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Op-Ed: How A $14,000 Electric Kei Car Became Japan’s Best-Selling EV & Saved Nissan

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While Tesla and BYD (not in that order) dominate EV headlines globally, Japan’s EV sales success for three consecutive years is a tiny 11-foot-long kei car that costs roughly $14,000 after subsidies and offers just 112 miles of range. The Nissan Sakura has become more than a sales success—it’s arguably … [continued]

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Digging Deeper Into EV Market Changes In Europe 2017–2025

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I had some fun digging into EV sales data and charts from EU-EVs.com recently. But one of our readers did me one better. In response to one of those articles, Steve Jenkins responded with the following comment: I thought I would do an annual comparison for the 13 markets covered … [continued]

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Plugin Vehicles Pass 75 Million Cumulative Sales!

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One of our data-tracking, EV-focused readers, Madan Rajan, notified me this weekend of a big milestone. Cumulative plugin vehicle sales have surpassed 75 million units. He points out that we were at 74.3 million cumulative plugin vehicle sales at the end of October 2025, and with 1.3 million plugin vehicles … [continued]

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Huge Changes in Auto Group Share of European EV Sales

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Looking at sales data year by year, or month by month, it can be hard to really notice significant long-term trends. However, stepping back and looking at a chart that covers several years, you can spot some quite interesting things. I recently did this with regards to auto brands’ share … [continued]

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Nissan & Wayve Sign Definitive Agreements to Deliver Next-Generation Driver Assistance Technology

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Yokohama, Japan — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Wayve today announced the signing of definitive agreements to collaborate on integrating the next-generation ProPILOT series with Wayve AI technology across a broad range of Nissan vehicles. This partnership will combine Wayve’s embodied AI software with Nissan’s advanced driver-assistance systems to support … [continued]

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