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The stainless-steel wedge on wheels has become a symbol of Elon Musk's bravado. The man with the midas touch unveiled his Next Big Thing, and a million fans duly got in line with deposits. At the time, Tesla and it’s showman CEO could do no wrong. They were on a roll. In his own words, if nobody buys the Cybertruck, Tesla will redesign it to be more conventional. But could a redesign keep the looks whilst making it meet the road regs outside of the USA?Fast forward to now. North American sales have now dried up and regulatory barriers block global expansion, the Cybertruck faces an existential question: can it survive beyond its niche, or is this the beginning of the end for Tesla's most polarising product?Welcome back to a bonus edition of the podcast. My name is Martyn Lee and when I have something which requires a deeper look, you’ll sometimes find these bonus shows showing up in your feed. Speaking of which, Patreon supporters get the bonus shows 7 days exclusively before they drop into the free feed.

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Depending on which headline you read, the electric vehicle market in America is either entering a long Winter, is at a crossroads or is taking a short pause before explosive growth.The federal tax credit expired on 30 September 2025, and the consequences arrived with brutal clarity: fourth-quarter EV sales plunged 46 per cent compared with the third quarter, dropping to levels not seen since late 2022.Ford announced a $19.5 billion write-down on its electric ambitions and halted production of the F-150 Lightning. General Motors followed with $6 billion in charges related to unwinding EV investments. The Detroit giants, once racing towards electrification, now pivot back towards hybrids and traditional powertrains. America had chosen the carrot approach — generous tax incentives to pull consumers into EVs — and when that carrot disappeared, the market collapsed.The timing could not be worse. Europe wrestles with its own crisis of confidence, watering down its 2035 combustion engine ban to a 90 per cent emissions reduction target after intense industry pressure. China phases out subsidies even as it mandates ever-stricter efficiency standards. The global automotive industry faces a fundamental question: can consumers be enticed into EVs through incentives alone, or do markets require the regulatory stick of mandates and bans? The answer, it turns out, depends less on ideology than on execution, consistency and time.

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