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DAILY: Used EVs Set To Jump, Global EV Sales Pull Back and Honda Prologue Clings On | 15 Mar 2026

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The episode opens with a daily market read on used EVs, global EV sales, and Honda's Prologue. It starts from the US EV leasing market and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The show explains how the lease structure let nearly all EVs qualify for the federal tax credit. That helped the market, and the episode treats it as part of the used-EV story. The pace stays quick. The next turn is the broader global sales picture, and that line pulls back. Global EV sales are said to be pulling back. That matters because the market story does not move in only one direction. The episode keeps the practical angle close. Honda's Prologue gets a mention as a model that is still hanging on. Then the show shifts from market math to ownership risk. It tees up a later segment on connected vehicles. The warning is blunt and ugly. Owners can be left stranded by the car makers. In that situation, the problem is not only mechanical. It is also software, service, and control. The middle of the show moves to Germany. A higher regional court in Dusseldorf rules that motorway EV charging must open itself up to competition. The ruling ends decades of de facto exclusivity over fast-charging access at 360 service areas. The court draws a clear line between fuel services and EV charging. Those are separate markets. Any operator that wants to put a fast charger on a German motorway site now has to compete for it. The episode uses that decision as a sign that the charging market is still being forced open. It then widens again to German motorway charges and vehicle-to-grid. Another trial, another step forward. The final stretch looks toward product claims and battery tech. Denso Z9 is brought up as a premium car. The rear-wheel-drive version is targeting 500 miles of range, or 800 kilometers, with a 122 kilowatt-hour battery. The show notes that those numbers are often on the China cycle. WLTP and EPA will make them more realistic, but the promise is still striking. Blade battery 2.0 and flash charging are part of why the car is being watched. The episode closes with the familiar sense of a fast-moving week that is still not fully settled.

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A brisk EV market update that connects leasing, charging competition, and connected-vehicle risk.

This daily briefing keeps its focus on used EVs, global EV sales, and Honda's Prologue, and it does the useful thing of tying each headline back to buyers and the wider market. The leasing section is the strongest part.

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See where used EVs may jump next as lease-credit policy, charging access, and product risks stay in view.

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