BYD Car Sales Rose 60% in December, 41% in 2024

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:50:30 +0000

BYD’s huge growth in 2024, as I wrote just two days ago, was one of the stories of the year. Now we have BYD’s December and full-year 2024 sales in, and they’re good. In December, BYD’s plugin vehicle sales were up 60%! Across the full year, they were up 41.3%. … [continued]

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The Top Selling Plugin Vehicle Brands in Europe

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:57:25 +0000

Following up our report on the top selling electric vehicle models in Europe, here’s a report on the auto brands and auto groups selling the most plugin vehicles in Europe. Looking at the the overall brand market in November, the best selling make with highest growth rate was #18 Cupra, … [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report — In November, 25% of New Cars Had a Plug

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:55:11 +0000

Some 268,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in November, a 2% year drop over year (YoY). Interestingly, BEVs and PHEVs had different behaviors, with the former growing 1% YoY to 185,000 units while PHEVs remained stuck in red, falling 9% in November to 83,000 units. As such, November saw … [continued]

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Electric Vehicle Sales Leaders — Best Selling OEMs, Part 3 of 4

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:30:19 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling automotive groups for plugin electric vehicles — part 3 of 4. This is the third edition of a series looking at the OEMs with the most EV sales. To have a look at the first and second parts, please check them out here and … [continued]

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Andy Palmer Says “Hybrids Are A Road To Hell”

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:01:16 +0000

Hybrids are a road to a dead end according to Andy Palmer, a former Nissan executive who convinced Carlos Ghosn to develop the LEAF.

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Only 1% of EV Drivers Would Go Back to a Gas Car*

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:17:19 +0000

A new survey of electric vehicle owners around the world finds that only 1% of electric vehicle owners would buy a pure gas-powered (or diesel-powered) car for their next vehicle. The survey comes from the Global EV Drivers Alliance (GEVA), and this is GEVA’s first survey on the topic. (Hat … [continued]

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52% of Car Sales in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:57:36 +0000

Also: Geely is Rising Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring yet another new record, a little more than 1.27 million sales (in a 2.42-million-unit overall market). That’s up 51% year over year (YoY), and it’s the 4th month above one million units. … [continued]

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Honda Sidles Up To Nissan, Promises New Prelude Hybrid Next Year

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:05:52 +0000

Honda is exploring a new partnership with Nissan and Mitsubishi to prepare itself for the electric car future.

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BYD Enters Peru

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:28:28 +0000

Continuing the trend of rolling out its electric vehicles in a new market every week (or, at least, that’s what it feels like), BYD has entered Peru with 5 plugin vehicle models (“new energy vehicle” models as they call them in China). The 5 models BYD is initially launching in … [continued]

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Top Selling Automakers in the World for EV Sales — Part 2 of 4

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:04:50 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling automotive groups for plugin vehicles — part 2 of 4. This is the second edition of a look into the top EV-selling OEMs. To have a look at the first edition, please check it out here. In this second one, we have a look … [continued]

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