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EVs At 53.6% Share In Sweden — Tesla Model Y Back On Top

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Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:27:18 +0000

May’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 53.6% share in Sweden, down YoY from 61.9%. Plugin volumes were down YoY by 24%, with BEV faring worse than PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 25,094 units, down 12% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was May’s bestselling BEV. May saw combined EVs at 53.6% … [continued]

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Are Electric Vehicles Just A Fad?

June 4, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev fud, ev sales, fud, hybrid electric cars, phev

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:17:39 +0000

First, what is a fad? From Wikipedia: “A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period.” Even though I’m pro electric vehicles (EVs), let’s present both sides to try to be fair. Anti-EV: EV … [continued]

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Jim Farley & Mary Barra Discuss Their Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Plans

June 4, 2024 admin BMW, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, ford maverick, gm, hybrid electric cars, jim farley, mary barra, phev

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:51:56 +0000

Ford and General Motors have very different views on the hybrid versus plug-in hybrid question. One of them is right but which one?

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Why PHEVs Like GM’s Next Volt Need At Least 60 Miles Of Real EV Range

June 4, 2024 admin chevrolet, chevy volt, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, gm, hybrid electric cars, phev

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 05:03:25 +0000

With recent news that GM is going to re-introduce plugin hybrids in 2027, it’s likely that the company is still figuring out the design. So, I wanted to offer some unsolicited advice GM and everyone else going back to PHEVs need to think as they put new designs together and … [continued]

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Was Toyota Right About Hybrids?

June 4, 2024 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, hybrid electric cars, phev, toyota

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 23:49:23 +0000

A few days ago, I came across an interesting Twitter (or X, or whatever Elon’s identifying it as these days) post/tweet from Car Dealership Guy. In short, he feels that Toyota was smart enough to either expect the recent U.S. government and industry turn toward more plugin hybrids and less … [continued]

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Volvo EX30 Ends April in 2nd Place — Europe EV Sales Report

June 1, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, europe ev sales, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, volvo, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 01:39:36 +0000

In the meantime, Volkswagen is starting to recover its mojo. Some 219,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in April, which is up 11% year over year (YoY). And while Tesla isn’t helping (in fact, Tesla’s deliveries were down 2% YoY in April), the plugin tally from Volvo, Volkswagen, and … [continued]

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BYD Unveils Plug-In Hybrid With 1,305 Miles Of Total Range

May 31, 2024 admin byd, byd qin, byd qin phev, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, phev

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 03:10:51 +0000

BYD says cars with its latest plug-in hybrid technology have a range of 1200 miles and up to 80 mpg. Are those claims real?

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44% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — April 2024 Sales Report

May 29, 2024 admin aito, byd, China, china ev sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, tesla, volvo, wuling

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 01:26:58 +0000

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 703,000 sales (in a 1.6-million-unit overall market). That’s up 27% year over year (YoY). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were up 10%, while PHEVs did even better, jumping 65% in April. Breaking down plugin sales … [continued]

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Biden’s 100% China EV Tariff Fails History 101

May 28, 2024 admin carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev sales, green economy, green jobs, hybrid electric cars, investment, Manufacturing, phev, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 13:56:57 +0000

Perhaps Biden has forgotten the last time America’s land yachts, marketed to the most affluent, became impossibly expensive symbols of conspicuous consumption. It was the same year he entered Congress after all, 52 years ago. But America and its car companies have indeed faced almost exactly the same situation as … [continued]

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EV Sales Report: Brazil Races Ahead, Bringing 1,100% BEV Growth in April

May 26, 2024 admin Brazil, brazil ev sales, byd, byd dolphin, byd dolphin mini, byd seagull, byd song plus, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 03:51:10 +0000

Good news keeps coming from the Carioca country. When EV sales skyrocketed in late 2023, there were fears this was a temporary increase because automakers were running to bring as many cars as possible to market before the tariffs kicked in this year. This wasn’t the case, and because the … [continued]

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