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BYD SHOWS NEW TANG CABIN BEFORE SHENZHEN DEBUT https://evne.ws/4b83avd

HUAWEI AND SAIC UNVEIL Z7 AND Z7T https://evne.ws/4rVPdrx

SAIC VOLKSWAGEN STARTS EA211 RANGE EXTENDER PRODUCTION https://evne.ws/4l7XpSO

LI AUTO TROLLS VW AS RANGE EXTENDER LAUNCHES https://evne.ws/3MYLx9c

GAC HYPTEC A800 LAUNCHES WITH 598 HP FLAGSHIP https://evne.ws/3MNUKkF

HIMA UPGRADES MAEXTRO S800 AND AITO M9 https://evne.ws/4uacHut

CHINA’S EV CHARGING BOOM SHIFTS HOME https://evne.ws/3ONUW3X

CANADA OPENS SMALL QUOTA FOR CHINESE EVS https://evne.ws/40MOYTw

HONDA TO EXPORT CHINA-BUILT E:NS2 TO JAPAN https://evne.ws/47cTqyy

LOTUS REVEALS FOR ME CABIN, SETS 2026 LAUNCH https://evne.ws/4sbrTWZ

In November 2021, the Belgian parliament passed a tax reform that most Europeans never heard about. It phased out depreciation write-offs for petrol and diesel company cars. By 2026, the deduction disappeared entirely — combustion-engine company cars became zero per cent tax-deductible. Battery-electric vehicles stayed at 100 per cent.
The market responded without hesitation.
Corporate electric vehicle uptake surged — climbing 13 to 15 percentage points per year. By 2025, Belgium's fleet zero-emission vehicle share hit 54.2 per cent. In 2021, it was 8.8 per cent. Over the same period, Germany — Europe's industrial heavyweight — crept to 19.1 per cent.
Belgium proved something simple: change the tax, change the market. Fast.
Those precedent matters because in December 2025, the European Commission unveiled a regulation that could remake how Europeans buy, drive and eventually inherit their cars.
The Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation (CCVR) — part of the wider Automotive Package — sets out to electrify corporate fleets, the single largest slice of Europe's new car market. The strategy is elegant: turn company cars into a conveyor belt that pushes affordable electric vehicles into the hands of ordinary drivers within a few years.
If Europe wants to change what people drive, it should start with the cars that businesses buy in bulk, run hard and swap out quickly so the rest of us can buy them second hand.
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The Commission agrees with that much. Its proposal for a Clean Corporate Vehicles Regulation, tucked into the EU’s automotive package, aims to push corporate fleets towards zero and low emission vehicles from 2030.
Transport & Environment, the clean transport group that spends its days reading the small print, has now read it. It likes the premise. But it does not like the numbers.

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VOLVO ADDS CAPACITY TO BUILD EX60 https://evne.ws/4bm6X9s

