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Volvo Drops Its Entry EV in the US and Gives the Hybrid Twin the Makeover Instead

Sep 10, 2026

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Volvo Drops Its Entry EV in the US and Gives the Hybrid Twin the Makeover Instead

Plus, GM's CEO says EVs are still the endgame the week Cadillac backs out of all-EV, Porsche nets $1.16B leaving Bugatti, a senator says Trump may trade Chinese car access for a Xi deal, and Audi pays lessees $10,000 to keep EVs off its lots.

Ryan W

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Trump's DOT Says It's "Deeply Alarmed" by Ford's China Battery Deal. Ford Says Read the Deed.

Sep 9, 2026

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5 min read

Trump's DOT Says It's "Deeply Alarmed" by Ford's China Battery Deal. Ford Says Read the Deed.

Plus, Ram wants 825,000 sales a year by 2030, and Jeep recalls 328,381 Grand Cherokees for the same rear spring a third time.

Ryan W

OEM strategy

Audi's New A2 Is 12 cm Too Long for the EU's Small-EV Rule. The VW That Qualifies Costs $15,000 Less.

Sep 8, 2026

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8 min read

Audi's New A2 Is 12 cm Too Long for the EU's Small-EV Rule. The VW That Qualifies Costs $15,000 Less.

Plus, Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect with a 50% US auto tariff still set for Jan. 1, VW's unions say the 50,000 cuts are a target and not a deal, and the EU votes on plug-in hybrid ratings in November.

Ryan W

OEM strategy

August Beat the Forecast, and Hybrids Are the Reason

Sep 6, 2026

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7 min read

August Beat the Forecast, and Hybrids Are the Reason

Plus, the world's biggest battery maker says China is launching EVs too fast to build them properly, and Xiaomi will hand you a new SUV if yours catches fire.

Ryan W

OEM strategy

Jeep and Ram's Gas-Powered EVs Slip Another Nine Months

Sep 5, 2026

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8 min read

Jeep and Ram's Gas-Powered EVs Slip Another Nine Months

Plus, NHTSA opens an audit query on Tesla's Cybercab, and VW's board turns a rejected 100,000 job cuts into an approved 50,000.

Ryan W

Robotaxis

Ford Wants 100,000 Fathom Sales. Only Tesla Has Ever Hit That With One EV.

Sep 3, 2026

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5 min read

Ford Wants 100,000 Fathom Sales. Only Tesla Has Ever Hit That With One EV.

Plus, Honda squeezes suppliers for $9.4 billion, and Uber cuts 3,300 jobs to pay for robotaxis.

Ryan W

policy

Land Rover's First Electric Flagship Is Designed to Disappear

Sep 2, 2026

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6 min read

Land Rover's First Electric Flagship Is Designed to Disappear

Plus, Mazda's "unprecedented" SUV overhaul after a sales miss and Toyota dealers waiting on RAV4 hybrids they can't get enough of.

Ryan W

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BYD Wants Stellantis's Idled Ontario Plant

Sep 1, 2026

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6 min read

BYD Wants Stellantis's Idled Ontario Plant

Plus, the new Atlas is set to earn VW half what the old one did, and J.D. Power finds a third of owners never touch their passenger screen.

Ryan W

trade policy

Honda and Nissan Bury the Merger, Keep the Software

Aug 31, 2026

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4 min read

Honda and Nissan Bury the Merger, Keep the Software

Plus, BYD's overseas revenue overtakes its home market for the first time, and a headlight that's 615% over the glare limit but still legal.

Ryan W

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Volvo Drops Its Entry EV in the US and Gives the Hybrid Twin the Makeover Instead

Trump's DOT Says It's "Deeply Alarmed" by Ford's China Battery Deal. Ford Says Read the Deed.

Audi's New A2 Is 12 cm Too Long for the EU's Small-EV Rule. The VW That Qualifies Costs $15,000 Less.

August Beat the Forecast, and Hybrids Are the Reason

Jeep and Ram's Gas-Powered EVs Slip Another Nine Months

Ford Wants 100,000 Fathom Sales. Only Tesla Has Ever Hit That With One EV.

Land Rover's First Electric Flagship Is Designed to Disappear

BYD Wants Stellantis's Idled Ontario Plant

Honda and Nissan Bury the Merger, Keep the Software

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