Tesla Model 3 Crushes Original Tesla Roadster — Like $70,000–100,000 Car With Cost Of Toyota Camry Or Honda Accord

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:32:39 +0000

As you may have seen by now, 7 year Tesla insider David Havasi and I have been getting together in recent months to talk about the deep history of Tesla from an insider (David) and outsider (me) perspective in a podcast and video chat series called Tesla Inside Out. The thing that triggered this chat was recent data from BloombergNEF showing that battery energy density has nearly tripled in the past decade

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10 Top Characteristics Of Early/Short-Range EV Adopters — In My Experience

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:34:18 +0000

There are many people joining the electric vehicle (EV) movement every day, but we are still in the “early adopter” phase of the transition to electricity for transport. What does that make people who bought short-range EVs years ago? Super-early adopters? Ultra-early adopters

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7% Plug-In Vehicle Share In Germany!

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:38:54 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market started the year on fire, jumping 128% year over year (YoY), to a record 16,131 registrations. That smashed the previous record (12,026 units) set last October, so it seems the German locomotive has (finally) been set in motion

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11% Electric Vehicle Share In France!

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:29:27 +0000

The French plug-in passenger electric vehicle market broke all of its previous records in January, with all-electric models jumping 258% to 10,952 units and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles surging 238% to 3,813 registrations

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Opel Ampera-e (Opel Who?!?) Wins January In The Netherlands — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:00:15 +0000

With a sales rush in the last days of 2019, one would imagine January would bring a big hangover for the plug-in vehicle market. But turns out, it hasn’t. Yes, the Dutch plug-in market was down 2% year over year (YoY), to 3,184 registrations, but because the overall market fell even more (-6% YoY), the plug-in vehicle (PEV) share (7.2%, 4.3% for fully electric vehicles alone) actually grew compared to 12 months ago (6.9% in January 2019). So … why is this happening

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Top U.S. Electric Vehicles — 2019 vs. 2018 Best Sellers

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:03:07 +0000

Top U.S. electric vehicle sales of 2019 and 2018 reflect several different things and could show a glimpse into what 2020 looks like for some of these automakers

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2020 Starts With A Bang For Italy’s EV Market — January Sales Up 587%!

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:46:02 +0000

January sales are out for the Italian car market, and electric cars are up by nearly 600% (!) over the same month last year. 1943 BEVs were sold in the country, an epic surge over last year’s 283 units during the same period. Surprised? 2020 was awaited with great anticipation in the EV community, with many new electric models entering the market and stricter emission regulations by the European Union forcing automakers to sell cleaner cars. A surge in popularity for EVs was expected, but the first month of the new year goes beyond expectations.

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How Can Africa Join The EV Revolution? (Video)

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:00:30 +0000

Rutendo Kuhudzai via remeredzai kuhudzaiA lot of the OEMs have not expressed any interest in bringing EVs to the rest of Africa anytime soon. With the majority of them struggling to meet demand in their home and traditional markets, it doesn’t look like Africa will be a priority anytime soon

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Nissan LEAF Goes On 230-Mile Fully Autonomous Drive

Credit to Author: Andy Miles| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 10:00:58 +0000

Autonomous LEAFThe title “Nissan Beats Tesla To The Post?” definitely needs the question mark in it, as, with autonomous driving, there are too many unknowns to make any definite comparisons

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#1 Tesla Model 3 = 14% of World’s Electric Vehicle Sales in 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 05:48:58 +0000

The Tesla Model 3 is the Usain Bolt of the electric vehicle market. It is far and away the most popular electric vehicle in the world. In fact, it had nearly 3× as many sales last year as the 2nd best selling electric vehicle (EV), and it accounted for ~4× as many sales as the 3rd best selling EV, the Nissan

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