VOLVO PUSHES NEW UX TO 2.5 MILLION CARS https://evne.ws/4711jr1

CUPRA RAVAL SPIED UNCOVERED AHEAD OF MARCH 2026 REVEAL https://evne.ws/4baSYlP

DENMARK HITS 81.6% BEV SHARE IN FEBRUARY https://evne.ws/408faIb

2026 WORLD CAR AWARDS SHORTLISTS TILT ELECTRIC https://evne.ws/4aRjthc

2027 BMW IX4 SET FOR X4 REPLACEMENT https://evne.ws/4bpmZiM

BARCELONA TO PAY €600 FOR ELECTRIC MOPED SWAPS https://evne.ws/4ba0mhe

ENBW SIGNS MULTI-YEAR XCHARGE DEAL FOR HYPERNET https://evne.ws/4cXlCJu

STELLANTIS SETS 2026 SPAIN BUILD FOR LEAPMOTOR B10 https://evne.ws/3OYSK9K

THATCHAM TARGETS EV WRITE-OFFS WITH REPAIR BLUEPRINT https://evne.ws/40LvazS

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VOLVO ADDS CAPACITY TO BUILD EX60  
Volvo will extend production at its Torslanda plant to meet surging demand for the all-electric EX60 SUV, which has seen strong early orders across Europe. German wait times now stretch up to 17 months, prompting Volvo to negotiate shorter summer breaks with unions, mirroring BMW’s own ramp-up for the iX3. 
VOLVO PUSHES NEW UX TO 2.5 MILLION CARS  
Volvo is rolling out a major over‑the‑air update to around 2.5 million vehicles, bringing its latest infotainment system from the EX30, EX90 and EX60 models to cars as old as 2020. The update ushers in a unified user interface and, later this spring, a switch from Google Assistant to the more conversational Google Gemini AI. 
CUPRA RAVAL SPIED UNCOVERED AHEAD OF MARCH 2026 REVEAL  
Cupra’s upcoming Raval — its most affordable EV yet — has been spotted fully uncovered during Scandinavian winter testing. Riding on the new MEB+ platform with two battery options, it launches mid‑2026 from around £23,000 to rival the Renault 5 and Peugeot e‑208 in the urban EV segment.  
DENMARK HITS 81.6% BEV SHARE IN FEBRUARY  
Battery‑electric vehicles made up 81.6% of Denmark’s new car sales in February, surging to 94.4% among private buyers. The shift reflects strong government incentives and rapid public adoption as EVs become the mainstream choice in the Danish market.  
2026 WORLD CAR AWARDS SHORTLISTS TILT ELECTRIC  
Electric models dominate the 2026 World Car Awards shortlist, with the BMW iX3, Nissan Leaf and Mercedes‑Benz CLA leading major categories. Luxury and performance finalists like the Lucid Gravity and Hyundai Ioniq 6 N further show how EVs now span every segment from affordable urban cars to high‑end models.  
2027 BMW IX4 SET FOR X4 REPLACEMENT  
BMW’s 2027 iX4 coupe SUV is testing in Sweden, set to replace the X4 with two all‑wheel‑drive variants and a 108 kWh battery offering up to 800 km WLTP range. It adopts BMW’s latest design language and a minimalist cabin similar to the iX3, with a large central screen and refreshed controls.  
BARCELONA TO PAY €600 FOR ELECTRIC MOPED SWAPS  
Barcelona will grant residents €600 to trade in petrol mopeds for new electric ones starting March 2026, covering up to 40% of the purchase price. With €15 million in funding through 2030, the scheme could replace around 24,000 mopeds and is open on a first‑come, first‑served basis.  
ENBW SIGNS MULTI-YEAR XCHARGE DEAL FOR HYPERNET  
German utility EnBW has sealed a multi‑year deal with XCharge to supply 400 kW DC fast chargers for its HyperNet network after successful trials. The high‑power C7 units, supporting dual CCS connectors and liquid‑cooled cables, will serve high‑throughput highway and hub charging locations.  
STELLANTIS SETS 2026 SPAIN BUILD FOR LEAPMOTOR B10  
Stellantis will start producing the Leapmotor B10 electric SUV in Spain in late 2026, marking the brand’s European manufacturing debut. The €29,990 model anchors Leapmotor’s expansion through Stellantis’s joint venture, which now runs over 800 European sales points and continues rapid growth.  
THATCHAM TARGETS EV WRITE-OFFS WITH REPAIR BLUEPRINT  
Thatcham Research has launched an EV Blueprint to stop repairable electric cars being written off after minor crashes by improving safety, diagnostics and battery repair standards. The plan calls for modular, serviceable battery designs, open diagnostic tools, and replaceable safety components to cut repair costs and extend EV lifespan.

