Wall Street Journal: Traditional Automakers Starting to Emulate Tesla’s Retail Strategy

Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:31:55 +0000

Tesla’s online approach of selling direct-to-consumer is inspiring others. According to the Wall Street Journal, “As car companies go electric, some are trying to wrest control from dealers on how those vehicles will be priced and sold, aiming to make the experience closer to the direct-selling model used by Tesla.” “We looked at the competition that had […]

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28% of New Cars Sold in Netherlands Now Plugin Cars, Lynk & Co #1

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:50:08 +0000

After a surprisingly good January, February doubled last year’s result, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 28% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (16% of new vehicle sales), which surged 275%(!) year over year (YoY). In fact, that result allowed full electrics (BEVs) to surpass plugin hybrids (PHEVs) in the year-to-date […]

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28% of New Cars Sold in Netherlands Now Plugin Cars

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 02:46:08 +0000

After a surprisingly good January, February doubled last year’s result, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 28% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (16% of new vehicle sales), which surged 275%(!) year over year (YoY). In fact, that result allowed full electrics (BEVs) to surpass plugin hybrids (PHEVs) in the year-to-date […]

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Order A Chalupa & EV Charge, Hispano Suiza Returns to USA — EV News Today, New ID. Buzz

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:16:32 +0000

With much of the world now focused on oil, we’re still obsessed with electric cars. Below are several EV stories you (and we) might have missed in the previous week of hellish war and atrocity. Take a breather and enjoy this refreshing news. Electric Car News Jaguar celebrates release of its third Vision Gran Turismo […]

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100% Electric Vehicles = 10% of New Car Sales in Europe in January

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:46:08 +0000

Kia Niro EV #1 in a balanced market The European passenger plug-in vehicle market scored 156,000 registrations in January (+39% YoY), with BEVs (+78%) growing significantly faster than PHEVs (+11%). Indeed, BEVs started the year solidly ahead of PHEVs (53% BEVs/47% PHEVs), a significant difference compared to what happened in the same month last year. […]

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Stellantis Takes The Wraps Off Its First Battery-Electric Jeep

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:39:30 +0000

Jeep EVThe first rule of selling is, “People buy on emotion and justify their decision later with facts.” If that is so, the first battery-electric Jeep should appeal to lots of people. Shown yesterday in brilliant yellow, it is an emotional vehicle that should have customers banging on the door to get one. I am a […]

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22% EV Market Share In Germany! Fiat 500e Is #1

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 22:00:31 +0000

Germany’s PEV passenger car market started the year with a small increase over the same month last year, with the almost 40,000 units registered in January representing an 8% increase in sales. The main culprits for the lukewarm performance were the PHEVs, which were down 8% YoY. Meanwhile, BEVs grew 28%, to 20,892 units, with […]

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