"A year ago, I wrote that 2024 marked the end of "business as usual" for the global car industry and its electric transformation. I can pretty confidently say now that 2025 looked at everything that had happened in the last few years and said, "Hold my beer." The United States saw a surge of electric-vehicle sales for most of this year, until policy reversals and an end to the EV tax credits threw a lot of future plans into chaos."
"On the final Plugged-In Podcast of 2025, my co-host Tim Levin and I attempt to make sense of it all. It's clear right now that there's a lot of short-term doom and gloom in the EV space. It turns out that even after years of rapid growth, electric cars may not be a permanent up-and-to-the-right thing. That's why we also wanted to give you some reasons to be optimistic."
2025 disrupted the electric vehicle transition worldwide, as a U.S. sales surge was undercut by policy reversals and the end of EV tax credits that created planning chaos. China maintained strong auto activity but showed early signs of slowing growth. Europe stepped back from a plan to end internal combustion sales by 2035. Autonomous vehicles reached a clear mainstream presence. Short-term pessimism emerged in the EV market, yet multiple new affordable electric models and favorable used-EV conditions suggest long-term opportunities and potential bargains for buyers in 2026.
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