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RENAULT CHIEF ATTACKS “FAKE” PHEVS, EYES RANGE EXTENDERS https://evne.ws/47mn04F

NORWAY’S EV SHARE RECOVERS AND HITS 98% https://evne.ws/4bhtPqF

NORWAY PASSES ONE MILLION BATTERY-ELECTRIC VEHICLES https://evne.ws/4rcnKQV

EV UPTAKE SPREADS BEYOND WEALTHIER EARLY ADOPTERS https://evne.ws/4b7EfrP

QUANTUMSCAPE UNVEILS PRODUCTION LINE IN CALIFORNIA https://evne.ws/4clEcuA

KIA UK SETS EV2 FIRST DRIVE WEEKENDS https://evne.ws/3OL6JQE

BMW TEASES FOUR-MOTOR ELECTRIC M3 AT NÜRBURGRING https://evne.ws/4rbwFlM

ROYAL ENFIELD SETS 2026–2027 EV AND ICE PUSH https://evne.ws/4sm0ocC

NEXT POLESTAR WILL BE SPORTIER AND ON CHINESE PLATFORM https://evne.ws/4aWi213

ITALY LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL ELECTRIC PORSCHE CLUB https://evne.ws/4s6OEvb

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RENAULT CHIEF ATTACKS "FAKE" PHEVS, EYES RANGE EXTENDERS
Renault CEO François Provost has condemned short-range plug-in hybrids from German and Chinese manufacturers as "fake PHEVs" that discourage regular charging and undermine consumer and regulatory confidence in electrified vehicles. Renault is exploring range-extender EV (EREV) technology for its next-generation electric platform — underpinning models like the Scenic successor — where a combustion engine acts only as a generator for trips up to 1,000km, and Provost is pushing for EREVs to be explicitly permitted for sale in the EU and UK beyond the 2035 all-BEV mandate.
NORWAY'S EV SHARE RECOVERS AND HITS 98%
Norway registered 7,272 new passenger cars in February 2026, with BEVs accounting for 7,127 of them — a 98.01% market share — as the market began to stabilise after a turbulent end to 2025 driven by expiring VAT exemptions. OFV Director Geir Inge Stokke compared the post-surge normalisation to the period following the 2022 VAT reform, with diesel, petrol PHEVs, hybrids, and pure petrol cars dividing up the remaining 2% between them. 
NORWAY PASSES ONE MILLION BATTERY-ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Norway's battery-electric passenger car fleet has crossed one million, with 951,300 BEV passenger cars and 50,300 BEV light commercial vehicles (LCVs) on the road, representing 32.4% of all passenger cars in the country's 2.94 million-strong fleet. Oslo leads with a 48.9% BEV share in its passenger car fleet and is expected to crack 50% before summer, while rural Finnmark trails at 12.2%, and the Norwegian EV Association's Christina Bu says the LCV transition — currently at just 9.7% — urgently needs to accelerate.
UPTAKE SPREADS BEYOND WEALTHIER EARLY ADOPTERS
Research from charging firm char.gy and think tank New Automotive shows that EV adoption in England, once closely tied to wealth as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation, has spread significantly into poorer areas by Q3 2024–2025, with growth rates converging across most neighbourhoods. Used BEV transactions surged 45.7% in 2025 to a record 274,815 units, lifting used BEV market share to 3.5%, and with more than two million plug-in vehicles now on UK roads, the main remaining challenge is delivering reliable, affordable on-street charging in the most disadvantaged communities. 
QUANTUMSCAPE UNVEILS PRODUCTION LINE IN CALIFORNIA
QuantumScape officially inaugurated its Eagle Line — a highly automated solid-state battery pilot production facility in San Jose, California — on February 4, 2026, designed not for mass production by QuantumScape itself but as a scalable blueprint that licensing partners, including Volkswagen (which has invested over $300 million), can replicate at gigawatt-hour scale in their own plants. With roughly $850 million in liquidity but a history of burning over $100 million annually and Volkswagen having scaled back its involvement in 2023 after missed timelines, QuantumScape's strategy pivot toward licensing means the next 18–24 months are critical for securing a major customer agreement.
KIA UK SETS EV2 FIRST DRIVE WEEKENDS
Kia UK will run First Drive Weekend events for the EV2 across nearly all 190 UK dealers from April 16 to June 27, 2026, offering structured 30-minute accompanied drives ahead of first deliveries expected later in the year. The EV2 is a compact SUV just over four metres long built on the 400V E-GMP platform, supporting 10%–80% DC rapid charging in around 30 minutes, with two battery options (42.2kWh and 61.0kWh) and an expected starting price of around £25,000 — potentially undercutting rivals like the Renault 5 and Ford Puma Gen-E after the UK's £3,750 plug-in vehicle grant.
BMW TEASES FOUR-MOTOR ELECTRIC M3 AT NÜRBURGRING
BMW M has released camouflaged footage of the electric M3 prototype — codenamed ZA0 — lapping the Nürburgring, featuring a unique four-motor all-wheel-drive setup with a front-motor decoupling mode for rear-wheel-drive capability that doesn't appear on any other Neue Klasse model. The ZA0 uses a bespoke battery pack with more than 100 kWh of net energy capacity not shared with regular i3 variants, with production targeted for March 2027 — well after the standard i3 sedan, which entered pre-series production at BMW's Munich plant in February 2026.
ROYAL ENFIELD SETS 2026–2027 EV AND ICE PUSH
Royal Enfield is launching its first electric motorcycles under a new sub-brand called Flying Flea, starting with the minimalist urban C6 in 2026 and followed by the scrambler-inspired S6 in 2027, both sharing a common battery architecture that signals a modular platform approach. The brand is also developing an electrified Himalayan adventure bike, pushing its EV ambitions beyond city commuting into a segment that demands tougher performance credentials around weight, range, and durability. 
NEXT POLESTAR WILL BE SPORTIER AND ON CHINESE PLATFORM
Polestar will replace the Polestar 2 in 2027 with a lower, sportier saloon that will be meaningfully longer than today's 4.6-metre car — potentially rivalling the BMW 3 Series — with UK pricing expected to start just below £50,000. The new model shifts to a Geely Holdings group-wide platform shared with Volvo, Lotus, Lynk&Co, and Zeekr, developed at "China speed" in a 30-month cycle versus the typical five-to-seven-year European timeline, with software-defined vehicle capability and advanced central computing at its core.
ITALY LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL ELECTRIC PORSCHE CLUB
Registro Italiano E-motion has become the world's first Porsche club built exclusively around battery-electric vehicles, earning official recognition from Porsche after beginning life as a pandemic-era chat group for Italian Taycan owners in 2021. The club's inaugural tour brought together 131 participants and 73 vehicles — a mix of 42 Taycans and 31 Macan Electrics, including two Taycan Turbo GT Weissach models — on a multi-day Alpine drive from Porsche Experience Center Franciacorta in northern Italy to the Hans Peter Porsche Traumwerk museum near Salzburg, Austria.

