Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:57:05 +0000
With the overall European car market still in the red, down 17% last month year over year (YoY), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It was down 8% last month, with approximately 219,000 plugin vehicles registered in June. Looking closer, plugin hybrids (-22% YoY) were the ones to blame […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:20:56 +0000
Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins got back into the fast lane, growing 132% year over year (YoY). They scored over 565,000 registrations in June, a new record. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) surged 179% year over year (YoY). They reached a record 124,000 registrations in June. Their growth […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 06:44:53 +0000
For our new CleanTech RoundTalk, Jo Borras, Steve Hanley, and I sat around CleanTechnica‘s pineapple-infused sparkling-water cooler to discuss a couple of the hottest EV news stories of last week. One of those stories was the release of UK pricing for the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. The Buzz is … not cheap. The price of the […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:10:34 +0000
There are rumors that Elon Musk offered Herbert Diess a contract to run Tesla way back in 2015 before he joined Volkswagen.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:50:58 +0000
The automobile ideal for many climate-concerned consumers is an electric car that is completely charged by clean, renewable energy. For many, that means a rooftop solar power system that feeds electricity into your house and then from there into your car. However, plenty of EV drivers can’t get rooftop solar power, and most who have […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 07:59:47 +0000
In a surprise move, Volkswagen is replacing Herbert Diess with Oliver Blume as CEO.
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:15:54 +0000
With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red, with the market dropping 11% last month year over year. And it seems all this doom and gloom has finally got to EVs, with sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) dropping in June by 4% year over year (YoY). There […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:51:30 +0000
Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 33,851 units, divided between 21,888 BEVs (or 13% share of the overall auto market) and 11,963 PHEVs (7% share of the overall auto market). The former climbed 5% year over year (YoY), while the latter was actually down by 28%, […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:40:40 +0000
Stellantis shines in June as new car sales increasingly electric in the Netherlands In the context of a continually falling overall auto market, down 10% year over year (YoY) in June, the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has nonetheless continued to grow, reaching 34% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (24% of all […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 01:41:48 +0000
Volkswagen electric car sales were up strongly year on year in the first half of 2022, despite supply chain issues.