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Spain’s New Auto+ Scheme Pays the Biggest EV Grants to Cars Built in the EU
Spain has formally approved the regulatory framework for Auto+, its new national incentive scheme for electric vehicle purchases, with funding confirmed through to the end of 2030. The detail worth knowing before anything else: where a car is built now ...
Hyundai’s Ioniq 3 Launches in the Netherlands From €27,995, Aimed Squarely at the VW ID. Polo
Hyundai has published its first price list for the Ioniq 3, and it lands exactly where it needs to in order to matter. As electrive.com reported, the new Aero Hatch starts at €27,995 in the Netherlands, positioning it directly against ...
Eight EVs Under €40,000 That Still Deliver 500km of Range or More
Not long ago, this article would have been short. Under €40,000, an EV either had a modest battery and a range that made you plan your week around charging, or it had a big battery and a price tag that ...
MG Just Brought Two Premium Electric Cars to Germany: The IM5 and IM6
MG isn't just doing cheap and cheerful anymore. From July 2026, the brand's IM family arrives in Germany alongside France, Belgium and the Netherlands, a year after its original launch in the UK, Norway and Switzerland. The IM5 is a ...
MG Is Funding Its Own €6,000 EV Discount in Germany, Before the State Subsidy Even Enters the Picture
MG is cutting up to €6,000 off its electric models in Germany right now, and unlike some manufacturer promotions, this one isn't quietly repackaging money the state already owes buyers. MG Motor Deutschland has said directly that the bonus applies ...
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Euro NCAP’s 2026 Protocol Is Better, But Five Stars Still Doesn’t Mean Real Safety
Euro NCAP exists to stop people dying on European roads, and for most of the past two decades the five star rating has done real work, pushing manufacturers toward stronger structures and better restraint systems. But somewhere along the way, ...
Waymo’s Robotaxis Crash 68% Less Than Human Drivers, According to a New IIHS Study
An independent safety study just gave the robotaxi industry its strongest evidence yet. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the same body behind the Top Safety Pick crash awards, analysed federal crash data from 2021 to 2024 and found that ...
Tesla FSD, Xpeng VLA and Every Other “Self-Driving” System Explained: What the Levels Actually Mean
Tesla says "Full Self-Driving", Mercedes talks about Drive Pilot, and Xpeng calls VLA the next generation of intelligent driving. Yet all of these systems mean very different things when it comes to what the car can actually do and, more ...
BMW iX3 and Zeekr 7GT Are the First Cars to Pass Euro NCAP’s New 2026 Tests
Euro NCAP published its first results under the new 2026 testing protocols, and two cars have earned five stars: the BMW iX3 and the Zeekr 7GT. They are the first vehicles ever assessed under a framework that fundamentally changed how ...
Chery Will Replace Your Car for Free If the Battery Causes a Fire
Chery has launched what it calls the Rhino battery safety assurance plan, a programme that combines an unusually strict set of in-house manufacturing standards with a consumer protection promise: if a battery-induced thermal runaway causes physical damage to your vehicle, ...