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XPENG CUTS X9 PRICE AS VLA 2.0 NEARS https://evne.ws/4b0ZUBP

XPENG CUTS X9 PRICE 14% AFTER DELIVERY SLUMP https://evne.ws/4b0ZUBP

GOTION FINISHES DESIGN FOR 2 GWH SOLID-STATE LINE https://evne.ws/47519yE

NIO EXTENDS SEVEN-YEAR FINANCE DEAL TO END-MARCH https://evne.ws/3OYPo6F

GLOBAL NEV SALES SLIP AS SUBSIDIES FADE https://evne.ws/3OLgqhV

MERZ TAKES GERMAN CAR BOSSES TO BEIJING https://evne.ws/4cXY9I6

BYD SETS 5 MARCH “DISRUPTIVE” TECH LAUNCH https://evne.ws/403o49M

ROX MOTOR FEBRUARY DELIVERIES HIT 1,298 https://evne.ws/4sq3BYU

SAIC-GM UNVEILS BUICK ELECTRA ENCACA BEV FOR CHINA https://evne.ws/4rSeqD6

SHENZHEN LAUNCHES BONUSES FOR EV SCRAPPAGE AND TRADE-INS https://evne.ws/4razYtE

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BMW USA SHOP LEAK POINTS TO 2027 LINEUP https://evne.ws/4081MUf

