Renault's new Twingo E-Tech launched at Brussels (January 2026) aims to democratize EVs with a €30k entry point—roughly $381 million IDR equivalent. Built on the CMF-BEV platform with a modest 52kWh battery, it's positioned as the pragmatist's alternative to German compliance cars and Chinese price dumping.

Bosch's forecast that 70% of new cars will still run on combustion by 2035 is less optimistic about ICE and more realistic about how the industry rebrands itself. They're counting PHEVs and range-extended EVs as 'combustion cars'—a semantic sleight of hand that lets OEMs hedge their bets while regulators pat themselves on the back.

BMW posted 388,897 US sales in 2025—a 4.7% bump marking three straight record years. But shipment volume tells you nothing about which models are moving, which are sitting, and where the actual margin is hiding. The real story is in the breakdown by series.