis published Wednesday, February 26, confirm what the February 6 preliminary announcement already signaled: Stellantis booked a €20.1 billion net loss for the second half of 2025, or roughly $23.8 billion, driven by €25.4 billion in total writedowns across the full year. The second-half adjusted operating loss came in at €1.38 billion, in line with…
After spending a decade covering the EV market, one stat in a new 61-page Fraunhofer Institute study stopped me cold: the average Porsche PHEV driver charged their battery to less than 50% capacity exactly once over two years. That’s 7 kilowatt-hours total. You’d use more electricity running a space heater for an afternoon. The study,…
The numbers finally flipped. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) outsold petrol cars in the European Union for the first time ever in December 2025, according to fresh data from ACEA released today. But before you call it a tipping point, look closer at the breakdown. The milestone: BEVs captured 22.6% of EU registrations in December, narrowly…
Canada’s new China-EV tariff agreement lands just days after BYD officially dethroned Tesla as the world’s largest EV manufacturer, creating an unexpected lifeline for the American automaker in a market where it already has boots on the ground. The deal announced last Friday slashes import duties from a prohibitive 100% to just 6.1% for up…
Ford is turning to French automaker Renault to develop two entry-level electric vehicles for Europe, abandoning its own platform as too expensive to compete with Chinese rivals, reports the WSJ. Why it matters: The deal marks Ford’s admission that it cannot build affordable EVs alone as Chinese brands capture 6.7% of the European market. The…
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…
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