Monday Morning Auto News, Feb 03, 2025. Tesla Sales Plunge 63% in France. Tariffs make EU, JP auto stocks tumble, could decimate U.S. auto industry. More.

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Friday Morning Auto News, Jan 31, 2025: Honda, Nissan to reveal merger outline in Feb. Burning Tesla prevents driver rescue. Musk goes after GSA. More.

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Thursday Morning Auto News, Jan 30, 2025: Russian Oligarch Held Stake in Musk’s SpaceX. Tesla commits to cheaper cars (again). Renault shoots for range record. Tesla’s awful numbers. More.

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Again, world’s biggest battery skeptic is World’s Largest Automaker 2024

The final 2024 sales data are in, and – to no surprise to all who follow this page throughout the year – the ranking again is #1 Toyota Group, #2 Volkswagen Group, and #3 Hyundai Group.

One more time, we witness the failure of breathless predictions that global OEMs will be disrupted and turned into ruins by battery-powered upstarts. Sure, global sales were down by a smidgen, but so were worldwide deliveries of the alleged disruptor Tesla. Keep in mind that we are comparing with a post-COVID 2023 that saw a solid bump after supply chains became unchained, and workers started to work again. Notably, world’s greatest battery skeptic Toyota once more is also world’s largest automaker. And by the way, hybrids favored by Toyota are selling like hotcakes. Meanwhile, global OEMs have demonstrated that they can crank out BEVs as easily as gassers.

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Wednesday Morning Auto News, Jan 29, 2025: Volkswagen considers US production sites as Chinese lay eyes on VW’s disused German plants. VW cancels ID7 for NA. More.

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