TESLA BERLIN RUNS HALF FULL AS UNION ROW SIMMERS https://evne.ws/4d4gL9g

T&E: LOCAL BATTERIES COULD CUT COST GAP https://evne.ws/3Na5t94

TRIBUNAL BACKS 5% VAT ON SOME PUBLIC CHARGING https://evne.ws/4bl4PPi

SKODA OPENS €205M CTP BATTERY PLANT IN CZECHIA https://evne.ws/3N2pBK9

MG CLOSES IN ON EUROPEAN FACTORY PLAN https://evne.ws/4slQRCu

CITROËN UPDATES C5 AIRCROSS PHEV FOR EURO 7 https://evne.ws/4u7vBC3

CANADIAN TRIAL PEGS ELECTRIC SEMI SAVINGS AT $157,126 https://evne.ws/4rMIKiv

DENZA D9 ELECTRIC MPV ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA https://evne.ws/46yDNRY

CHINESE CAR BRANDS SPLIT US BUYERS https://evne.ws/4aMajm3

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BMW USA SHOP LEAK POINTS TO 2027 LINEUP
A leak on BMW USA's online shop revealed two fully electric i3 sedan variants — the i3 40 xDrive and i3 50 xDrive — confirmed for the US in 2027, sharing the Neue Klasse platform with the iX3 and featuring Gen6 batteries, 800-volt hardware, and an iDrive X interior. The 2027 lineup also adds a first-ever iX4 coupe-SUV in two variants, an iX3 in three configurations launching in North America this summer, an electric iX5, and an i3 M60 alongside a full electric M3 positioned as the spiritual successor to today's M3 Competition.
TESLA BERLIN RUNS HALF FULL AS UNION ROW SIMMERS
Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin produced 211,235 vehicles in 2024 against a stated annual capacity of 375,000 — a 56% utilisation rate — and output has since declined further, with the factory now reportedly running at around 40% capacity and BYD outselling Tesla in Europe in January 2026. Labour tensions are deepening ahead of works council elections, with IG Metall pursuing collective wage agreements similar to those at Volkswagen and BMW, while Tesla filed a criminal complaint against a union member and Elon Musk warned that "outside organisations" could hinder the site's ambition to become Europe's largest factory complex.
T&E: LOCAL BATTERIES COULD CUT COST GAP
A Transport & Environment report argues the EU can shrink the cost gap between domestically made and Chinese batteries from 90% to around 30% through scaled-up local production, with higher automation and lower scrap rates potentially cutting the gap to $14 per kWh by 2030 — equivalent to roughly €500 on an average EV. The findings align with the EU's forthcoming Industrial Accelerator Act, which targets ~70% local content thresholds for publicly supported EVs, though some carmakers warn this risks making batteries prohibitively expensive while T&E's Julia Poliscanova calls it "a sovereignty premium worth paying," particularly given China's export restrictions on critical minerals.
TRIBUNAL BACKS 5% VAT ON SOME PUBLIC CHARGING
A UK tax tribunal has ruled against HMRC in a case brought by community charging operator Charge My Street, finding that a de-minimis clause in the VAT Act 1994 — capping "domestic" supplies at 1,000 kWh per month per customer — can qualify most neighbourhood charge points for the 5% reduced VAT rate rather than the 20% rate currently applied to public charging. The ruling is significant for drivers without off-street parking, though it also raises commercial complications, as many charge point operators have multi-year contracts priced on 20% VAT, and it opens the door to networks gaming the threshold by splitting sites or charger banks into separate "premises".
ŠKODA OPENS €205M CTP BATTERY PLANT IN CZECHIA
Škoda has opened a €205 million (~$216M), 55,000 m² battery production facility at Mladá Boleslav, making it the Volkswagen Group's largest BEV battery system site and the first VW Group plant in Europe to manufacture cell-to-pack (CTP) systems at scale. The line produces over 1,100 battery systems per day — targeting up to 335,000 annually — and Škoda's switch to LFP cells has cut battery production costs by 30% compared to its previous MEB systems.
