Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:20:13 +0000
The BMW i3 wasn’t quite up to standard for motoring enthusiast and mechanical engineer David. So, he waited to close to the end of production and purchased the BMW i3S. What was the difference, I asked. The “S” has more power, larger wheels, and flared wheel arches. David keeps the treasured car in immaculate condition, […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:35:21 +0000
For a very long time, battery-electric vehicles have generally been more expensive than comparable internal combustion engine vehicles. The gap between the upfront purchase prices was so high at times that it could only be justified by the lower total cost of ownership advantage that BEVs have from a financial point of view. The environmental […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:03:46 +0000
The Tesla Model Y was the 2nd best selling automobile in the overall German auto market in February (an “off-peak month” for Tesla).
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:38:48 +0000
Lynk & Co is the #1 best selling car in the overall Dutch auto market.
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:35:26 +0000
Motoring journalist Justus Visagie has been doing road trips in electric vehicles in South Africa to show that fully electric cars can easily cover long distances in the country. Last year, he drove from Cape Town to Johannesburg in a BMW iX xDrive50 SUV in 20 hours and 17 minutes with TV presenter Ernest Page. […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:21:38 +0000
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.9% share of the auto market in February 2023, down from 25.6% year on year. Overall auto volume was 74,441 units, up some 26% YoY, though still down from the ~81.000 unit seasonal norm, pre-2020. The Tesla Model Y was the UK’s best selling full electric vehicle for […]
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:30:14 +0000
While Volkswagen Group plans to go all electric by 2033 in the EU, some German drivers and BMW would like to keep their tailpipe polluters. After agreeing to the EU regulation to ban internal combustion light vehicles by 2035, the FDP, the smallest member of the German governing coalition, is walking back its agreement to […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:32:09 +0000
The Tesla Model Y is #1 again in the electric vehicle market. Registrations were up 10% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 662,000 units. China’s market was the main driver of growth. Share-wise, 2023 started with plugin vehicles getting 11% share of the global auto market (7.6% BEV). While this is below last […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:46:31 +0000
The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, they were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%). But compared to 2019, they were down by more than 3 […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:15:56 +0000
The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip? Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […]