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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more. Is CEO Elon Musk costing Tesla sales? Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL.

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan! per cent) A healthy and growing pool of affordable used EVs is critical to their wider adoption in Australia. per cent while PHEVs grew by 8.9 Just 297 PHEVs were offered for sale in March 2024 with 147 sold. per cent) Tesla Model Y – 596 (7.9 per cent) MG ZS EV – 469 (6.2

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y is again the bestseller in Norway

Push EVs

share in June, full battery electrics (BEVs) contributed 82.2%, with plugin hybrids (PHEVs) at 8.7%. PHEVs meanwhile shrank 18.9% Plugless vehicles will continue to be sold in Norway until plugin options — most likely BEVs — appear in all vehicle segments, and at affordable price points. With combined EVs at 90.9% of the market.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Porsche Taycan 6,822. The Model 3 its affordable ($35,000 as it was originally advertised, though most have sold for more), smaller model changed everything. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938.

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Audi provides overview of its 4 distinct EV platforms

Green Car Congress

In the US, Audi has already introduced five production models: the Audi Q5 TFSI e, A7 TFSI e and A8 TFSI e plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as well as the e-tron all-electric SUV and upcoming e-tron Sportback. For the e-tron GT, Audi is sharing synergies with the Porsche brand, which developed the J1 architecture.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) took just 4.8% PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual. In the bigger picture, every powertrain other than BEVs is now in decline, even PHEVs. December’s combined plugin share of 87.6%

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

Tesla is also readying the Model X, a more affordable crossover for launch by the end of 2014. Plug-in models that will be fighting for market share include the BMW i8 and i3, the Audi e-tron, the Cadillac ELR, the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, and the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid. million tons. More than 2.2 More than 1.9

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