July 6, 2025

Last Updated on: 6th July 2025, 05:43 pm Tesla CEO Elon Musk left his post as the head of President Trump’s “DOGE” budget-cutting office in May, ostensibly to spend more time selling electric cars. That was always going to be a…

The convenience of home charging is an enormous benefit to battery-electric vehicle drivers. Of course, most of us who own an electric vehicle also drive far from home, and that’s where EV charging has proven to be a bit tricky and…

Last Updated on: 3rd July 2025, 09:53 am Mark Carney, Canada’s freshly minted Prime Minister, faces an early test of leadership courtesy of the country’s automotive old guard. Ford, GM, and Stellantis have banded together to ask his…

Volvo plans to assemble the Polestar 7 in Slovakia. If all goes well, that is. See the fine print at the end of this story. Historically, Polestar’s manufacturing footprint has been predominantly centered in China after the Geely…

As we all know, under the current Trump administration, the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) — led by Elon Musk for most of its life, including during the relevant period we are going to highlight here — made cuts to…

Last Updated on: 5th July 2025, 11:47 pm Chinese EVs started arriving early on in Latin America, if only by a trickle of old workhorses such as the BYD E6 (back when European EVs were nearly as affordable as the Chinese ones, and…

Africa crypto news in review: MoMint is shutting down in South Africa as Tether expands crypto education to Zanzibar. Aptos and Yellow Card partner to push stablecoin adoption. Tether has expanded its blockchain initiative to Zanzibar after…

Last Updated on: 5th July 2025, 11:33 pm The September 2024 pre-feasibility study from the Maersk McKinney Møller Center on battery-powered vessels that crossed my screen today provides a welcome and thoughtful addition to the…

June’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.0% share in France, flat from 24.1% year-on-year. BEVs saw marginal growth in share YoY, whilst PHEVs were slightly down. Overall auto volume was 169,504 units, down some 7% YoY. The Tesla…

There is a lot of hand wringing in the US, now that the MAGAlomaniacs are in control of all three branches of government. Among their dirty deeds done dirt cheap are a series of policy changes that will revoke any and all incentives…