r/electricvehicles

After the December end-of-incentive sales rush (NEVs are no longer exempt from purchase tax this year), and the following sales slump, high gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed April to reach record EV market share, with plugins surpassing the 60% barrier for the first time!

But while in the past it was achieved thanks to record EV sales, this time, this is thanks to a significant ICE (internal combustion engine) crash. The overall market dropped 22% year over year (YoY), to around 1.4 million sales. ICE-powered models were at the epicenter of this disruption, crashing 37% YoY, but plugin hybrids (PHEVs) were also down 25% in April, and even extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) dropped, albeit a more moderate 11% YoY.

The only thing that grew in April? Pure electrics. Despite having fewer incentives, BEVs were up 2% YoY, to 579,000 sales. So, this meant that BEVs scored a record 42% BEV share in China!

Adding PHEVs (13% share) and EREVs (6%) to the tally meant that in April a record 61% of all cars sold in China had a plug!

This result pulled the 2026 share to 49% (in the same period last year, it was at 48% share). BEVs on their own were also up, to 32% (30% BEV in Jan–April ’25). Expect to see plugins north of the 50% mark, and BEVs over 33%, at the end of the first half of the year.

Another interesting statistic is that the breakdown between pure electrics and plugin hybrids is shifting, to the profit of BEVs. At the beginning of the year, PHEVs were profiting from the incentive-derived BEV drop, but pure electrics are returning with a vengeance. April showed a 68% vs. 32% breakdown, to the benefit of BEVs, significantly above the 65%/35% average of 2026 so far.

Having a quick look at Chinese exports — even here plugins are breaking new ground. EV share scored a record 53%, or 406,000 units, in April alone. And with Chinese OEMs fast winning share overseas, markets where they are present in large volumes are also being quickly electrified….

Stopped to DCFC in town today, two chargers located on one edge of a small strip mall. There were 2-3 people on either side of the chargers (5-6 in total) just sitting in their gas cars either sleeping or staring at their phones.

By the time I was ready to leave, all but one of them were still there, and the one pulled out at the same time as I did despite being there when I arrived, meaning they were there even longer than I was.

This is not just an edge case either. Maybe it's just in my city, but go to literally any moderate size parking lot or bigger, and there are at least half a dozen people just sitting in their cars doing nothing. I see it all the time, but yet so do I hear the argument of not having time to wait for a charge.

Interesting new feature in the Volvo EX60.

>...the proposed fee "simply a punitive tax that would disproportionately impact adopters of electric vehicles, with no meaningful impact on maintain the HTF."

>Run the numbers, and you quickly see that the critics have a point. For starters, the federal gas tax of 18.3 cents a gallon hasn't budged since 1993, despite regular inflation and efficiency improvements in cars. According to research from Consumer Reports, the average American pays between $70 and $90 annually in federal gas taxes, far less than the EV fee.

>Plus, the nonprofit group argues, these kinds of flat fees are problematic because they don't account for how much a person actually drives. Seniors and people who only drive occasionally only pay $40 to $50 in gas taxes annually. "Fixed fees also shift the financial burden away from commercially driven vehicles, such as delivery vans, robotaxis, and rideshares, which can drive up to 10 times as many miles as a personal vehicle," Consumer Reports analysts said in April.

Took several trips with my family and there was no charging stop when the family was in the car when we hit 80%. Sometimes they took 30 minutes more.

261wh/kg for Na-ion is nuts. Not sure how they achieved it. Article is also saying they have achieved GWh scale production already and so we should see some EVs launched with it soon.

I'm considering buying a used EV based on the VW MEB platform. I've been browsing local listings, filtering for cars made in 2022 or later with 280+ hp, a 70+ kWh battery, and an official battery certificate.

Surprisingly, all the cars listed show noticeable degradation. I tracked the data for the first 12 cars I found: the average State of Health (SoH) is just 92.5% at an average mileage of 44,531 km (27,670 miles). One car even lost more than 10% of its capacity in just 43k km.

| Mileage (km) | SoH |

| 36,500 | 92.0% |

| 60,604 | 90.0% |

| 46,213 | 92.0% |

| 66,352 | 90.4% |

| 46,350 | 94.5% |

| 42,900 | 94.0% |

| 54,150 | 94.6% |

| 28,300 | 92.0% |

| 39,354 | 92.0% |

| 41,000 | 95.0% |

| 29,953 | 94.6% |

| 42,700 | 89.0% |

The table is for a Skoda Enyaq, but I also checked the VW ID.4 and Audi Q4 e-tron - all three models seem to show the same trend.

Is this expected capacity loss for MEB vehicles? It really bothers me because if you extrapolate this curve linearly, the battery is losing roughly 1.7% of its capacity every 10,000 km (or 2.7% every 10,000 miles).

Hey everyone! I recently purchased a 2026 equinox ev RS. I'm looking to use the v2H to power my house just in case. I currently have a 240 outlet that plugs into a gas generator to back feed my panel. Is there anyway to reuse that current setup with my electric car instead! Total noob here so go easy on me. Not looking to spend $8k for a full conversation kit. Thanks!

Storms rolled in and took out my entire neighborhood's power. Everyone's houses are dark. Mine is running off my IONIQ 6's V2L, so we're good.