Ireland now has 270,000 electric cars and 3,620 public charging points worth about 280 MW. Measured against AFIR's 1.3 kW per EV benchmark, that leaves a gap of roughly 71 MW.
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iSeeCars measured used EVs at 41.9 days on the lot in September 2026 against 54.8 for petrol cars, with EV prices up 9.8%. No Tesla made the top ten fastest sellers.
Mercedes is developing decentralised microconverters of up to 3 kW per module that keep an EV's high-voltage bus at a constant 800 volts and make the separate on-board charger…
Mercedes-Benz has sold its 47 European fast-charging locations to French operator Electra. For drivers, the change brings 374 former Mercedes ports into a network of more than…
October 2026 numbers from China: BYD sold 483,125 passenger cars, Geely 214,996, Leapmotor 106,127 and Xpeng a record 50,237. Not everyone grew – HIMA fell 50.8% year on year.
SNE Research counted 994.5 GWh of batteries installed in EVs, plug-in and full hybrids in January–September 2026, up 19.7%. CATL holds 39.1%, BYD 15.2%, seven Chinese firms 73.0%.
Rivian ended Q3 2026 with 1,185 DC fast-charging ports at 165 US locations, 39% more ports than a year ago. That works out to 7.2 ports per site, while the slower Waypoint network…
Zwickau, the plant VW spent €1.2 billion turning into an EV-only factory, now has an eight-stage dismantling line. From 2027 it should process 4,100 cars a year, while sales of…
BYD sold 490,168 NEVs in October, its best month of 2026. Battery-electric cars hit a record 305,743 units while plug-in hybrids fell 17.23%. We ran the numbers on the mix shift,…
China taxes lithium-ion cells at 2% and lets sodium-ion off until 2028. On a 60 kWh family car the gap works out to about $68, not thousands.
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Yangwang has confirmed rear-hinged doors for its Altior flagship. The 5,500 mm sedan is expected in Dubai around 5 November, with prices rumoured from 2 million yuan, roughly…
Pennsylvania is spending $37 million on 515 public charging ports in five counties around Philadelphia. Most of the money goes to on-street neighbourhood charging, not motorway…
Four Irish depots operated by An Post and DHL Express are connected to EirGrid's flexibility markets through aggregator VIOTAS. The sites hold 211 electric vehicles, 181 charge…
The UK Autumn Budget sets aside £100 million over two years for low-powered public chargers near homes. The 20% VAT on public charging stays. What the projected £150 a year really…
Ionity has opened its first battery-buffered charging park in Wertheim and plans around 50 storage systems across Europe in 2027. The aim is to add charging points before the grid…
Jayco's Entegra Coach Embark pairs a 140 kWh battery with a 1.6-litre petrol generator: 110 miles on electricity, about 450 miles total, roughly $400,000, US sale planned for 2027.
Audi is recalling 9,048 Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron SUVs in the US and telling owners to charge to 80%. We worked out what that does to range and to the charging bill.
Ford has opened US orders for the 2027 Mustang Mach-E. The 88 kWh extended-range battery is now standard on Select and Premium, the small pack is gone, and a new Trail version…
BYD's first Ocean-series MPV has been caught testing in China: 5,145 mm long, seven seats, roof LiDAR and a grille that points to DM-i plug-in power. Europe is unconfirmed, and it…
Vingroup plans to invest $500 million (€449 million) in a Philippine EV factory that the DTI says would start with annual capacity of 200,000 vehicles – its third production site…
BYD employs 1.02 million, about 170,000 more than Toyota, GM, Ford and Tesla together, after adding 150,000 in ten months while sales fell 3.9%. In 2025 it sold 5.3 vehicles per…
Xpeng's new 4.65-metre L03 starts at €35,600 and charges 10–80% in 20 minutes. We ran the numbers on consumption, cost per 100 km and the €3,000 battery step.
ACEA wants the EU weights and dimensions revision to include a 4-tonne allowance for zero-emission drivetrains. Our arithmetic: a 621 kWh truck pack weighs about 3.7 tonnes, and…
China EV Marketplace sold 7,900 used Chinese EVs to EU buyers through September, up 280% year on year. Pre-owned cars skip the 45.3% tariff, and prices run about 40% under Chinese…
From 1 January 2027, Japan's battery-electric passenger-car subsidy ceiling falls from ¥1,250,000 to ¥750,000. Demand ran ahead of the programme's budget, so the government is…
A study commissioned by ACEA says Europe's battery supply chain cannot meet the local-content rules planned in the Industrial Accelerator Act. The arithmetic per million cars…
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