Amid progressively contracting sales revenue, Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has been forced to significantly recast its 2025 sales targets. The company has slashed its forecast by 16%, from an ambitious RMB39,300 million ($5.5 million) down to RMB32,850 million ($4.6 million), signaling a potential end to its era of record-setting … [continued]
I’ve been covering Elon Musk and Tesla for 13 years. Musk has tweeted hundreds of our articles, and I’ve talked with him multiple times. Clearly, he is not the same person with the same areas of focus as he was a decade ago. Yet, obviously, he is the same person. … [continued]
No matter what car you’re buying these days, you almost definitely are not getting a 10-year warranty on the vehicle. Unless you’re buying a VinFast. I saw a press release today from the Vietnamese EV company stating that it “is challenging Canada’s auto industry norms by offering a 10-year, 200,000-kilometre … [continued]
Volkswagen is pushing forward with expanding its electric car offerings at both the high end and the low end of the market.
Growing the pool of BEVs available on the used vehicle market will help catalyse EV adoption, as more people are in a position to purchase a lower priced, used BEV than brand new ones. As South Africa does not allow the importation of used vehicles, this growth can only come … [continued]
Tesla is out with its latest Master Plan and it promises a bright new future that sparkles with opportunities but neglects to mention cars.
August’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 26.0% share in France, up from 22.4% year on year. BEVs grew YoY volume by 1.3× and gained an additional 4% share of the market, whereas PHEVs were slightly down. Overall auto volume was 87,850 units, up some 2% YoY. The Renault 5 … [continued]
AutoTrader data shows sales of Chinese vehicles jumped 89% in the first half of 2025. South Africa’s used car market is experiencing an increase in activity following a series of interest rate cuts. AutoTrader SA’s latest report says that following two interest rate cuts in 2025 — one in January … [continued]
After not having great sales growth — or any — in recent months, NIO finally bucked that trend and got its sales to spike in August. NIO delivered 31,305 vehicles in August 2025, up 55.2% over August 2024. Across the first 8 months of the year, NIO had 166,472 vehicle … [continued]
XPENG vehicle sales continue at a vastly higher level than a year ago. In August 2025, XPENG scored 37,709 deliveries, 169% more than in August 2024. Month over month, the growth was not nearly as dramatic. Basically, sales growth has leveled off. The 37,709 deliveries of August 2025 were just … [continued]
