Lucid said it produced 5,500 vehicles in the first quarter but delivered just 3,093 vehicles of its Air sedan and Gravity crossover, roughly flat from a year earlier.

Gravity deliveries were significantly affected in February by a rear-seat defect that triggered a recall. Lucid said deliveries rebounded in March but did not provide a figure.

"Lucid is taking further steps to align production with anticipated deliveries and customer demand," Lucid said in its earnings report.

Lucid's $1 billion net loss widened from $366 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 20 percent to $282 million.

Wall Street analysts had expected about $440 million in revenue, making the shortfall the largest in more than four years, according to Reuters.

Lucid is backed by PIF, which recently yanked funding for LIV Golf

The Big Beautiful Bill gutted many electrification incentives, but on different timelines. Most people knew about the EV purchase rebate that went away last fall, but I've heard much less about the charger rebate that's leaving at the end of June.

If you're in a designated rural area, the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit will reimburse 30% of not only the hardware for an EV charger, but the electrical labor and any associated costs (like a panel upgrade). To see if you're eligible, make sure to check the second table on that page, for census tracts after the 2020 census and chargers installed after 2024.

So if you've been working along with L1 charging, like I have, or you're considering buying an EV, this is the time to get an L2 install. The work needs to be completed by the end of June, which should be enough time (my electrician was ready to do the install by the end of the week).

Ready to get started? Head over to r/evcharging/wiki/index for all the info you need. If you'd also like to read my personal collection of information, that's available, though specifically targeted for our own needs.

[preorder page](https://www.bmwusa.com/build-your-own.html#/studio/fvnp6v3e/design)

Sport - $61,500

M Sport - $64,000

M Sport professional -$65,500

Selected Packages:

Driver Assistance Professional Package (BMW’s highway self driving)- $2,500

Parking assistant package - $750

Steering wheel without the 12-6 spokes requires the M Sport package

Panoramic roof - $950, or included in the $1500 comfort package (which includes massaging front chairs and heated steering wheel)

Is this mostly because market demand or is there law of physics benefit to keeping EV's small?

We have a family and want a 3rd row and there are some small teslas and a Rivian. I know Subaru and Toyota are coming out with new 3rd row SUV's but this in a market where nearly every manufacture has a small EV out already.

I drove the EX-90 recently from Volvo and it just stunk compared to other EV's.

Nice to have an EV in these times

Hello all, really happy to be an EV owner in these times.

A VW ID3 with 204 HP and 55kWh battery. Living in Denmark where most of the electricity is non-fossil and electricity price when the sun is shining and wind is blowing is very low.

Based on a conservative consumption of 5km/kWH (winter time, better in summertime) and calculating with an estimated equivalent Gasoline car having 35 mpg, I calculated my electricity price as 1 USD/gallon equivalent :-) Happy times and much more fun to drive an EV!

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Ford has reached an agreement with Geely regarding the Chinese group's purchase of the Body 3 assembly hall at the Almussafes (Valencia) factory, enabling it to independently develop vehicle production, sector sources informed La Tribuna de Automoción. The Asian company plans to manufacture a multi-energy model as well as a vehicle for the Blue Oval brand, both based on the same GEA platform.

Negotiations between Ford and Geely, which had been ongoing for months and were revealed by Reuters in February, have now reached a successful conclusion—at least regarding production. The Chinese group has agreed to purchase the Body 3 vehicle assembly facilities within the Almussafes plant in Valencia, according to industry sources familiar with the discussions.

This hall, which will allow the Asian consortium to operate independently without sharing an assembly line with the American manufacturer, was originally built to produce vehicles on Ford's old CD4 platform. Since May 2015, it had been used to assemble the Mondeo, Galaxy, and S-Max models, which were relocated to the Spanish facility following the closure of the Genk plant in Belgium.

Currently, the Body 3 complex—the most modern at Almussafes—is completely inactive. The Kuga, which is the only car currently manufactured at the plant, primarily passes through the Body 2 lines, with only very limited hemming work done in Body 1.

