Italy’s EV Market Losing Steam In 2022 — A Long-Term Trend?

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:07:23 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s auto market is at a crossroads. While most European markets continued seeing EV growth through the first six months of 2022, albeit in an overall subdued automotive economy, the Bel Paese was victim of a self-inflicted wound, as the Italian government struggled for months before launching an overdue fiscal package […]

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BEV Demand Increasing, ICEV Demand Decreasing Across Europe

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:14:14 +0000

Compared to 2021, new passenger car sales have dropped by at least 11% and up to 20% in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK. Full electric vehicle (BEV) demand is increasing; internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), conventional hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demand are decreasing throughout Europe. Put simply, […]

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Plugin Vehicles At 10.3% In June As Italy’s EV Sales Gain Traction

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 02:05:57 +0000

There are signs of recovery in Italy’s car market, and plugin vehicle registrations went up at the end of the first half of the year as part of that. With a new incentive scheme becoming fully operational, sales of electrified powertrains were widely expected to pick up, and so it was. Originally published on opportunity:energy. […]

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:50:51 +0000

I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. We’ve hosted conferences on EV charging within Europe. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […]

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Light At The End Of The Tunnel As Italy’s EV Sales Recover In May

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:30:50 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s EV market is not yet out of the woods, but things are starting to look up again. As European countries continue their long run to electrification, the continent’s fourth-largest auto market is struggling to regain the pace it lost a few months ago. The latest UNRAE stats for the month […]

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EV Market Share Growth in 16 Lagging European Countries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:59:55 +0000

I recently explored the market share growth of electric vehicles in 15 European countries where electric vehicles have become most popular. From 15.9% market share for plugin vehicles in Ireland to 86.1% market share for plugin vehicles in Norway, those countries are racing into the mass market stage of new tech adoption (plugin vehicle adoption). […]

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Italy’s EV Debacle In April Ahead Of New Incentives

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:01:16 +0000

Originally published on opportunity:energy. Italy’s car market kept tumbling in April. As widely expected, with the government delaying the re-introduction of incentives for zero- or low-carbon models, and the promise to include some internal combustion engine options in the scheme, car buyers paused their purchase plans and waited. This affected the whole car market across […]

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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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Peerless Messi powers Argentina to a 3-0 drubbing of Italy

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 04:51:00 +0000

ENGLAND (AFP) – Lionel Messi stole the show as Copa America holder Argentina powered to a 3-0 win against European champion Italy in the Finalissima at Wembley on Wednesday. Inspired by the peerless Messi, Argentina raced into a two-goal lead in the first half of the prestigious friendly thanks to strikes from Lautaro Martinez and […]

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