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The EV Market Was Pure Chaos In 2025. Here’s Who Won Out (And Who Lost Big)

It was a tough year for everyone. But a few companies ended up in much better positions than they started in.

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Man Sues Ex-Wife After Their Son Is Killed in Road Rage Shooting, Claims Her Middle-Finger Gesture Was Trigger

A father sues his ex-wife after their six-year-old son is killed in a California road rage shooting, claiming her gesture helped trigger the attack.

International Business Times UK

These Were America's 10 Favorite Non-Tesla Electric Cars In 2025

Tesla is still the undisputed leader of the American EV market. Electric cars from Ford, Chevy, Hyundai and Rivian are also selling well.

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Toyota Reigns Supreme: World’s Best-Selling Carmaker For The Sixth Straight Year

UPDATE: The final numbers are in. Toyota and its Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino subsidiaries sold a combined 11,322,575 units in 2025, a year-over-year increase of 4.6 percent.

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Surprise: This Was Germany's Best-Selling EV In 2025

It’s a Volkswagen, but it’s likely not the one you are thinking about, since it's the brand's most expensive offering.

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Kia EV1 set to be a new kind of city car

Exclusive: Kia designer promises the brand’s smallest new model will “get noticed”

The Independent UK

Mazda's Best SUV Is Still A Bargain For 2026

Even with a sharper design, a fresh coat of paint, and a host of new features for 2026, the Mazda CX-5 is still a bargain. Mazda’s compact SUV remains one of the most affordable options in the segment—even as an all-new generation hits the market this year.

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We Asked Every Automaker How Many Customers Went For Manuals In 2025

The manual is dying—at least, that’s what we’ve heard. The numbers, though, aren’t nearly as dire as you might think. While a handful of companies did ditch manual offerings in 2025, some of the ones that kept their old-school shifter alive actually saw sales increase compared to previous years.

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Driver cleared over five-year-old’s death after electric car ‘moved on its own’

Fareed Amir died following the incident on 25 November 2022

The Independent UK

What Do We Drive? Inside The Motor1 Staff Garage

In case you hadn’t heard, we here at Motor1 dot com like cars. We write about them, drive them, and frequently offer our unsolicited opinions about them. Of course, one of the biggest questions we always get is: "What do you actually drive?"

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Driver whose electric car 'accelerated on its own' cleared of killing boy, 5, in south London

Ashenafei Demissie, 53, who claimed a fault made his car move on its own has been cleared of causing death by careless driving

Evening Standard

The First Volkswagen With A Range-Extending Engine Is A Massive SUV

The missing piece of Volkswagen’s electrification puzzle is now in place, as the company is introducing its first EV with a range-extending gasoline engine. The ID. Era 9X hails from China via the local VW-SAIC joint venture and serves as a production-ready version of last year’s ID. Era concept.

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Police officer reached 93mph in fatal Bristol city centre car chase, court told

PC Matthew Pike is on trial charged with causing death of Dr Keryl Johnson by dangerous driving in 2021 incident

The Guardian - UK

The Hyundai Staria EV Does What The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Can’t

The futuristic electric minivan can drive up to 248 miles on a full charge. But that’s not the best part.

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The Independent UK

Electric vehicle ‘jumped’ forward and killed five-year-old boy, driver tells court

Ashenafei Demissie said the incident happened ‘within a second’ and denied pressing the accelerator pedal

GamesRadar

Need for Speed Unbound car list features over 140 vehicles

The Need for Speed Unbound car list includes Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, and a whole lot more

The Independent UK

Motorist’s electric vehicle that killed boy, 5, had ‘no faults’, court hears

Ashenafei Demisse’s vehicle suddenly moved forward and killed Fareed Amir and injured his own 12-year-old son Raphael

Evening Standard

First picture of boy, five, killed when electric car accelerated ‘on its own accord’ in London Bridge

Driver Ashenafei Demissie, 52, claims the parked Volkswagen ID.4 suddenly sped into Fareed Amir and his own son Raphael

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Porsche: 'We Were Wrong' About Axing An Important Gas Model

As of January 1, Oliver Blume is no longer Porsche’s CEO. The 57-year-old executive oversaw the Zuffenhausen brand for a decade before stepping aside to make way for former McLaren CEO Michael Leiters. Blume, who remains Volkswagen Group CEO, candidly admitted in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that discontinuing…

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The Ford Mustang Is Still America's Best-Selling Sports Car

Sports cars have never been big sellers. They serve a niche segment of the market willing to live with certain compromises in order to enjoy a specific driving experience. Still, fewer customers than are making that choice as sports car sales largely cratered last year—even as some models saw increases.

InsideEVs

Tesla Dominated The Used EV Market In 2025, But Its Lead Is Narrowing

Ford, Volkswagen and Hyundai gained ground in the used EV market. But Teslas are still the biggest sellers.

Evening Standard

Boy, 5, killed by electric car that accelerated ‘on its own accord’ at London Bridge, court hears

Driver Ashenafei Demissie, 52, claims the parked Volkswagen ID.4 suddenly sped into Fareed Amir and his own son Raphael

Motor1

Volkswagen Sticks to Its Promise and Brings Buttons Back

As with many other automakers, Volkswagen has taken plenty of flak for cramming most functions into touchscreens. However, Wolfsburg appears to be listening to customer feedback by bringing back dedicated controls for frequently used features. The ID. Polo leads the company’s push for an intuitive dashboard layout that doesn’t require…

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Not Just Buttons: Volkswagen's Latest EV Goes Retro With A 'Tape Deck'

Rejoice, aging millennials and Gen Z cassette enthusiasts: the new Volkswagen ID. Polo packs lots of salutes to 20th-century tech.

The Guardian - UK

Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests

London predicted to be the first UK city to go diesel-free, largely because of the ultra-low emission zone

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