Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:46:08 +0000
After a surprisingly good January, February doubled last year’s result, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 28% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (16% of new vehicle sales), which surged 275%(!) year over year (YoY). In fact, that result allowed full electrics (BEVs) to surpass plugin hybrids (PHEVs) in the year-to-date […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:28:55 +0000
You may have seen it on the news — Brisbane, Queensland, has received unprecedented amounts of rain over the past few days and low-lying areas are flooded yet again. The state capital received over 80% of its annual rainfall in 3 days. (My house endured over 1 meter of rain.) The state government is mobilizing […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:25:27 +0000
World EV sales continue to grow fast around the world. January kept the trend going, or even increased it. Tesla Model Y New #1 in Hot Market Registrations were up 87% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 603,000 units. China’s market was the main driver of growth, as we can see on the […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 14:49:33 +0000
Hyundai and Kia are raising their electric car game.
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:46:08 +0000
Kia Niro EV #1 in a balanced market The European passenger plug-in vehicle market scored 156,000 registrations in January (+39% YoY), with BEVs (+78%) growing significantly faster than PHEVs (+11%). Indeed, BEVs started the year solidly ahead of PHEVs (53% BEVs/47% PHEVs), a significant difference compared to what happened in the same month last year. […]
Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:56:33 +0000
EV news rolls in like a flood every day. The EV revolution is well underway. From the US to Europe to China to Australia, more and more EVs hit the road month after month, quarter after quarter. Some hot EV news from the past few days is below. Feel free to share more, or your […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 20:45:45 +0000
Will looking at hatchbacks in a new way help Hyundai pull ahead of the competition?
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:00:31 +0000
Germany’s PEV passenger car market started the year with a small increase over the same month last year, with the almost 40,000 units registered in January representing an 8% increase in sales. The main culprits for the lukewarm performance were the PHEVs, which were down 8% YoY. Meanwhile, BEVs grew 28%, to 20,892 units, with […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:48:58 +0000
Dacia Spring is #1! While the overall auto market fell off a cliff in January (-19% YoY), the French plugin passenger car market hit the accelerator, all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 58%, to 10,217 registrations. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) dropped 3% YoY, to 7,934 units, allowing pure electrics to have 56% of plugin sales. […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:11:57 +0000
The tipping point for EV adoption will not be some technical advance or killer new model. It will be the moment when one or more of the legacy automakers decides to convert its EV program from an R&D project to a profit center. Automakers are competitive, and they constantly battle for market share. Each tries […]