Seems like a delayed reaction to focus on hybrids. By the time the full lineup arrives, people will be switching to BEVs already.

You say the SLOW DOWN IN E.V. DEMAND there is NO slow down in demand !!! What are you talking about ???? Look at the latest sales figures!!! Demand is up almost everywhere !!!!!!!

I find it interesting how Autoline uses the legacy auto phrase lag of EV demand, when the best selling car in the world is an EV. What do you think will happen when Tesla introduces a $25K EV or if the Chinese was allowed to import their EVs, I would think the demand would increase dramatically. My suggestion to a better description of the state of affairs for EV's is "There is a lack of price competitive EV's in many segments".

Just excuses for their poor planning. These legacy vehicle makers are suddenly realizing that all their battery efforts become obsolete even before they go into production. The technology is moving too quickly and they can't keep up. Production facilities are not research facilities. This equation will change once battery technologies settle down, maybe in a decade or so, but in the mean time car makers really just have to buy the Chinese cells and convince governments that tariffs are counter-productive at the current juncture. -Matt

The Tesla Vaporware........I mean the "They cant build that!".......I mean "it will be a flop!" Is now the best selling EV pickup in the US.

The OEMs are foolishly playing China's chess game. 😂

News: Apparently the Cybertruck is now the number 1 best selling EV truck in the US market, surpassing Ford at number 2 and Rivian at number 3. Not bad for a product that just barely came out this year and is just starting to escalate its production line to go beyond the current "founder's edition" trims.

Lucid needs to make a cheaper base model of their Air, since they could make an $250k model version they could cut some of the spec model down to $10 grand so it'll be price around $59k. My suggestion, smaller battery, manual seat adjustment, manual charger port, no sliding screen, smaller wheels maybe, and some other I'm pretty sure they know they could cut to bring down the price.

What did they think will happen when they invested in obsolete NMC capacity after LFPs already won. Even current LFPs are getting replaced by 2nd gen Blade and CATL Shenxing. Chinese technological dominance is absolute here.

Pure Michigan

Since bikes sold new in India still use carburetors, why not just install a tri-fuel carb on that bike, so it can run on propane as well with just the flick of a small lever on the metering control?😕

Is it wrong that I'm excited to hear the Capri is coming back? Inwas always anfan of rhe styling.

I see another Theranos in the making. The version solid state battery 😂

You failed to mention that Mazda's hybrid is Toyota's HSD!

Hyundai Accused Of Faking EV Sales Data In Dealer Lawsuit According to the lawsuit, the alleged scheme involved Hyundai dealers coding loaner cars as sold vehicles

BYD sneaking in through Turkey is a clever move. BYD is also looking into Mexico. They will eventually be competing duty free in Europe and Central/South America. Eventually the incumbents will have to face them. A CNG motorcycle is amazing. Half the fuel cost will be very welcome in many urban environments, where fuel costs can be $8/gallon... cutting that in half is a blessing, and the option of gasoline in a pinch is a very clever trick, because CNG fill ups are not always around. I was in Egypt, and they had plenty of CNG pumps.

The Ford, VW, Rivian partnership looks like they are on the right track.

Mazda CX50 is severely overpriced.

China seems just unstoppable with evolving battery tech because they have been pouring massive efforts into developing engineers and college graduates that are directly involved in the battery and EV revolution. Meanwhile, in places like Texas they were building $100 million high school football stadiums. It’s called priorities. Some places choose wisely. Other have chosen poorly.

Imagine reporting on lucid's "increased" sales without mentioning a decrease in USA sales and an increase in Saudi Arabian sales. SA owns Lucid.

Lucid needs make sure the Gravity and Ocean (if they can secure the rights to that name) are good to go out of the gate, since it's SUVs and CUVs which sell.

Great job as always my go to unbiased automotive site the Highlander😊

0:09 "Battery compacity"? Please don't tell me that what we saw in the debate is contagious!😂

so I guess we arent feeling the Afeela much any more.....

Natrion is the automotive equivalent of Theranos.

Tesla didn’t want to open a factory in Turkey and BYD will take the missed opportunity

Stellantis have been making very mild hybrid vehicles for a few years. It's getting to the stage where only Hybrids and Electric vehicles will be available for sale globally in roughly ten years into the future which is no surprise. Even though Lithium-ion batteries are getting better the change to Solid-State batteries is definitely needed. My opinion is Hydrogen is not a suitable fuel for trucks and cars especially after watching a Toyota refueling in California but has a role in many other applications. People do realise that if a RAV4 Hybrid can do 700 miles on a tank of E10 fuel then how much further would a diesel Hybrid travel? We all understand that the percentage of power produced by fossil fuels in the USA is still in excess of 50% which makes the push for net Zero seem like a joke at the present time. 😎🇦🇺

Hybrids are an inelegant solution to no problem.

