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Tesla’s sales freefall in Europe continues. The American automaker’s sales declined by 40% in July, while BYD’s increased by 225%.

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) released automotive sales numbers for July today, and it confirmed that battery-electric vehicle sales rose 39.1%, exceeding the growth rate of ICE vehicles.

Generally, rising EV sales would be suitable for an EV leader like Tesla, but the American automaker’s sales remain in freefall in Europe.

Tesla was down 40% in July, and it is now down 37% year-to-date in Europe:

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Manufacturer July 2025 Share July 2025 Units July 2024 Units July Change % YTD 2025 Share YTD 2025 Units YTD 2024 Units YTD Change %
Volkswagen Group 28.2 306,543 274,659 11.6 26.8 2,118,545 2,044,448 3.6
Volkswagen 11.5 124,464 109,327 13.8 11.0 872,817 825,709 5.7
Skoda 7.1 77,591 59,442 30.5 6.2 490,531 440,832 11.3
Audi 4.9 52,971 59,147 -10.4 4.8 381,095 404,240 -5.7
Cupra 2.2 24,199 16,662 45.2 2.2 177,241 129,571 36.8
Seat 1.7 18,564 22,092 -16.3 1.6 132,209 172,059 -23.2
Porsche 0.7 7,801 6,413 21.8 0.7 57,777 64,826 -10.9
Others (VW) 0.1 952 766 24.3 0.1 5,984 5,450 9.8
Stellantis 13.9 151,391 153,071 -1.1 16.4 1,192,746 1,298,490 -8.1
Peugeot 4.4 48,027 49,291 -2.6 5.2 411,792 394,985 4.3
Opel/Vauxhall 3.3 36,279 35,337 2.7 3.1 241,385 267,479 -9.8
Citroen 2.4 26,333 26,298 0.1 2.7 216,659 249,824 -13.3
Fiat 2.1 21,321 23,862 -10.7 2.1 172,692 200,084 -13.6
Jeep 1.0 10,422 10,479 -0.5 1.0 82,692 81,231 1.7
Alfa Romeo 0.4 4,317 3,197 35.0 0.4 38,127 28,487 34.0
DS 0.2 1,416 1,506 -5.9 0.2 11,952 12,608 -5.2
Lancia/Chrysler 0.1 905 2,843 -68.2 0.2 7,401 9,263 -20.3
Others (Stellantis) 0.1 549 501 9.6 0.1 5,846 3,875 50.9
Renault Group 9.6 104,194 95,784 8.6 8.7 812,116 767,674 5.8
Renault 4.6 49,559 48,285 2.6 5.6 443,682 411,762 7.8
Dacia 5.0 53,495 47,468 12.7 4.6 362,839 353,155 2.7
Alpine 0.1 140 39 261.3 0.1 595 294 102.3
Hyundai Group 8.5 91,918 93,934 -2.3 8.2 631,027 658,162 -4.1
Hyundai 4.5 45,347 46,362 -2.2 4.2 316,492 329,627 -4.0
Kia 3.9 42,671 46,390 -7.0 4.0 314,535 328,944 -4.2
Toyota Group 7.0 77,475 80,390 -3.6 7.0 556,611 559,524 -0.5
Toyota 6.6 71,376 74,172 -3.8 6.7 510,094 557,039 -0.5
Lexus 0.4 6,099 4,218 44.6 0.3 46,517 24,885 86.9
BMW Group 7.7 83,279 74,602 11.6 7.2 569,338 542,167 5.0
BMW 6.3 66,775 63,725 4.0 6.0 474,149 426,159 11.3
Mini 1.4 15,404 10,897 41.4 1.2 95,189 80,122 19.0
Mercedes-Benz 4.9 53,458 53,447 0.0 4.9 388,876 387,780 0.3
Ford 3.3 35,210 31,730 11.0 3.3 260,342 236,071 10.3
Volvo Cars 2.3 25,030 30,044 -16.7 2.5 195,966 225,003 -13.3
Nissan 1.9 23,882 25,002 -4.8 1.8 187,969 198,459 -5.3
SAIC Motor 2.1 23,316 20,769 12.3 2.2 176,415 149,729 17.8
Suzuki 1.0 10,242 11,934 -14.2 1.1 106,860 112,857 -5.3
Tesla 0.8 8,837 14,769 -40.2 1.2 113,019 179,338 -37.0
Mazda 0.8 8,772 10,795 -18.7 0.9 91,175 101,475 -10.2
BYD 1.2 13,503 4,151 225.3 1.0 84,416 21,612 290.6
Jaguar Land Rover Group 1.0 9,828 12,010 -18.2 1.2 82,332 95,161 -13.4
Land Rover 0.7 9,821 10,240 -4.1 1.0 79,252 85,950 -7.8
Jaguar 0.3 7 1,770 -99.6 0.2 3,080 28,211 -89.1
Honda 0.6 6,024 6,068 -0.7 0.5 3,314 3,777 -12.3
Mitsubishi 0.3 3,327 4,224 -21.3 0.4 31,221 40,491 -23.6

