What Falling Sales? Plugin Vehicles Grew to a Record 1.74 Million Units in October!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:42:19 +0000

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 36% in October 2024 compared to October 2023. There were 1.74 million registrations, which is a new record. BEVs were up by 23% YoY (year over year), to over one million units. Plugin hybrids did even better, jumping 65% YoY, its 5th record month … [continued]

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BYD Sales Soaring, Tesla Demand Concerns, Japanese Auto Sales Crashing — Cleantech News Update

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:40:30 +0000

We’re looking to relaunch a regular, frequent cleantech news show on YouTube. It will improve as time goes on, more co-hosts and guests will be included, and we’re open to any feedback or requests. Overall, though, you have to start (or restart) somewhere, and this is where we’re starting again. … [continued]

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BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Soar 54% in 2024

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 04:29:36 +0000

I published earlier today about BYD’s passenger vehicle sales, which were, stunningly, above 500,000 units for two months in a row. While the main focus has to be around the company’s passenger sales, and whether BYD can maintain or even grow this level, the EV giant’s commercial vehicle sales are … [continued]

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BYD Sells 1 Million Plugin Vehicles in Just 2 Months!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 23:56:42 +0000

BYD continues to shatter records for plugin vehicle sales (aka “new energy vehicle” sales in China). After delivering more than 500,000 plugin vehicles in October, the company backed that up by selling a few thousand more in November. Therefore, combined, BYD sold more than one million plugin vehicles in just … [continued]

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BYD’s Sealion 07 EV Comes to Norway

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:16:49 +0000

BYD continues to expand its electric vehicle offerings around the world. While more exotic locations have been getting more of the attention lately (like Guatemala, Paraguay, Chile, Kenya, Zambia, and Pakistan), that also includes offering more models in more European countries. The news this week is that BYD is now … [continued]

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BYD Enters Guatemala

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:55:01 +0000

BYD’s growth and expansion into new country markets has been one of the top cleantech stories of the year. It seems to enter at least one new market each week. This week, news is that BYD is entering Guatemala. BYD has just launched four models in the Central American country, … [continued]

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Chinese EV Revolution, Best Electric Cars for Your Money, Solid-State Battery News — Top 13 Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:09:14 +0000

It’s the end of another week already, and I’m ready to share some of the top cleantech stories of the past week. The biggest stories of the week center around Chinese EV companies, and that’s probably going to be the case more and more. Check out the latest hot news out … [continued]

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Chinese Electric Cars Are Leaving The US In The Dust

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:10:35 +0000

With our storied history as automobile leaders of the 1900s, it is easy to assume the US will continue being automotive leaders globally and especially domestically. However, we are rapidly being outmaneuvered, out-innovated, and left in the dust by our Chinese competitors. We’ve written about a number of individual stories … [continued]

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Shark Attack! Down Under!

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:57:33 +0000

Whenever we get visiting celebrities talking about their visit to Australia, they mention their fear of shark attack. The shark is the apex predator in southern Australian waters. Up north the apex predator is the saltwater crocodile. Then, there are the snakes and spiders. To quote Steve Irwin, “Crikey.” So, … [continued]

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BYD’s Denza Z9 Has Tri-Motor Powertrain, Starts At $49,000

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:48:59 +0000

BYD’s newest vehicle is the Denza Z9. It comes in either a full electric (BEV) powertrain or a plugin hybrid (PHEV) powertrain. The tri-motor powertrain has a unique feature, but before we get to that, here are some specs regarding the BEV version: 0–100 km/h in 3.4 seconds length — … [continued]

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