December 04, 2025

December is here—so cozy up, charge up, and don’t let your EV newsletter battery run lower than your range on a cold morning! 🚗❄️🔋 Thursday’s edition includes: 

• Honda posts strong November EV and hybrid sales

• Kia America hits record November sales

• VinFast VF 9 - Your home, wherever the road takes you

• Simon®–Electrify America expands fast-charging network

• Octillion achieves solar-powered manufacturing at EV battery system facility

• Amsted Automotive wins Michigan Manufactured Export of the Year award

• Video: The Small EV Showdown

Don’t be shy—go ahead and hit that button like you’re snagging the last charging spot at Costco. 🚗⚡️

“These are the days of miracle and wonder.”
– Paul Simon

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1. November delivered 102,824 sales for Honda with electrified models hitting 28,258 units (30.9% of total) and YTD gains of 1.8%, powered by record hybrid momentum, standout Passport and Civic hybrid results, and Acura surpassing 121,000 sales this year.

2. A record-breaking November of 72,002 units—boosted by a 25% year-to-date surge in electrified vehicle sales—pushed Kia America’s 2025 total to 777,152 units, putting the brand on pace for its third consecutive all-time annual high.

3. Bringing luxury, quiet comfort, up to 330 miles of range, and a 10-year warranty to the U.S. market, the seven-seat VF 9 electric SUV positions VinFast as a calm, spacious, and affordable full-size EV option with a $449/month lease.

4. The Simon®–Electrify America partnership has deployed over 500 Hyper-Fast chargers across 105 locations in 27 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, powering more than 549 million EV miles since 2018 and providing convenient, high-speed charging at premier retail destinations.

5. By fully converting its Pune battery manufacturing facility to 100% solar power—with 545 MWh of annual clean-energy generation—Octillion is advancing its broader goal of making all India operations carbon-neutral by 2027.

6. With its advanced One-Way Clutch technology—an innovation made in Saginaw and shipped over 100 million times to 13 vehicle brands in 15 countries—Amsted Automotive earned the Michigan Manufactured Export of the Year award.

7. Over 97% of rare earth and critical elements have been recovered from Angel Island lithium leach solutions without impacting lithium extraction, demonstrating the potential for a valuable REE by-product that strengthens North American critical-minerals supply chains, according to Century Lithium.

8. A new record for hybrid EV sales was set in November 2025 by Hyundai Motor America, with hybrids up 42% and the IONIQ 9, IONIQ 5, and IONIQ 6 contributing to a year-to-date total of 59,588 electrified vehicles, highlighting strong EV growth alongside SUVs like Tucson, Santa Fe, and Palisade.

9. Named to Inc.’s 2025 Best in Business list for Best in Innovation, Electrify America was recognized for deploying over 170 battery energy storage systems (65,000+ kWh) that enable Hyper-Fast EV charging in areas with limited grid capacity and expand nationwide charging access.

10. Aiming to break down brand silos in the growing EV world, the founder of Tesla Club SoCal launched SoCal EVs in 2021 to unite Ford, Chevy, Tesla, and all EV drivers into one welcoming, community-first space—because passion for EVs should bring people together, not keep them apart.

11. MobED, a production-ready autonomous mobility robot platform featuring AI-driven navigation, LiDAR-camera fusion sensing, and adaptive posture control, was unveiled by Hyundai Motor Group as a modular, multi-purpose solution set to enter mass production in 2026.

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