Meanwhile, BYD was up 225% and outsold Tesla by a wide margin, with 13,503 units sold versus Tesla’s 8,837.

BYD has been selling passenger vehicles in Europe for less than 3 years, and it is now already surpassing Tesla on a monthly basis.

At this pace, the Chinese automaker could even potentially outsell Tesla in Europe for the whole year.

Electrek’s Take

BEV sales are up 40% and Tesla’s are down 40%. This is a red flag if I have ever seen one.

It’s shocking to me that Tesla allowed this to happen in such a crucial electric vehicle market.

If I understand correctly, Tesla is not addressing the issue at all because CEO Elon Musk believes the reason Tesla is not performing well in Europe is that “everyone else is doing poorly in Europe” and that Tesla can’t launch its Full Self-Driving system in the market.

One of those points is a complete fabrication, as the data above highlights, and the other is total speculation in my opinion.

I’d be surprised if Tesla’s FSD launch in Europe has a significant impact on demand.

Meanwhile, Tesla is allowing its sales to free-fall in one of the world’s largest automotive markets – acting like it doesn’t know the real reason demand is abysmal: Elon Musk.

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The Kandi 4P golf-cart is an NFL fan’s dream neighborhood cruiser

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Kandi has become fairly well known in the US for its electric golf carts and work-focused UTVs, but the company has teamed up with Lowe’s and the NFL on something more playful: the Kandi 4P electric golf cart. Sold through Lowe’s with official NFL team liveries, this four-seat neighborhood cruiser is aimed less at the fairway and more at cul-de-sacs, grocery runs, and game-day tailgates. I spent time with a Miami Dolphins–themed 4P in South Florida to see what it can really do.

Kandi 4P NFL-edition golf cart video review

Want to see it in action? Or want to see my family decked out in head-to-toe Miami Dolphins gear?

Check out our family testing video below!

Specs, power, and hardware

Despite the “golf cart” label, the Kandi 4P is built more like a small road-going NEV. Power comes from a 5 kW motor and a big 48V 150 Ah lithium iron phosphate battery (around 7.2 kWh), giving it plenty of grunt for neighborhood speeds of around 20 mph and a lot more range than you’d expect from something this size. In practical terms, it just sips energy; I did multiple days of errands and joyrides before even thinking about plugging it in.

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Charging is refreshingly straightforward. The cart uses a J1772 inlet, so you can plug into a normal 120V wall outlet with the included cord or use a typical home EV charger if you already have one. It’s overkill for a golf cart, but in a good way.

Underneath, you’ll find single wishbone suspension in the front, rack-and-pinion steering, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. There’s even a 2-inch receiver tow-hitch rated for 500 pounds of trailer weight and a mounting spot up front if you really want to bolt on a winch.

