Most Car Sales (54%) in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 02:57:16 +0000

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring a little more than 1 million sales (in a 1.9-million-unit overall market). That’s up 38% year over year (YoY), and the second best month ever, while the overall market is down 1% YoY. Looking deeper at the … [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report — EV Sales Down in August, But Less Than Some People Might Lead You To Believe

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:35:45 +0000

Some 185,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in August, which meant a steep drop year over year (-30% YoY). And while the overall market also fell (-17% YoY), the plugin drop seems even more dramatic. Or is it?… There’s more to it than meets the eye. Let me explain … [continued]

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Carmaker Progress Towards EU CO2 Target in H1 2024 — New Report

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:41 +0000

T&E analyses the strategies that manufacturers are expected to use to comply. Summary The EU’s 2025 Car CO2 target is reachable and feasible After years of stagnant EV sales due to the lack of new car CO₂ targets, carmakers will face stricter standards in 2025, following the last targets set … [continued]

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Interesting Chart: How Much Solar or Wind Dominate Renewable Energy in Different Countries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:38:06 +0000

I was going through the new Integrating Solar and Wind: Global experience and emerging challenges report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and I noticed an interesting graph. Well, there are at least a few interesting charts, but this one chart is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen. The … [continued]

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2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:57:57 +0000

Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]

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Solar & Wind Soar to Record Levels in Electricity Sector, Stronger Integration Measures Needed Now

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:07:36 +0000

New IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global stocktake of efforts to integrate variable renewables across 50 power systems, identifying best practices and key challenges. As solar PV and wind grow at an accelerated pace around the world, governments must act to ensure that they are well integrated into power systems — … [continued]

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There Are Now More Fully Electric Cars On Norwegian Roads Than Gas Cars

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:29:24 +0000

The Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council has reported a milestone — the number of fully electric vehicles on roads has surpassed the number of gas cars for the first time ever! Øyvind Solberg Thorsen, director of the Norwegian Traffic Information Council OFV.no, states: “This is historic. A milestone few saw … [continued]

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Present & Future of EV Manufacturing in Latin America: A Brief Overview

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 14:54:23 +0000

Any of our readers who have been following my reports know that Latin America’s EV sales are rising. In some countries, they may not be growing as fast as we would wish; in others, they’re faster than we ever expected; but the trend remains clear regardless. Latin America’s* market amounts … [continued]

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Tesla Sales & Market Share Trends in China

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:50:59 +0000

Yesterday, I noticed that BYD’s share of the Chinese auto market really had grown a lot over the course of the year, and I produced an article featuring monthly market share charts to visualize that. In the comments, a reader, Mike Sarcione, noted, “Zach didn’t include Tesla’s Chinese market share … [continued]

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BYD Closer to Becoming #1 Automaker in World Than I Thought

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:40:18 +0000

Last week, I wrote generally about the idea that BYD’s strong upward trend, Toyota’s seeming lack of a serious EV plan (including continued daydreams about hydrogen), and Volkswagen’s struggles in China could lead to BYD becoming the #1 top selling automaker in the world. I didn’t dive deeply into recent … [continued]

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