The new Capri pictures already leaked, it's hideous.

Mercedes knows it cant make Batteries cheaper than the Chinese, same with Northvolt. CATL and BYD are the world's biggest automotive battery makers ,they dwarf the others by far.

*BYD* = Burn Your Dollars

TSLA@$263 today, on to $270+ before August? , then beyond after?😂LOL

IMO, hybrid is the worst of both worlds.

Your delivery comes accross as a disdain for EVs. Legacy autos are going down a rabbit hole with hybrids. They are ICE with a slightly more efficeint engine. When the new model Y comes out. Hold on. Sales are going to be huge. Legacy decisions will cripple them.

Since you're on the inside with auto makers, you might tell them the majority of prospective buyers realize that a Hybrid is an ICE car with a tiny battery. Two propulsion systems, oil changes and twice as many thing that can break or need service. JUST A BAD IDEA !

Awaiting Chinese $20,000 Eve in North America via Mexico, who is on board with that?

Tesla stock has risen at an unsustainable rate over the last week which is suspicious to say the least as their is nothing to support such a dramatic increase in such a short time. Sales continue to slow market share is shrinking, profits are down and there are no new models on the horizon yet the stock goes up?

It just makes common sense not to over invest in the current battery tech given the amount of cells required and overall weight. It's too bad humans just don't seem to take the long road into account but instead try short term gains at the cost of efficiency and conservation. Until the batteries get smaller and lighter weight then the whole EV market is just upside down. How does it make any sense at all to increase the weight of a low energy density platform? Again you'd have to reduce drag and weight if the energy density just isn't there but instead we are adding tons of extra weight per each battery pack etc. Some will argue we have to start somewhere but the lithium ion battery was never the right choice.

Mercedes should hold off EVs until they can make one that isn’t hard to look at.

And that is why Mazda will be out of business real soon. Those jackasses never learn.

These companies are going extinct.

Now MB wants to make batteries? I’m sorry, but I have as much faith in that as I do a gardener turned brain surgeon. Regardless of price, it will be an inferior product. Rather than jumping on every bandwagon that passes by, I think Mercedes (and the German auto industry as a whole) should take a page out of Toyota’s playbook: stay the course, remain focused on, and just keep advancing what they do best - bending metal and mechanical engineering. Leave the software development, electrical engineering, and battery chemistry, to the Americans and the Chinese. They have the experience, they have the data, they have the assets, the funding, the support, and they have the capacity to supply the entire world’s demand; there’s little doubt they do it best. So just collaborate, partner, and trade with them for what you need, but don’t try to be them… that will never work.

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GTA Grand theft EV auto. $ billions invested and gone

Anything Turkey needs to stop!

And so it begins. Mercedes is backing off on batteries so they can take advantage of the glut of batteries on the market. Meanwhile it is lagging in getting its own battery production up and running. Mercedes is making the wrong decisions in order to maximize profit in the short term. Soon they will be caught with their pants down when the battery market tightens up again as China makes more and more EVs for export. Mercedes needs to go all EV as petrol stations are closing through lack of demand throughout much of the EU. In three years it will be more difficult to find petrol and the price will have sky rocketed as refineries will stop making it or will raise their prices considerably to make their margins. Rinse and Repeat. Soon Mercedes will realize that they must go all EV but won't be able to get enough batteries because of their short sighted decisions today.

Gas cars are never going away...

Mercedes powertrain is so YESTERDAY , when wil it get its Nokia moment?

Mercedes is no different than other legacy carmakers - they designed a whole slew of EVs that were ugly and no one wanted them. Buyers of expensive luxury cars want them to look cool, exciting and fancy and none of the Merc EVs achieved that - so the rich folk didn't buy them. Same as the Ford and Chevy pickups - too expensive and not much value compared to exisiting models. Make cars people want to buy and then maybe you can use all that battery manufacturing capacity. Oh is anyone surprised that status seeking rich people don't care about producing less carbon in their lives?

BYD is making a fundamental mistake investing in Turkey.

Lucid is a living dead

No mention of Tesla? Fanboys will be so disappointed, they need their daily dose of vaporware

Boycott all USA based brands

CATL is killing every other battery maker. That's the reality.