The Big Brussels Car Market, aka Auto Show

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:52:03 +0000

When visiting the leading car shows in Geneva, Paris, and Frankfurt, the carmakers will take you on a journey, showing their grand visions about future mobility with vehicles that merge into houses, are lounges on wheels, or are just crazy, impractical futuristic works of art

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UK Fossil Vehicle Sales Tumble By 18% As EVs Triple To 6% Market Share

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:48:31 +0000

UK combustion vehicle sales fell 18% year on year in January as plug-in electric vehicles took almost 6% of the market, up from 2.2% a year ago. Diesel sales were hit particularly hard, selling 36% less volume than January 2019. Will the UK government’s recent target of phasing out combustion vehicles by 2035 be overtaken by consumer preferences

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MG Is Back From The Grave In Full Frontal Attack On European Car Market

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:02:26 +0000

After the bankruptcy of the iconic British carmaker MG/Rover, the MG brand name was sold to a Chinese company. A few years ago, it was bought by SAIC Motor Corp. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation). This is about the brand name, the logo, the goodwill, claims to its history, the models, and intellectual property. The production facility was used for a few years, but ultimately all production was relocated to China

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Plug-In Vehicle Sales Up To 3.1% In UK, 6.3% In December — But Look Around The Corner

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:13:11 +0000

The United Kingdom (not so united these days, but that’s another story) is becoming a hot electric vehicle market, but it gets very little attention in the EV world. I’m going to postulate that’s because people drive on the wrong side of the road there. (Just sayin’.)

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch: UK Tesla Model 3 & Other EV 3-Year Total Cost of Ownership Analysis Shows EVs Much Cheaper than Fossil Competitors

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:01:01 +0000

We’ve published numerous analyses of our own on the total cost of ownership of the Tesla Model 3 and Volkswagen ID.3 compared to top gasoline competitors. However, if you don’t trust research from CleanTechnica, perhaps you’ll find the work of a major international financial firm more palatable. A recently published report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) dove into this topic for the

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7 More Electric Vehicles That Could Hit 10,000 Sales A Month (Perhaps)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 05:37:56 +0000

In response to a recent article of mine about electric vehicle models that could potentially hit 10,000+ sales a month, several readers suggested other models that I neglected (or simply didn’t have much faith in). I thought these suggestions warranted a followup article

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MG Electric SUV Video Review: Very Solid, Quirky

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:30:54 +0000

When you think of an MG, you might picture a vintage, sporty, low-slung, red British convertible coupe cruising on a country highway in cool autumn air with fall colors. This MG is much more contemporary, a 4-door compact SUV, but with a twist — it’s all electric. Called the MG ZS EV, it debuted in 2018 in China and is now available in the UK, Thailand, and Australia

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MG Electric SUV Video Review: Very Solid & Quirky

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:30:54 +0000

When you think of an MG, you might picture a vintage, sporty, low-slung, red British convertible coupe cruising on a country highway in cool autumn air with fall colors. This MG is much more contemporary, a 4-door compact SUV, but with a twist — it’s all electric. Called the MG ZS EV, it debuted in 2018 in China and is now available in the UK, Thailand, and Australia

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