July 2025

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…

Last Updated on: 6th July 2025, 12:53 am BYD keeps flooding the zone with new models. It now has a plug-in vehicle for just about every price range and keeps adding more. The latest goodie from Shenzhen is the Seal 6 DM-1 Variant, a…

Allison and Dana are not household names in the electric vehicle field on the order of, say, Tesla. However, the two US-based firms have been in the propulsion business for more than 100 years apiece, and last month they completed a…

Last Updated on: 5th July 2025, 11:16 am The shale industry is facing an entirely predictable consequence of its own making. Across major shale-producing basins, particularly East Texas and the Permian, excessive wastewater…