Welcome back to the podcast. Today, EVs gain ground as diesel sputters in Europe. China doubles

their share over here and Tesla falls foul of full self-driving regulators. Plus, stay tuned.

Later in the show, I'll tell you why Volkswagen says the answer to all their problems lies in China.

On EV News China today, the spin-off podcast looking at how the East is affecting the global

EV industry, I'm talking about BYD expanding into Europe, leap motors, little A-10, and Tesla's

model Y getting a screen upgrade. Here we go. Battery powered cars are steadily reshaping Europe's

car market by the end of October 2025, fully electric models made up

16.4% of new registrations in the European Union. That's up from 13.2% a year earlier,

while sales of petrol and diesel continue to fall by double digits. New figures today

from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association cover the

first 10 months of 2025. And over that period, EU new car registrations rose by 1.4% year on year,

leaving the overall market largely flat. Within that modest increase, electric cars were the standout,

growing briskly. Registrations of BEVs, battery

electric vehicles, reaching 1.47 million year-to-date, or 16.4% of all new cars sold. Over the same

period, petrol and diesel's combined share dropped from a 46.3 share to a 36 share a year later.

The shift is broad-based, but led by the bloc's biggest markets, which together account

for about 62% of all EU registrations of battery-powered cars. Germany stands out with

electric registrations up by 39.4% in the first 10 months of this year. Belgium

grew by 10.6%, the Netherlands by 6.6% and France by 5.3% over the same period. Demand for cars with

internal combustion engines continues to weaken. Petal registrations were down by 18.3% by the end of October.

Major markets all shrank. France, down by 32%. Germany, down by 23%, Italy, 17%. Spain, 14%. All down for

combustion. Diesel sales declined even faster, dropping by 24.5% year-on-year, and sliding to

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