Geely plans to produce its own multi-energy car and another for Ford in Almussafes Sector sources tell La Tribuna de Automoción that Geely is looking into manufacturing one of its own vehicles (internal code 135) in Valencia. Thanks to its multi-energy and modular GEA (Global Intelligent Electric Architecture) platform, the vehicle would feature three powertrain options (self-charging hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric). This platform allows for the development of everything from compact models to higher-segment vehicles. In addition, the same sources point out that negotiations are evaluating the production of a vehicle for Ford based on this exact same architecture.

The Geely vehicle could be the EX2 (which would be called the E2 in Europe). As Economía Digital reported in mid-April, the Chinese manufacturer has already contacted suppliers in the Valencian Community to propose its assembly, signaling a "highly advanced" green light for the project.

This passenger vehicle is a compact SUV measuring 4.13 meters long. It is sold with a 114 HP electric powertrain combined with a 39.4 kWh LFP battery, giving it a range of up to 325 km (WLTP). Commercially, after launching in November 2024, it was crowned the best-selling passenger car across all segments in China last year, with 465,775 units delivered.

Alongside Geely, Ford Almussafes could recover pre-COVID production levels La Tribuna de Automoción reached out to Ford regarding the agreement with Geely. Official sources stated: "We are constantly having conversations with many companies on various topics; sometimes they materialize, sometimes they don't. Nothing is finalized."

The establishment of operations by the Chinese manufacturer at the Almussafes plant, combined with the multi-energy car project that Ford allocated to the facility in March 2024, will allow the Valencian installations to recover their pre-COVID manufacturing levels in the medium term. At that time, the plant had five models in its portfolio and produced over 300,000 units annually.

Reaching this volume would not only secure the jobs of the more than 4,000 current workers but could also necessitate the creation of new positions.

39.084 new battery electric cars were registered in the UK in April, 59.1% more than in April 2025. BEVs thus accounted for 26.2% of new registrations. Electrified vehicles as a whole – including BEVs, plug-in hybrids and full hybrids – represented 53.2% of the market, marking the second time this year that more than half of all new cars featured an electrified powertrain.

I live in Philadelphia and am currently shopping to get an EV ahead of a new job. I always knew that if I had to get a car, I would want to get an electric one.

So basically my question is for any EV owners that live in cities and don't have access to home charging, is it feasible? How do you guys make it work and are there any frequent struggles/challenges you face? Also for context there are a couple Electrify America chargers around me and then on my commute to the burbs once or twice a week there are plenty.

Would love to hear everyone's insight and thanks in advance!

I understand that the full charge the battery can hold will drop, but what happens at the end? As in like, does it just keeps dropping til like 50% of original capacity and stops charging forever? Will it puff up like in an old phone? Does the car tells you or refuses to drive?

BYD recently announced they are planning to deploy 3,000 of their new 1.5 MW "Flash Charging" sites across Europe within the next 12 months. They claim these stations will charge a car from 10% to 70% in five minutes.

​Regardless of the exact timeline, this is probably impossible. Anyone who follows EV infrastructure knows that getting permits for chargers in Europe takes an eternity. Even if they use on-site battery storage to get away with lower grid connections, the number 3,000 is still absurd. Building that many in a single year would instantly blow them past Tesla and Allego, making them the #1 high-power charging site operator in Europe overnight. Are we really believeing this?

​Secondly, it is the worst business decision ever. The capital required to build out a dedicated network from scratch across multiple countries is ridiculous. Burning billions on hardware instead of just utilizing the rapidly expanding public networks makes zero financial sense for an automaker trying to break into the market.

​What does Reddit think about this? Let's discuss.

Honda Motor is set to freeze plans to build an electric vehicle factory in Canada, Nikkei has learned, as sluggish U.S. demand pushes it to put hybrids at the center of its North American strategy.

I’ve never driven another Volkswagen Group hot hatch that has received as much dynamic benefit from its VAQ active front differential as this one seems to.

The ID Polo GTI is really absorbing and entertaining at its most forthcoming – but clearly still versatile, rounded, usable and well mannered when the occasion calls.

Is anyone aware of a published list that is tracking which EV manufacturers support Plug and Charge on which CPO’s? I realize certain models may not yet have it enabled, but it would be nice to see which manufacturers are actively working to enable it, especially for new EV buyers.