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Why Nobody’s Buying EVs Anymore (And Detroit Is Losing Too)
10d ago · English audio
U.S. EV sales are down 30.7% in 2026 while hybrids are up 23%. Volkswagen has stopped building the ID.4 in Tennessee after selling just 338 in Q1 (a 95.6% drop), and now it’s recalling ID.4s for battery fire risk with no permanent fix yet. Meanwhile, Detroit’s Big 3 are down to a record-low 36% U.S. market share, Chinese automakers are climbing fast, and a 2026 Mustang GT gets the same gas mileage as a 2009…
Scotty Kilmer
Over 3 Billion YouTube views. Scotty has been a mechanic 57 years. Your car questions answered truthfully. The most watched individual car channel in America. Never any sponsored content, just the truth!
Outlier score
This score was measured on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:56:37 GMT. Current view counts may differ.
272.7K views ÷ a 86.1K baseline = 3.2×. Compared with 30 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.
YouTube snapshot: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:54:15 GMT. Counters may have changed.
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