Lost Quarter For Italy’s Electric Mobility — Will New Incentives Re-Ignite The EV Race?

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 22:16:59 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. It’s been a bad start of the year for the Italian car market, as 2022 inherited crises that had been brewing since the covid pandemic. With an ongoing chip (and broader materials) shortage, policy uncertainties, inflation spiking, and a war in Europe, among other things, car sales crashed and electrified options […]

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Germany’s Plugin EVs Continue To Grow, Despite Headwinds

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:23:27 +0000

Europe’s biggest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles grab 25.3% share in May 2022, from 23.4% YoY. Full battery electrics increased their share by close to 1.25x, whilst plugin hybrid share dipped slightly. Overall auto volume fell 10% YoY, and was down by 35% from the 2018-2019 seasonal average. Market Share Trends May’s total […]

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I Attend Lexus Event To Understand Its Strategy On Climate

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:46:40 +0000

In this article, I cover the presentation Lexus executives gave to me and other journalists last week and their answers to a question challenging them on the weaknesses I saw in their plan. Last week, I was invited to spend 3 days in Plano, Texas, learning about the latest new vehicles coming out of Lexus […]

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UK Plugin EV Share Grows YoY, BMW Leads In May

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:57:15 +0000

The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 18.3% share of the auto market in May, from 14.7% YoY. Full battery electrics grew share almost 1.5x YoY, and plugin hybrids lost share. Overall auto volumes were down over 34% from pre-pandemic seasonal norms, at 124,394 units. Market Share Trends The combined plugin total of 18.3% in […]

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Top 20 Electric Cars In The World — April 2022 (Charts)

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 02:42:36 +0000

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 38% in April 2022 compared to April 2021. Despite several disturbing factors happening all at once (the invasion of Ukraine, Covid-19 lockdowns in China, chip and battery shortages, supply chain disruptions …), the truth is that there were 542,000 registrations last month, representing 10.2% share of the overall auto […]

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France EV Share Grows In May, Fiat 500 Leads

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:10:03 +0000

France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.9% share in April, from 17.3% year-on-year. Full battery electrics grew their share by almost 1.5x YoY, to 12%. Overall auto volumes were down 10% YoY, and down by around a third from May 2019, at 126,811 units. Market Share Trends May’s combined plugin […]

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Norway Continues To Grow EV Share In May

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:17:18 +0000

Norway, the electric transport leader, saw plugin electric vehicle share of 85.1% in May 2022, up from 83.3% year-on-year. Full electrics grew their share by 1.2x year-on-year to over 73%, whilst plugin hybrids halved their share. Overall auto volumes were down 18% year-on-year, at 11,537 units. Market Share Trends May’s combined plugin share of 84.2% […]

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Sweden’s Plugin EV Share Keeps Growing, Up 22% YoY

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:01:39 +0000

May saw Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles take 47.5% market share, up from 39.0% YoY. Overall auto market volume was 26,375 units, was 9% up YoY, though still 9% down from seasonal norms. Sweden’s best selling BEV in May was the Volkswagen ID.4. Market Share Trends May’s combined plugin result of 47.5% consisted of 24.2% full […]

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Mitsubishi Tops EV Sales In Germany In April — Yes, Mitsubishi!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 23:35:19 +0000

With multiple crises raging (chips, batteries, covid, Ukraine war…), disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now in Germany. The overall automotive market was hit full frontal, with the market dropping 22% last month, and this time even full electric vehicles (BEVs) were down 7% year over […]

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Mitsubishi(!) Tops EV Sales In Germany In April

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 23:35:19 +0000

With multiple crises raging (chips, batteries, covid, Ukraine war…), disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now in Germany. The overall automotive market was hit full frontal, with the market dropping 22% last month, and this time even full electric vehicles (BEVs) were down 7% year over […]

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