MG CLOSES IN ON EUROPEAN FACTORY PLAN
MG has narrowed its European factory search to five countries, aiming to begin production by 2027 to circumvent the EU's 45% tariff on Chinese-built BEVs — a levy that caused MG's European BEV sales to fall 33% to 48,479 units last year, even as overall European sales rose 26% to 307,282 units in 2025. MG Europe head William Wang declared "it's time to build local," positioning the brand as a European marque rather than a Chinese import, as rivals BYD, Chery, and Leapmotor also race to establish European manufacturing footholds.
CITROËN UPDATES C5 AIRCROSS PHEV FOR EURO 7
Citroën has refreshed the C5 Aircross plug-in hybrid with a new 21.5 kWh battery (17.8 kWh usable), delivering up to 96 km (60 miles) of WLTP combined electric range — a 33% improvement over the outgoing model and ahead of rivals like the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 (69 km) and Ford Kuga PHEV (64 km). Priced in the €40–50k range, Citroën positions the updated C5 Aircross as one of the most tax-efficient family SUVs in the mainstream segment across EU markets while still targeting Euro 7 compliance.
CANADIAN TRIAL PEGS ELECTRIC SEMI SAVINGS AT $157,126
A real-world Canadian trial by FPInnovations' PIT Group and Transport Canada tracked two commercial fleets over 12 months and more than 200,000 km of Montreal-area operations, projecting savings of $157,126 per truck over six years — described as the most comprehensive dataset of its kind outside controlled demonstrations. The study compared the Freightliner eCascadia (BEV) directly against the diesel Cascadia and found that despite the electric truck's higher purchase price, higher-than-expected maintenance costs, and lower residual value, a six-year saving still emerged and may prove conservative.
DENZA D9 ELECTRIC MPV ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA
Denza has launched the D9 electric MPV in Australia from A$85,990, powered by a 103.3 kWh Blade Battery with 200 kW DC fast charging, 11 kW AC charging, and V2L capability across both variants, all built on BYD's e-Platform 3.0 with a cell-to-body battery structure. The seven-seat, three-row cabin targets the premium end of the people-mover segment with nappa leather, open-pore white ash wood trim, a 14-speaker Dynaudio sound system, adaptive suspension, and second-row captain's chairs offering over 900 mm of legroom, massage, and individual screens.
CHINESE CAR BRANDS SPLIT US BUYERS
A Cox Automotive survey of 802 prospective US car buyers found the country almost evenly divided — 38% would consider Chinese brands if available, 39% would not — with Gen Z showing notably higher openness at 69%. Chinese brands remain locked out of the US market by high tariffs and software regulations, but cost pressure is a key driver of interest, with 68% of open buyers expecting lower prices against an average new car price of $50,000, while BYD has already surpassed Tesla in European EV sales.

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CHINA EV REPORT MIXED RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY https://evne.ws/4014B9I

BYD TESTS 1,500 KW FLASH CHARGE NETWORK https://evne.ws/4rGzkF3

BYD SHOWS SEAL 07 EV AHEAD OF MARCH LAUNCH https://evne.ws/4cUBZ9x

DENZA Z9 GT SET FOR 1,036 KM CLAIM https://evne.ws/4b0rP4P

LEAPMOTOR’S STELLANTIS DEAL DRIVES EUROPEAN GROWTH https://evne.ws/3Pb93QP

SAIC-VW SHOWS ID. ERA 9X CABIN AHEAD OF 2026 https://evne.ws/4u41KdR

XIAOMI SPY SHOTS POINT TO TWO NEW SUVS https://evne.ws/4rO4RoO

CHINESE EVS FACE UK INSURANCE SURGE https://evne.ws/4b4l029