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2024 Is Over, And Legacy Auto Could Be Doomed, But The ICE Is Not Yet Defeated

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A few months ago, I wrote about a global peak ICEV fleet, and argued that we’re very close to it — perhaps even surpassed it by now. Despite the headline, I stand by that position, and that’s because the focus here is different: not about internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV), … [continued]

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EVs Take 23.4% Share In Germany – Disappointing Year For EV Transition

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December saw plugin EVs take 23.4% share in Germany, down from 30.0% share YoY. BEV volume was sharply down YoY in a hold-back ahead of tighter 2025 emissions regulations. Overall auto volume was 224,721 units, down 7% YoY. The bestselling BEV in December was the Tesla Model Y. The December … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Are A Gold Rush The West Lost Sight Of

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Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence with the British Geological Survey. He’s been doing leading research with global collaborators on how much of what resources we can actually get at. Below is the first half of our … [continued]

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EVs At 29.6% Share In France — Renault 5 Poised For The Lead?

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December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 29.6% share in France, down from 30.1% year on year. BEVs lost volume YoY, in a hold-back ahead of tougher emissions requirements in 2025. PHEVs and plugless HEVs both saw YoY growth. Overall auto volume was 183,661 units, up 1.5% YoY. The Tesla … [continued]

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US Focus On Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain Pushing Tesla to Move Supplies from China to US

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The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such serious and impactful reshoring … [continued]

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