Ford To Outsource EV Production To Renault In Europe
Ford and Renault have announced a new partnership to build affordable electric cars and light duty trucks for European customers.
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You Can’t Buy This, America: EVs from US Brands at Auto Guangzhou
Today is known as Black Friday in the US, the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. It’s a holiday of consumption in a country that consumes more than any other. As everybody is busy buying today, I thought it would be a good time … [continued]
Ford Selling Used EVs on Amazon
Ford has followed Hyundai onto the website of obscure web-based bookseller Amazon. Mixing today’s reality with the early days of Amazon sure sounds weird, but it is early discussions about whether people would buy X, Y, or Z online that comes to mind for me first when I see news … [continued]
The Auto Companies Electrifying Fastest in USA — EV Shares of Overall Sales
We’ve already written about the top selling electric vehicles in the USA in the 3rd quarter and auto companies’ shares of US EV sales. Now we are on to the third analysis in this series, examining the share of auto brands’ and auto groups’ overall auto sales that were electric. … [continued]
Tesla Dropped to 41% of US EV Sales in Q3 — Who Rose?
Following our quarterly report on US electric vehicle sales overall and broken down by model, let’s now get to the breakdown by brand and auto group. Instead of just looking at the 3rd quarter, though, I will compare quarter over quarter and year over year, since the most interesting thing … [continued]
Ford Mustang Mach-E & F-150 Lightning US Sales Don’t Actually Collapse
We have been expecting a big drop in US electric vehicle sales in the 4th quarter following the end of the US EV tax credit. We’ve already seen Hyundai and Kia EV sales drop off a cliff in October. It’s hard to know yet, though, if that’s a real issue … [continued]
Ford pushes all the buttons at once -- EVs, California, and the color blue -- with the new blue-themed California Special package for the 2026 Mustang Mach-E GT (cropped, courtesy of Ford).
Ford Picks The Perfect Time To Pitch EVs, And California, Too
Ford pushes all the buttons at once — EVs, California, and the color blue — with the new blue-themed California Special package for the 2026 Mustang Mach-E GT.
Truckmakers Lobby European Commission to Weaken Their Emissions Targets and Cut Zero Emission Truck Sales
Scania, MAN, Volvo Trucks, Daimler, IVECO and Ford sent a letter to EU Commissioners asking to delay Europe’s transition to zero emission trucks. Truckmakers have sent a letter to EU Commissioners urging them to amend the truck CO2 Regulation. Their demand would allow them to generate emissions credits, undermining the ambition … [continued]
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Battery Factories Show Trump Can’t Stop Clean Energy — He Can Only Slow It
Every few years, a new administration tries to steer the course of the energy transition by decree. Some do it by boosting clean technologies through subsidies and regulation. Others try to restore fossil fuel dominance by dismantling those same supports. The idea that a single political cycle can redirect a … [continued]
Sierra Club Releases Nearly 1,000 New Emails from Trump’s EPA
Washington, DC — As the Trump administration continues to undo federal regulations that protect our air and water, including proposals to eliminate standards for vehicle emissions and revoke the 2009 endangerment finding, the Sierra Club today released 952 pages of emails between EPA officials and external organizations provided in response to … [continued]
