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Honda warns of $16bn hit on its pivot away from EVs (www.dw.com)

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Japan's Honda expects to book extra costs of almost $16 billion as it recalibrates its electric vehicle strategy. It blamed US policy changes and tariffs in part, as well as reduced competitiveness in Asia.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

IDK if it was Bosch, if so they were obvioiusly complicit.
But more than 17 brands did it, IDK if you saw my edit that includes a wiki page on the issue. Otherwise I think you should have a look.

part of the restitution was to build EV

Yes this is true, it was an agreement with the German government. Which has led to VW being the absolute leader in sales of BEV cars in EU today. Which also makes it insane when people complain that VW didn't start soon enough, when they were way ahead of the competition already 5 years ago.

Today there are other good options from all over the world, Obviously BMW and Mercedes, but also Renault, Hyundai, Volvo (Geely), Ford. Even Stelantis has models that aren't absolute crap now (here in Europe). And Toyota came with their first BEV last year, and that is AFAIK also pretty decent. But not VW group level IMO. From VW group we also have Skoda, Audi, Cupra and Porsche.

With the VW native brand being the most popular BEV brand here in Denmark.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Renault have created an absolute gem with the new 5, looks good, drives good, reasonably cheap (relatively speaking) even has a good hot hatch option with the Alpine version.

I read an interesting article that quoted the designer on the new 5, basically electric vehicles open up a lot of possibilities when it comes to design as well which were taken away due to safety requirements on the cars, hopefully gonna get a lot more fun electrics.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Yes the sequence I mentioned those other brands is not accidental, with Renault right after BMW and Mercedes. Obviously the Renault 5 is a way cheaper car, but it's really been praised by reviewers here too, and called the most charming car available for years. For some reason though thew popularity of the Renault 5 has dropped, and for Renault the Scenic is now the most popular model here.
The current top seller here is the Skoda Elroq. While the top selling brand is VW. with the ID.4 being the #2 best selling model.

Page in Danish, but these are the most significant numbers from Denmark:
The charts should work independent of language.
https://nyheder.tv2.dk/business/2026-01-03-her-er-aarets-mest-solgte-biler

Just found a newer stat, and Renault 5 sales are just fine, so IDK what the previous article was on about? Renault 5 is the 9th most sold model car in January this year.
https://www.bilstatistik.dk/nyheder/det-nordiske-bilsalg-januar-2026/

Renault has passed all Stelantis brands, and the Fiat 500 was quite popular too, but for some reason not even available anymore?