Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:56:36 +0000
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz three-row electric vehicle had its official reveal on June 2. Here’s (almost) everything you want to know about it.
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:45:05 +0000
Remember the awesome electric VW camper from eDub services I wrote about a while back? What actually makes her tick, or tock, or whizz, or buzz? Well, what she certainly doesn’t do is chug, or splurt, or cough and splutter. Maggie is 100% electric, and has left the old world she was born into. Just […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 08:34:08 +0000
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over half a million sales last month, up 93% year over year (YoY). That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 1.9 million units. Share-wise, with April showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 35% market share! Full electrics (BEVs) alone accounted […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 04:05:45 +0000
Tesla continues to be the best selling brand in Europe, but Volkswagen is recovering Some 197,000 plugin vehicles were registered in April in Europe — which is +25% year over year (YoY). Unfortunately, the overall market grew almost as fast, +16%, getting close to 1 million sales as it is finally recovering from a couple […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 05:36:46 +0000
The Volkswagen Microbus, also known as the VW Type 2, the Kombi, or simply the Bus, has become a cultural icon for several reasons. Introduced in the 1950s, the Microbus quickly gained popularity due to its unique design, versatility, and association with various social movements. One of the main factors contributing to the Microbus’s iconic […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 02:34:55 +0000
The overall German auto market had a positive month in April (+13% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+34% YoY). There were 29,740 BEV registrations last month, 15% of the overall market. That pulled the market up — quite different from PHEVs, which were down 46%. The latter are now suffering from the […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 19:10:04 +0000
The China-made Dacia Spring was last month’s best selling EV and the 11th best selling car overall in France.
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 15:50:12 +0000
After a good first quarter, April increased plugin registrations by 53% YoY, to 11,919 units, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 40% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (28% of new vehicle sales), which jumped 73% year over year (YoY). The overall market is also rising, to 29,669 units, although at […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 21:11:19 +0000
30% of US car dealers tell the Sierra Club they refuse to sell electric cars. Pretty soon they won’t have to because they will be out of business.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 00:26:35 +0000
Following a management shakeup at the Cariad division of Volkswagen Group, Mobileye is poised to play a more prominent role.