Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 09:00:15 +0000
Originally published on opportunity:energy. It was widely expected, and it’s finally happened. While most European car markets keep posting new records and continued monthly growth for plug-in car sales, Italy’s is getting stuck in a rout of its own doing. Europe’s fourth largest market posts in March its first — and wild — BEV decline […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:45:31 +0000
The Mazda MX-30 PHEV with a rotary engine is likely to land in about a year. We don’t write much about PHEV at CleanTechnica these days, this is going to be a very special plugin hybrid because it doesn’t follow the usual plugin hybrid formula. When used properly (occasional range extender use, which actually happens […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:46:31 +0000
A recent article at Motor 1 tells us that Mazda’s MX-30 PHEV with a rotary engine is likely to land in about a year. Normally, we don’t write about PHEV at CleanTechnica these days, this is going to be a very special plugin hybrid because it doesn’t follow the usual plugin hybrid formula. When used […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:32:25 +0000
Despite declining growth in the rate of new car sales, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still growing significantly (+10% in March), especially considering the overall new car sales market continues to fall off a cliff, down 19% year over year (YoY) last month (marking its 9th consecutive month on the red). Approximately 250,000 […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:32:25 +0000
Despite declining growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still growing significantly (+10% in March), especially considering the overall market continues to fall off a cliff, down 19% year over year (YoY) last month (marking its 9th consecutive month on the red). Approximately 250,000 plugin vehicles were registered in March, the second best […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:10:09 +0000
There are now 15 European countries that have 15% or more of new-car buyers buying plugin electric cars (full electric cars or plugin hybrids). There are 12 European countries that have 10% or more of new-car buyers buying full electric vehicles (BEVs). China also passed those milestones in 2021 (15% plugin vehicle share and 12% […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:38:04 +0000
ICE IS MELTING — China Edition Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Even with Covid-related lockdowns happening in some major cities, plugins scored 458,000 registrations, up 118% year over year (YoY), and the second best monthly result ever. This pulls the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 1.1 million units, and […]
Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:10:46 +0000
Just 10 years ago, when the groundbreaking and leading EV, the Tesla Model S came out, the electric vehicle landscape was relatively sparse. Aside from the then new Model S and Tesla’s first offering, the Roadster, there wasn’t much available. The Nissan Leaf launched in 2010, and it was a functional entry, though it didn’t […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 05:12:35 +0000
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared on Twitter that Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess deserved a lot of credit for helping VW move toward rapid electrification. He added that VW is lucky to have him. This came as a response to Diess’ remarks about Elon Musk in a recent 60 Minutes interview. Diess deserves a lot […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:08:19 +0000
Following up on our report on US electric car sales in 2021, let’s now look at sales of electric vehicles in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2022. Based on well informed estimates of US Tesla sales, the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 dominated sales of electric cars in the United […]