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Vehicle makers, products, availability, sales, and the business of electric transportation.
VinFast’s Sept. 21 launch prices are 1.3%–1.6% above its prior published U.S. VF 8 baseline; current San Diego and Orlando inventory lists 2027 Eco VINs while VinFast’s main product page and configurator still show the older prices.
Cox estimates 44,350 used-EV sales in August. ATC’s same-series comparison finds the count about 43.6% above February while reported days’ supply is unchanged at 42 and average listing price is about 7.5% higher.
The company says the 2519 Southwest Freeway site will include Rivian Adventure Network charging; ATC’s review of two state records shows that charging work is separately registered from a $2.3 million, 6,237-square-foot hub renovation, while charger count and rated power remain unstated.
Kelley Blue Book's August estimate fell 1.2% from its current July baseline and 2.7% year over year even as the broad new-vehicle average rose to $50,089; EV incentives still averaged 12% of ATP.
PTAB records receipt of the school district’s intervention forms, governing-board resolution and extension request as Rivian contests the assessed value of seven Normal properties.
The six-state report puts cumulative new passenger EV sales at 1,137,170 as of June 30, while announced EV and battery manufacturing investment stands near $74 billion with more than 61,300 anticipated jobs.
Formula 2030 previews design attributes for a new Polestar 2 planned for 2027 and the forthcoming Polestar 7, but calendar-year launch timing is not the same as model year.
The workforce plan adds a concrete headcount action to JLR’s existing £1.7 billion savings target; the company says the transformation will underpin £15–18 billion of five-year investment spanning electrification and other technologies.
Toyota’s U.S. newsroom still labels the SUV a 2027 Highlander, while Toyota told Carscoops on Sept. 3 that its launch target remains in calendar 2027; exact production and on-sale dates remain unverified.
Porsche Fort Wayne lists a VIN-specific 2026 Cayenne Electric at $123,970 as in stock, while Porsche Finder still marks some other units as incoming in October and November.
NADA puts conventional hybrids at 15.7% of August sales and now uses 10.1% for August 2025 BEV share; its contemporaneous 2025 Market Beat reported 9.7%, with no explanation in the two reviewed NADA reports.
Windrose still lists Aertssen + Windrose assembly in Tacoma and Savannah; Han did not disclose a U.S. stake size, buyer or completed ownership transfer.
Green SM says its initial U.S. model will use company-owned vehicles and employed drivers; the reviewed sources still do not specify the first market, fleet size or U.S. vehicle mix.
The EV maker also estimates its U.S. operations increased first-half operating and net loss by about $211 million each, while warning further restructuring adjustments are expected.
Updated Sept. 2: JLR now lists a $138,000 U.S. base MSRP; Range Rover’s current pricing disclaimer separately lists $2,450 destination and handling for Range Rover.
The three named IONIQ rows totaled 4,435, down from 9,836 a year earlier, but they were almost unchanged from July; Hyundai says the prior-year comparison was affected by EV pull-ahead and Labor Day timing.
The disclosure does not establish current BYD-Stellantis negotiations; separately, Unifor says Stellantis told it on Aug. 12 that it intended to discuss a potential plant sale with another, still-unidentified firm.
Transport Canada reports a 27:1 national ratio using those dated snapshots. Its separate Q1 market-share table says 11.7%, while Statistics Canada’s own Q1 survey reports 10.8%.
The Aug. 24 draw is Lucid’s third from the facility this year. Because Lucid counts unused credit as a liquidity source, the borrowing should not simply be added to the $3.0 billion total-liquidity figure it reported for June 30.
Shawn Mirabal and Angela Zepeda will report to customer chief Billy Hayes, while Mike Molino reports to CFO Alexander De Bock. The appointments follow Lucid’s July leadership restructure and August operational reset, but Lucid has not said Molino replaces former principal accounting officer Gagan Dhingra.
Einride’s Aug. 18 announcement said the phased rollout starts in September; CEO Roozbeh Charli now says the remainder is targeted by the end of 2027, but ‘deployed’ does not by itself prove Tesla delivery or active customer operation.
The quarter is calculated from BYD’s filed H1 and Q1 numbers; the H1 filing also shows PRC automotive-and-related revenue down 33.6%, while BYD says overseas NEV growth helped lift group gross margin to 18.85%.
Across three July days, TÜV recorded 4.23–4.75 kWh on the high-voltage line with ±1.3% measurement uncertainty; Aptera converted those values to 42–47 miles using its still-targeted 100 Wh/mile efficiency.
Dave Carroll takes over Aug. 31 after ENGIE had already announced his departure; Ford’s Q2 filing reports the BESS business inside Model e and says about $1 billion of incremental investment supports Ford Energy and the Universal EV platform together.
What became official today is the nameplate, Alabama assembly and an H1 2027 arrival window; Hyundai’s current release still does not publish an EPA-rated range, battery size or EV-only range.
BYD Canada’s Aug. 3 terms lay out an approved-dealer model, while current job postings cover dealer recruitment, dealership construction coordination and product launches.
The detailed Volvo authorization terms are not public, Polestar chose not to appeal its June denial, and the Polestar 3/EX90 overlap does not prove the two regulatory applications were equivalent.