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Almost 300,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) were sold during Q1 of 2025 in the U.S., according to the latest report from Kelley Blue Book* (excludes super exotics). This is an increase of 11.4% year over year. Despite mad King Trump’s many hindrances electric-vehicle sales continue to grow in the U.S. market. Roughly 7.5% of total new-vehicle sales in the first quarter were electric vehicles, an increase from 7% a year-over-year.
“The latest numbers show that growth in the EV market is anything but uniform. New models from Acura, Audi, Chevrolet, Honda and Porsche, to name some, are helping with higher sales.** At the same time, established products declined noticeably, as automakers shift market strategy. Goodbye, Chevy Bolt. Hello, Chevy Equinox EV,” said Cox Automotive. Continue reading
Porsche 911 GT3 – Sets Nordschleife Record
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The Porsche 911 GT3 is the fastest production car with a manual transmission on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, according to Porsche. Further development of all performance-relevant components, the manual 911 GT3 with a Weissach package was 3.633 seconds faster at 6:56.294 minutes than the predecessor (992.1) with a seven-speed.
“More and more 911 GT3 customers are opting for the six-speed manual transmission. And more and more often we are asked by these customers how fast a 911 GT3 with manual transmission would be on the Nordschleife,” said Andreas Preuninger, Director GT Model Line. “We have now answered this question and – although we know that the variant with PDK seven-speed is significantly faster – we drove our official lap time with a manual six-speed gearbox. Even without the automated, super-fast and precise gearshifts of the PDK, and with a conventional instead of electronically controlled limited-slip differential, the new 911 GT3 shaved ~3.6 seconds off the time of its predecessor with PDK.” Continue reading →