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by phillc73
12 days ago
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Article is narrowly focused on the US market. “Driving a manual vehicle is a lost art.” Hardly. It may be decreasing overall but nowhere near a lost art. “Yet manual-equipped cars still have a loyal following, making up nearly 29% of new-car sales in 2024 across Europe's big five markets.”[1] [1] https://www.slashgear.com/2039491/why-manual-transmissions-a... |
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VW memo confirms 100k job cuts, no plans for four plants - https://www.automotiveworld.com/news/vw-memo-confirms-100k-j... - July 14th, 2026
Electric car sales smash records as Europe sees 'explosive' growth in EV registrations - https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/electric-car-sales-eur... - July 17th, 2026
Europe EV sales top 1 million in first half as demand accelerates - https://www.reuters.com/business/europe-ev-sales-top-1-milli... - July 16th, 2026
Europe EV Sales Report: BEVs Jump 39% and Reach 24% Market Share! - https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/24/europe-ev-sales-report-... - June 6th, 2026
International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data. “Share of new cars sold that are electric” [dataset]. International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025., “electric_cars_iea” [original data]. Retrieved July 17, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260615-132505/grapher/e... (archived on June 15, 2026).
(~20-25% of annual global light vehicle sales are currently EVs or hybrids, as of this comment; the market for combustion vehicles is rapidly compressing)