The Battle For Germany Begins — Tesla Leads On Models & Brand, Volkswagen Group 1st Among OEMs

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:30:28 +0000

After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, leading to a historic performance, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And so it did, with this market starting the year with a 33% drop over the same month last year. The almost 40,000 units registered in January 2022 dropped […]

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Netherlands Starts the Year with 15% BEV Share

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:35:36 +0000

China’s Lynk & Co Rules The Netherlands

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BMW Ramping Up Electric Car Production, Including In Mexico

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:21:44 +0000

Just about every automaker on the planet is increasing its electric vehicle production to some degree in 2023, and BMW Group is no exception. In fact, BMW seems to be on a serious push to try to take more of the EV market. Naturally, it must know that its survival, and certainly its success, in […]

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Spot The EV: These Are The EVs I Bumped Into In 5 US Cities

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:28:17 +0000

The share of electric vehicles in new vehicle sales in the US was close to 6% in 2022. At the end of 2022, there were over 50 electric vehicle models available for purchase on the US retail market. The market leader in the US is Tesla, but other brands are also starting to get some […]

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World EV Sales Report — Tesla Model Y Wins 1st Best Seller Title In Record Year

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:51:02 +0000

The last months of 2022 brought a record-fest for world plugin vehicle sales, with 3 months out of the last 4 setting new sales records. December was one of them, with over 1,200,000 registrations. With plugin registrations jumping in 2022 an impressive 55% compared to the previous year, this year ended with the plugin market […]

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UK Plugin Share Flat In January As Economy Stumbles

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:55:21 +0000

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% share of new sales in January, flat from 20.4% year on year. Full electrics grew slightly whilst plugin hybrids shrank. Overall auto volume was 131,994 units, up some 15% YoY, but still 21% below pre-2020 seasonal norms. Volkswagen was the UK’s best selling BEV […]

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BMW iX Introduction

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:00:34 +0000

cut-out-sideview_the-bmw-ix-xdrive50-The BMW iX got the introduction as the iX to tell the world BMW’s serious in making real BEVs for its best selling SUV models. Now there is an iX1 and an iX3 that are not really freshly designed fully electric models. The iX is a blank sheet design, but by its outside size, it […]

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Elon Musk’s DC Visit Stirs EV Charging Standardization Pot, Again

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:27:16 +0000

ev charging stations electrify americaWith EV charging standardization still up in the air, Tesla CEO Elon Musk goes to Washington.

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BMW’s Excellent Solid-State EV Battery Adventure

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 18:05:32 +0000

solid state ev batteries bmwThe solid-state EV battery of the future is not quite there yet, but BMW Group has seen enough to nail down an R&D partnership with the US battery innovator Solid Power.

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