Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, global EV sales. Rivian delays the R2 for Europe and Tesla fades in America,

plus stay tuned later in the show. I'll tell you how the UK public EV charging market changed significantly in a single week.

No EV News China today as it's the weekend. It'll be back on Monday.

Now, global EV sales reached

1.2 million units last month, January 2026. That was actually down 3% year on year and 44% from

December. That's according to benchmark mineral intelligence with the annual decline entirely due to China.

China sold 600,000 EVs.

That's down 20% year-on-year and 55% down month-on-month.

After the purchase taxes on EVs returned for the first time in 12 years.

Most models now face a 5% levy against a 10% rate for combustion,

while a flat to proportional shift in trading subsidies hit smaller, cheaper EVs.

Europe recorded 320,000 sales. That was up 24% year-on-year, but down on December. As tie to EU emissions rules and

renewed incentives drove the UK up 14. Germany, up 25 and France, up 41%. Norway fell, 71% year-on-year,

and 92% month-on-month after pre-buying ahead of VAT tightening from the 1st of January.

The Netherlands fell 28% and 64% respectively, again on pre-buying ahead of these higher company car tax rules.

North America posted just 90,000 sales. That was down 33% year on year,

and down 27% on December. The US's lowest monthly figure since the early part of 2022. After

federal levy tax credits were scrapped on the 30th of September last year and the cafe fines abolished.

Ford, GM and Stalantis have taken multi-billion dollar write downs.

Canada, well, the subsidies expired last January.

Now, says they will admit up to 49,000 Chinese MADVs at just 6.1% tariff following the 100% tariff, which they had for just over a year.

The rest of the world?

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