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US clean-energy investments hit a record $75 billion in the third quarter of 2025, driven almost entirely by consumers scrambling to buy electric vehicles before federal tax credits expired on September 30, according to new data from Rhodium Group and MIT. But the headline number conceals a brutal truth: EV manufacturing investments collapsed 30% compared…
Ford’s UK managing director is pushing back against proposed electric vehicle taxation just weeks after the U.S. federal tax credit expiration triggered the exact market collapse she’s warning about—exposing how legacy automakers built EV strategies dependent on perpetual government subsidies rather than genuine competitiveness. Lisa Brankin, Ford UK’s chair and managing director, told the BBC’s…
The Detroit News reports that two years after promising an electric vehicle manufacturing revolution, America’s Battery Belt has collapsed into a landscape of stalled construction sites, mass layoffs, and desperate pivots to non-EV products. Despite $28 billion in taxpayer subsidies, the grand vision of Midwest EV dominance is crumbling just six weeks after federal tax…
Ford Motor Company declined to provide any timeline for restarting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, fueling speculation that the automaker may permanently discontinue its flagship EV amid mounting losses and weakening demand following the September 30 federal tax credit expiration. The non-answer arrives days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Ford…
Ford Motor Company executives are actively discussing whether to permanently discontinue the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, according to a Wall Street Journal report published November 6, 2025. The deliberations mark a dramatic reversal for a vehicle Ford once compared to Henry Ford’s Model T and position the Lightning as potentially the first major casualty…
U.S. motor vehicle sales plummeted in October 2025 as the elimination of federal EV tax credits sent electric vehicle demand into freefall and broader economic uncertainty kept car shoppers away from dealerships. The data reveals the immediate aftermath of one of the most significant policy shifts in American automotive history. Light vehicle sales decreased 6.5%…
The European Commission will announce a new regulatory category for affordable small electric vehicles in December, aiming to enable manufacturers to produce EVs priced between €15,000 and €20,000 ($16,000-$21,000) as Chinese competitors continue gaining market share with lower-cost models. European Commissioner for Industry Stephane Sejourne confirmed the timeline during the Automotive Industry D
Ford CEO Jim Farley has escalated his warnings about Chinese automotive dominance to existential levels, declaring that China’s manufacturing capacity could single-handedly destroy the entire North American auto industry. In a stark CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired October 26, Farley compared the Chinese threat to 1980s Japan “on steroids”—his most alarming public assessment yet…
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