Features and practicality

Inside, the Kandi 4P feels more like a small EV than a basic cart. There’s a very large touchscreen display with multiple info pages for speed, battery, and system status (and also displays the backup camera). An NFC fob handles “key” duties, and you get proper controls for forward, neutral, and reverse, plus hazards, lighting, and a tilt-adjustable steering column with stalk-mounted turn signals and horn.

The seats are nicely upholstered and genuinely comfortable, with DOT seat belts front and rear, cup holders everywhere, grab bars for passengers, and a built-in Bluetooth speaker for rolling playlists or tailgate anthems. A flip-up windshield can be cracked for a bit of breeze or propped fully open on gas struts, and the hard roof extends enough to keep you fairly dry in the rain. I should know – I had it out driving in multiple rain storms!

Storage is better than you’d expect: a small glove box, a rear trunk, and even a front “frunk.” Between those and the flat floor, we were able to pull off a full grocery run – though we probably should have planned our bag strategy a bit better. We ended up buckling a week’s worth of grocery bags into the back seats, but a tub in the back would make a better storage area for those types of large store runs.

Is it worth it?

At $9,999 through Lowe’s with whichever NFL team’s colors you prefer, the Kandi 4P isn’t cheap in absolute terms, but it’s very much in the mix for modern, nicely equipped neighborhood carts. High-end golf carts can easily run $14,000–$15,000 these days, and they don’t always bring a 7+ kWh LiFePO4 pack, disc brakes all around, J1772 charging, and all the street-legal bits in one package. Add in official NFL team colors and logos and you’ve basically got a rolling fan-mobile that doubles as a genuine second car replacement for many households.

No, it’s not as safe as a full-size car – there are no airbags or crumple zones here. But it does have real seat belts and lights, and it encourages a more aware, less “invincible” mindset behind the wheel. For people living in communities with 25–30 mph streets, these kinds of carts make a lot of sense: lower cost to buy, dramatically less energy use, no tailpipe emissions, less wear on roads and tires, and far more smiles per mile.

Compared to an e-bike, the Kandi 4P wins on weather protection and passenger capacity. Compared to a second car, it wins on cost, efficiency, and fun. And if you’re the type of person who wants to show up to the grocery store or the stadium in a full team-liveried electric cart, this thing absolutely nails the assignment.

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In a bid to get it above the $1.00/share NASDAQ-required minimum, fledgling EV brand Polestar ($PSNY) is rumored to be considering a 1:30 reverse stock split that could see the per-share price rocket up to nearly $16.

Geely-owned Volvo spinoff Polestar is working as hard as Tesla to prove that stock prices have little or nothing to do with traditional business fundamentals in 2025.

That’s because Polestar posted a 36.5% increase in retail sales and a heady 48.8% increase in revenue (to $2.17 billion) over the year before, Polestar’s share price has plummeted more than 35% in a matter of a few weeks – culminating in an unwelcome nastygram from NASDAQ threatening to delist the company’s shares from the NASDAQ if they didn’t climb back up above $1.

It looks bad


Via Yahoo!Finance.

To goose the share price, CarScoops is reporting that Polestar aims to move forward with the reverse stock split before the end of 2025. The expected 1:30 reverse split would boost the PSNY price to an estimated $15.90 per share at current prices, keeping the brand well out of risk of a delisting.

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In a reverse stock split, each share of the company is converted into a fraction of a share – so, if a company announces a one for ten reverse stock split (1:10), every ten shares that you own will be converted into a single share. In a 1:30 reverse split like the one rumored here, every thirty shares in Polestar would become a single share.

The reverse split increases share price, but it’s not without risk:

A company may declare a reverse stock split in an effort to increase the trading price of its shares – for example, when it believes the trading price is too low to attract investors to purchase shares, or in an attempt to regain compliance with minimum bid price requirements of an exchange on which its shares trade … investors may lose money as a result of fluctuations in trading prices following reverse stock splits.

