Jetour's F700 hybrid pickup is reportedly coming to the UAE, with a claimed 150 km of electric range. Prices and official specs are not yet confirmed.
The Polestar 5 grand tourer is on sale in the UAE from AED 439,000, with up to 678 km of WLTP range and 350 kW charging. Deliveries are unconfirmed.
Saudi Arabia has recalled 2,888 Lucid Air EVs from the 2023 to 2026 model years over a lighting circuit fault. A free over-the-air update will fix it.
Ionity plans battery storage at around 50 charging parks in 2027, adding over 20 MWh. Its first site at Wertheim in Germany holds 1,028 kWh.
BYD's third-generation Qin Plus DM-i is on sale in China from 76,900 yuan, with a longer body and up to 220 km of CLTC electric range.
Chinese carmakers outsold Japanese brands in Europe over a full quarter for the first time, taking 12.7% of September sales against 11.9%.
Geely's Monjaro EM-i plug-in hybrid SUV is on sale in the UAE from AED 130,900, with a 29.8 kWh battery and up to 116 km of WLTP electric range.
The Lepas L8 plug-in hybrid is on sale in the UAE at AED 150,000 through Al Ghurair Mobility, with 342 hp and a claimed 90 km of electric range.
CATL has scaled its all-solid-state battery cells to 20 Ah samples ahead of small-batch production in 2027, with large-scale output targeted around 2030.
Electric cars on screen: Tesla has 1,371 IMCDb appearances, far ahead of BYD and Polestar, three years after Netflix's EV pledge.
UK households can now install cross-pavement EV chargers without planning permission, which the government says could save drivers up to £300.
The Dongfeng 008 six-seat range-extender SUV is on sale in the UAE at AED 139,900, with a claimed 200 km of electric range and 1,220 km in total.
GM says its fourth-generation EV platform will use LMR cells and could deliver about 20 per cent more range per kWh, though no models are named yet.
A VW battery recall covers about 72,700 ID.3, ID.4, ID.7, ID. Buzz and Cupra Born cars, with charging capped at 80 per cent until checks are done.
Australia's used EV market has grown fast: carsales now lists more than 11,000 electric cars, about 6,500 of them used or demonstrator models.
Online importer CEVM says sales of used Chinese EVs to EU buyers rose 280 per cent this year, as tariffs and a hybrid import cap hit new cars.
Two European Parliament committees backed a 95 per cent cut in place of the 100 per cent 2035 car CO2 target, plus low-carbon steel credits.
China's EV chargers sit closer to most homes than petrol stations, a study of 337 cities finds, but access is far less evenly spread than fuel.
The LEPAS AURA concept, the brand's first concept car, debuted in Wuhu on 22 October and previews the face and lighting of future LEPAS models.
The OMODA X crossover made its debut in China as OMODA & JAECOO passed 1.4 million global sales and set out a 5-kWh hybrid with vehicle-to-load.