Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 18:34:53 +0000
A large reason people were hesitant about the most current version of US electric vehicle subsidies was that it wouldn’t provide funding to vehicle makers who rely on China for minerals used in batteries. Some argued that if we only used battery materials from friendly countries, it would either lead to a slower EV adoption […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:30:11 +0000
One of the biggest things people panned about the most recent iteration of US electric vehicle subsidies was that it wouldn’t subsidize dependence on China for battery minerals. Some argued that requiring battery materials to come from friendly countries (or, to be more accurate, not come from “foreign entities of concern”) would lead to slower […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:16:15 +0000
The Dutch auto market is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after several months in the red. August was a growth month, and September confirmed the trend, growing 5% year over year (YoY). The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has continued to grow as well, if only by 13% YoY last month. […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:44:20 +0000
Plugin electric vehicles took 22.4% share of the UK auto market in September, up from 21.6% year-on-year. Full electrics grew share, while plugin hybrids declined. Overall auto volumes were 225,269 units, up 4.6% from a year ago, but down 34.4% from September 2019. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling all electric. September’s combined […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 11:00:09 +0000
Shopping for EVs at car dealers can be a frustrating experience. If you know a lot about EVs, you’ll probably find that you know more about the car for sale than the people tasked with selling it to you do. If you don’t know much about EVs, you’ll find that perhaps nobody knows what’s going […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 21:30:41 +0000
The US car buying public loves big vehicles, and now they are going to love big electric vehicles.
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 21:10:59 +0000
It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out, having grown 3% in August, while plugins are also recovering. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in August by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 31,734 BEV registrations last month, representing 16% of the overall market. This time Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) also helped, […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:50:44 +0000
Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 19,712 units. That means it was another two-digit growth month for plugin vehicles (PEVs) in France. With the overall market presenting its first positive month in a long time, up 4% year over year (YoY), but still down a significant […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:59:41 +0000
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.2% share of the auto market in August, up from 18.3% year on year. Full electrics saw a decent growth in share whilst plugin hybrids lost share, weighing on the combined plugin result. Overall auto volumes were at 68,858 units, a slight YoY improvement, though still 18.8% down […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:00:07 +0000
A recent post at EV Pulse broke news that Dodge’s Charger Daytona SRT concept car has a transmission, and that future Dodge EVs are going to have a transmission with “more than two speeds.” I know Tesla fans are immediately going to jump on this and point out that Tesla’s vehicles (especially the Plaid variants) […]