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That’s especially relevant because, despite the increased sales and revenue, the company is also posting increased losses. Through September, the brand posted a $1.56 billion net loss compared to an $867 million loss in the first nine months of 2024. The company is also getting hit hard by Trump-imposed tariffs in the US and increased downward pressure on pricing coming from aggressive post-tax credit discounts from rival brands like BMW and Kia.

If the split does happen, here’s hoping Polestar can make the most of their borrowed time and they don’t end up like Lordstown Motors or Faraday Future – two brands that have pulled similar reverse stock splits with dubious results.

Electrek’s Take


Make the switch to Polestar. Save up to $20,000 on a Polestar 3 lease as a Tesla owner.
Polestar showroom; via Polestar.

Product-wise, at least, Polestar’s future appears to be bright. The new 3 crossover is a viable competitor to the industry-leading Tesla Model Y, and the upcoming Polestar 4 and 5 models seem like winners, too. To drive that point home, Polestar is promoting up to $18,000 in lease incentives to lure Tesla buyers into their showrooms.

You can find out more about Polestar’s killer EV deals on the full range of Polestar models, from the 2 to the 4, below, then let us know what you think of the three-pointed star’s latest discount dash in the comments section at the bottom of the page.

SOURCE: CarScoops; images via Polestar.


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With its sleek, uncluttered styling and more than 100 miles of battery-electric range before the extended range electric sedan’s gas engine kicks on, maybe the new Nissan N6 really should have been the next Maxima!

Struggling Japanese carmaker Nissan is dealing with an aging lineup and a brand identity driven more by subprime financing than any suggestion of reliability or sportiness here in the US – but overseas? The brand is rolling out hit after hit, and the latest Nissan N6 plug-in sedan promises exactly the sort of entry-level panache that could change its American fortunes.

“Under our Re:Nissan plan, we are redefining what Nissan delivers today and beyond,” explains Nissan President and CEO Ivan Espinosa. “It’s about strengthening our core, reigniting Nissan’s heartbeat, and creating products that inspire excitement and trust. It is about a sharper, more focused product strategy, a stronger brand, and a renewed commitment to our customers. Integral to this transformation is China — an essential market whose speed, technological leadership, and customer insights are setting the pace for the global auto industry.”

Developed by the Nissan Dongfeng JV in China, the new N6 is more compact that the well-received N7 BEV. In fact, the new Nissan N6, at 190.1″ long, compares nicely to the 192.8″ length of the most recent (and largest-ever) US Maxima, discontinued in 2023. Like the Maxima, the top-shelf version features modern, near-luxe features like soft, leather-like surfaces, LED mood lighting, multi-way adjustable seats, and mimosas or something.

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Mimosas or something


Mimosas; via Nissan.

The four or five passengers inside the N6 are propelled down the road exclusively by the car’s 208 hp electric motor, which is efficient enough to take you 112 miles on a full charge of its 21.1 kWh LFP battery. Once that charge is depleted, a 1.5L gas engine kicks on as a high-efficiency generator to keep the good times rolling.

Nissan says the N6′ exterior design, “features a V-Motion signature grille and expressive LED lighting at the front and rear.” And says that the car’s crisp lines give it, “a confident, dynamic presence.”

All of which sounds good on its own, but sounds absolutely miraculous when you consider the car’s Chinese price: ¥106,900 – or about $15,000 US for the base Nissan N6 180 Pro, as I type this.

Even with a nearly 100% markup to give it a $29,990 price tag in the US, I think the N6 would be a huge hit in the North American market. And – good news! – thanks to Canada’s apparent willingness to give Chinese carmakers a shot, we might find out if I’m right somewhat sooner than later.

Check out the Nissan N6 image gallery, below, then let us know what you think of the car’s US and Canadian appeal in the comments.


SOURCE | IMAGES: Nissan.


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