BRIEFLY: Global Sales, Tesla, Ford & more | 12 Nov 2025
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Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
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| 0:00.0 | It's EB News briefly for Wednesday 12th of November. Everything EV in less than five minutes. |
| 0:05.2 | If you haven't got time for the full podcast, let's get you up to speed. Global EV sales, |
| 0:09.0 | 1.9 million last month in October. The numbers in, and the numbers are good. Year to date, |
| 0:14.9 | 16.5 million EV sales. Europe is actually leading some growth in October, but China obviously still remains the largest single market with 1.3 million EV sales. Europe is actually leading some growth in October, but China obviously still remains the |
| 0:21.9 | largest single market with 1.3 million EVs sold, or N-EVs in China language. Majority of those |
| 0:30.9 | Pure Beves, by the way. Consumer interest in EVs is rising in the United States. New data coming out today from JD Power |
| 0:39.2 | shows that more people than ever say they are very likely or somewhat likely to buy an EV or lease |
| 0:44.3 | an EV in the next 12 months. Top reasons that people say they, once they own an EV, would never |
| 0:50.2 | go back to combustion, include low running costs, incentives at state level, things |
| 0:54.6 | like driving, performance, and design. Tesla's cyber truck, Model Y, and Model 3 program leaders |
| 1:01.6 | all left the business. I don't want to say quit or were fired, but they, the both gentlemen |
| 1:09.0 | that manage both programs posted within hours of each |
| 1:12.4 | other on LinkedIn that they are no longer with Tesla. There's been a lot of very senior |
| 1:17.9 | engineering talent leaving Tesla, not only just recently, but over the last couple of years |
| 1:22.1 | as well, things like VPs and heads of programs. Of course, they've got strength in depth |
| 1:26.4 | there, but that was a |
| 1:27.9 | very odd set of circumstances to lose the heads of your vehicle programs for what is a company |
| 1:35.2 | that still makes all of its money, really, out of, well, you know, vehicles. Tesla's semi has updated |
| 1:41.2 | specs, 850 kilowatt hour battery pack and a 70% energy recovery in 30 minutes with its 1.2 megawatt charging. |
| 1:51.5 | Elon Musk saying the volume production will be next year of the cyber truck. |
| 1:55.7 | Ford is pausing the F-150 lightning production. |
| 1:58.7 | They say it's temporary, but they haven't said when it'll start |
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