Welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive’s morning news roundup bringing you the biggest automotive headlines from around the world. Every item in The Downshift includes a link you can follow for the deeper story. Here’s your bulletin for Thursday, August 13, 2026. The latest episode of The Drivecast, The Drive’s weekly podcast, went live yesterday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Global sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids rose 9% in July compared to a year earlier, per analytics firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, even though in North America specifically, EV sales have slumped 27% over that same period due to the end of federal incentives. [Reuters] Over the last six months, the average…
Global EV Sales Are Still Rising, Even Without America’s Help: TDS
