Volvo pulls away from Polestar. Sellers assume the Biden administration is shifting to quick on EVs—says a survey taking a look at a really small slice of the enterprise. Ford will get prepared to supply Supercharger adapters. And EV and PHEV gross sales are persevering with to surge. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Reviews.
Ford will present adapters permitting present and up to date EV fashions together with the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning to cost on the Tesla Supercharger community, the automaker revealed this week. And, as Ford underscored, they’ll be free, with protection extending again to the 2021 mannequin 12 months.
In response to a brand new survey from the business journal Automotive Information, sellers assume Biden is shifting too quick on EVs. The survey claims to have discovered that sellers are notably involved about proposed EPA emissions guidelines and surprisingly tired of even registering for the EV tax credit score as a point-of-sale rebate. Primarily based on its very small 208-dealership slice of the almost 17,000 franchised new-car sellers, you won’t need to take its surprising ranges of pushback versus EVs as significantly as its percentages counsel.
Volvo is ending its funding of Polestar, with its guardian firm Geely prone to acquire extra direct management from the shift, because the startup EV model struggles to fulfill supply targets and roll out an formidable lineup of efficiency EVs. The transfer would possibly make Volvo simpler to promote sooner or later, Reuters instructed.
There’s been no stoop in plug-in car gross sales in keeping with a number of EV gross sales forecasts and summaries out this week. S&P International Mobility forecasts regular development in EV market share over the subsequent few months, with EVs set to achieve 8.0% of the U.S. car market this month. On the identical time, U.S. plug-in hybrid gross sales hit a file excessive in 2023, with PHEVs making up about 20% of complete plug-in car gross sales.
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