Labour is facing fresh calls to introduce battery health certificates for electric vehicles (EVs), a move industry experts believe could help revitalize the second-hand EV market. The continuing spread of misinformation regarding battery life, together with consumer doubts, prevents used car sales because key stakeholders are working to provide greater clarity for trust building. Battery…
Cox Automotive’s market report for February showed that sales of used electric vehicles are still picking up speed despite a month-over-month downturn. Compared to 2024, used EV sales boomed, climbing 34.2% to 24,875, which was down 4.7% month over month. Despite recent struggles with its sales, Tesla owned by far the largest share at 39.9%….
Tesla announced its 2025 Q1 delivery numbers on April 2, revealing a 13% year-over-year dip at 336,681 — lower than separate projections by the automaker’s investor relations team and Bloomberg analysis, according to the Motley Fool. Analysts believe the grim numbers may be indicating a larger shift. What’s happening? So far in 2025, Tesla has…
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Brightdrop EV600 van Source: Brightdrop DETROIT — General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric BrightDrop delivery vans at a plant in Canada and will idle the facility through much of 2025, the company confirmed Friday. The CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, will be reduced from two shifts to one — eliminating 500 jobs…
CHANGES ARE COMING FOR THE CHINESE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET AMID ONGOING GLOBAL TRADE TENSIONS. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA HAVE AGREED TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING MINIMUM PRICES ON CHINESE-MADE EVS- AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STEEP TARIFFS THE EU IMPOSED ON THESE ELECTRIC MODELS LAST YEAR. A EUROPEAN COMMISSION SPOKESPERSON CONFIRMED…
Apr 10, 2025 General Motors (GM) has announced a temporary layoff of 200 employees at its all-electric Factory Zero assembly plant in Detroit. This decision, as reported by FOX Business, comes as the company aligns its production with current market demands. The plant, which has seen an investment of over $2.5 billion and employs approximately…
BERLIN (Reuters) -The European Union and China have agreed to look into setting minimum prices on Chinese-made electric vehicles instead of tariffs imposed by the EU last year, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday. German newspaper Handelsblatt reported earlier on Thursday that negotiations had begun. EU trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic spoke with China’s commerce…
Tesla’s biggest rival, BYD, is making major moves Down Under. Drive reported on the Chinese EV and hybrid brand reaching 40,000 deliveries in Australia in a mere 30 months. In comparison, it took Tesla around 11 years to reach the milestone after its 2011 launch. To be fair, EVs were simply very new back in…
A new report from Princeton University highlights a serious threat to America’s clean transportation future — and it could spell bad news for jobs, investments, and EV buyers nationwide. What’s happening? Researchers at Princeton’s ZERO Lab found that if Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and Environmental Protection Agency clean car standards are repealed, electric vehicle…