Edited by Peter Hillerberg2 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Colorado's battery-electric vehicle registrations reached 160,820 in July 2026. That marks a fourth consecutive monthly rise, according to the Atlas EV Hub series tracked by ORTEX. Total plug-in vehicle registrations in the state also climbed for a fourth straight month, hitting 215,105 in July. The streak is narrow in geography but consistent in direction. It covers only Colorado, yet Atlas EV Hub is one of the few public registration series updated at monthly frequency, making the run of gains notable for what it says about sustained consumer uptake in a leading EV adoption state.
Austrian new-car registrations rose 13% year on year in September 2026. The market recorded 28,968 units, up from 25,745 in September 2025, according to the Austrian registration data ORTEX ingests. That is a firm print against a backdrop where many European markets have struggled with weak demand and shifting incentive structures. The September figure covers one month and one market, but a 13-point gain against the year-earlier base is not a rounding error.
That Austrian data carries particular weight ahead of GM's earnings on 20 October 2026. The ORTEX German cars dataset, which tracks new-car registrations in Germany, has been measured in out-of-sample backtests to lead GM revenue by 15 days, with a strong statistical fit. With all three months of the current quarter now in, that series is running 133% above the same quarter last year. That is where the data is pointing so far for the quarter GM will report. It is not a forecast of the print.
The US mortgage picture is cooler. VA loans guaranteed across all lenders fell to 43,072 in September 2026, a third consecutive monthly decline, according to ORTEX's VA lender volume series. Total VA loan volume dropped to $17.2bn in the same month, also a third straight fall. The streak suggests demand from military and veteran borrowers, often seen as a leading slice of the broader mortgage market, has softened consistently through the summer into autumn. The data covers all lenders and is sourced from the VA's own guarantee records.
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