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 Automotive Experiences.
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 yr.
In line with a brand new survey from the trade journal Automotive Information, sellers assume Biden is shifting too quick on EVs. The survey claims to have discovered that sellers are significantly involved about proposed EPA emissions guidelines and surprisingly tired of even registering for the EV tax credit score as a point-of-sale rebate. Based mostly on its very small 208-dealership slice of the practically 17,000 franchised new-car sellers, you won’t wish to take its stunning ranges of pushback versus EVs as severely as its percentages recommend.
Volvo is ending its funding of Polestar, with its mum or dad firm Geely more likely 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 may make Volvo simpler to promote sooner or later, Reuters recommended.
There’s been no stoop in plug-in automobile gross sales in response to a number of EV gross sales forecasts and summaries out this week. S&P World Mobility forecasts regular progress in EV market share over the following few months, with EVs set to achieve 8.0% of the U.S. automobile market this month. On the similar time, U.S. plug-in hybrid gross sales hit a document excessive in 2023, with PHEVs making up about 20% of complete plug-in automobile gross sales.
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