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In 2010, Swiss team Matech Competition launched an FIA GT1 racing version of the Ford GT supercar (the one from the 2005 and 2006 model years, that is). Now two companies are partnering to build a road-going version called the Lynx GT1. Texas-based Lynx Motors announced Thursday in a press release that it plans to sell 28 examples of the GT1, and…

If the Trump Administration eliminates the federal EV tax credit, it could have a devastating effect on U.S. manufacturing, a new study warns.

Produced by the REPEAT Project, a Princeton University group that analyzes environmental policy, the study found that killing the $7,500 tax credit would reduce EV demand, as well as endanger manufacturing jobs associated with making those vehicles and the batteries that power them.

“The report is also the only analysis I’m aware of to date that draws the connection to U.S. manufacturing as well,” Jesse D. Jenkins, an assistant professor at Princeton and the study’s project leader, told Electrek in an emailed statement.

2025 Cadillac Optiq

Without the tax credit, researchers estimate that EV sales in the U.S. could decrease 30% by 2027 and nearly 40% by 2030. That might cut predicted EV market share from 18% to 13% in 2026 and from 40% to 24% in 2030, according to the study.

Such a slowdown could lead to 100% of planned expansions of U.S. EV assembly plants being canceled, and could make 29% to 72% of U.S. battery-manufacturing capacity redundant, according to the study. Factories that are idled—or never built in the first place—mean fewer jobs. And based on the distribution of current EV-related manufacturing projects, red states could be hit the hardest.

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5

Analysts have viewed the tax credit as vital to continuing U.S. EV sales growth. It was among the trends that led S&P Global Mobility, in 2023, to predict that U.S. EV sales could more than double by 2030. But the Trump Administration is expected to target the credit, just as it’s targeted other Biden Administration policies related to charging infrastructure and emissions standards.

The potential loss of the tax credit, and other Trump policies, led J.D. Power to revise its EV market share retail forecast to be flat this year, at 9.1% of the U.S. retail market, but with resumed growth after this year to 26% of the market by 2030. Considering expected market growth among mass-market models outside EV-specific brands like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid, that could still lead to 3% sales growth.

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Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi Q4 E-Tron electric vehicles are being recalled because of an issue with their batteries—their 12-volt batteries, that is.

In the 13,769 recalled vehicles—including a mix of 2024 VW ID.4 and 2024-2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback models—the 12-volt battery may not charge, even when there’s plenty of charge in the high-voltage battery pack, according to the NHTSA. This could prevent cars from starting, as well as lead to loss of power or electronic issues if the 12-volt battery runs out of charge while a vehicle is being driven.

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron

This can occur even when the 12-volt battery is relatively new, as it’s related to condensation forming within the onboard charger and damaging a printed circuit board due to insufficient protective coating. That can cause the DC/DC converter to fail and prevent the 12-volt battery from charging.

If a fault with the 12-volt battery is detected, “the vehicle will provide several, major warnings to the driver, and the vehicle will experience reduced driving functions,” the NHTSA said.

The remedy is replacement of the onboard charger, which dealers will do free of charge. VW and Audi plan to mail owner notification letters Apr. 29. VW customers can call that brand’s customer service department at 1-800-893-5298 and reference recall number 93CJ. Audi’s customer service department can be reached at 1-800-253-2834, and its reference number for this recall is 93FR.

2024 Volkswagen ID.4

VW just restarted deliveries of the ID.4 after a door-handle issue that led to a stop-sale order and production halt. The 2025 model costs a little bit more, in part because the smaller battery pack is temporarily unavailable, with midyear features coming.

Previous model years of the ID.4 and Q4, which are closely related, have been involved in several other noteworthy recalls, including one for instrument panels and another for screen issues.

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Lewis Hamilton has starred in a remake of a scene from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” The original scene features a replica Ferrari, which Hamilton tracked down for his remake Hollywood actor Edward Norton, a friend of Hamilton, also makes an appearance Lewis Hamilton has marked his start with Ferrari in Formula 1 this season with a little fun…

The first of BMW’s next-generation electric vehicles will be unveiled in September at the 2025 Munich auto show, and will wear iX3 badging, the automaker confirmed Friday.

BMW brought out a camouflaged prototype of this model, the first in a family of EVs dubbed Neue Klasse (German for “new class”) at its annual financial results conference. CEO Oliver Zipse said the camouflage would come off at the Munich show, and confirmed the iX3 name, which first appeared in 2020 on an all-electric derivative of the BMW X3 that was never sold in the U.S.

Pre-production example of first BMW Neue Klasse electric vehicle at plant in Hungary

The Neue Klasse iX3 entered pre-production in November at BMW’s Debrecen, Hungary, plant. It’s expected to borrow styling from the Vision Neue Klasse X concept unveiled in March 2024, and will be followed by a sedan—which might revive the BMW i3 name—based on the Vision Neue Klasse concept first shown in late 2023.

Named after a family of vehicles from the 1960s that set BMW on its current path, the Neue Klasse debuts the automaker’s next-generation interface—including a panoramic head-up display and AI integration—and electric powertrain hardware.

BMW Vision Neue Klasse X concept

Just last month, BMW confirmed that it will use compact, cost-efficient induction motors to power the front axle in all-wheel-drive models, while keeping current-excited synchronous motors at the rear. The Neue Klasse will also feature an 800-volt electrical architecture and cylindrical battery cells installed directly into the pack, with some models using LFP chemistry to keep costs down.

Unlike the first BMW iX3, the Neue Klasse version is expected to be sold in the U.S. BMW in 2023 announced that Neue Klasse models would be built in Mexico, in addition to Hungary and Germany, which would seem to help set them up for U.S. tax credit qualification. But the Trump Administration’s war on EVs and tariff tantrums could jeopardize that.