Oliver Blume Takes Charge At Volkswagen Group
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:57:14 +0000
Oliver Blume has taken over as the new head of Volkswagen Group. His main challenge will be software related.
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VW Golf R Nürburgring Lap Shows That EVs Have A Way To Go
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:30:10 +0000
A couple weeks ago, I shared the story of a new variant of the Porsche Taycan setting a lap record at the famous Nürburgring. But, a recent story about a gas-powered car that isn’t known for being the most amazing sports vehicle on the road shows us that electric vehicles still have a long way […]
VW Group and Canadian Government Team Up To Secure Battery Minerals
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:10:57 +0000
Rare earth minerals and other battery materials are shaping up to be very important on the geopolitical stage. As this piece at Quartz points out, China’s grip on the minerals that drive not only clean technologies, but other important things like medical imaging, came to a head for Japan in 2010. China was able to […]
Electric Vehicles = 10% of New Vehicle Sales Globally!
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 15:52:48 +0000
And 14% of new vehicles sold across the world have a plug.
Quarterly US Auto Sales Down Nearly 1 Million While Tesla Sales Up 114% In 3 Years — Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
Which Legacy Automaker Is Selling Most EVs As Portion Of Overall Sales In USA?
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 15:06:42 +0000
We publish EV sales reports for numerous countries every month, which is a fun way of tracking the transition to electric vehicles while examining who is leading and who is lagging. We don’t have complete EV sales numbers for the USA, since some automakers don’t report sales of some of their electric models. Though, based […]
US Electric Vehicle Market Growing, Yet Tesla Still Dominates
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:40:07 +0000
We don’t have US sales data for all electric vehicle models, since automakers don’t break out sales of electric and non-electric versions of the same model (example: gas-powered Hyundai Kona sales and Hyundai Kona EV sales are combined in Hyundai’s sales reports). However, increasingly, automakers are rolling out standalone electric models (examples: Hyundai IONIQ 5, […]
Quarterly US Auto Sales Down Nearly 1 Million While Tesla Sales Up 97% In 3 Years — Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:40:21 +0000
US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
China Electric Car Sales — 28% Share Of Auto Sales In July!
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:30:30 +0000
Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins got back into the fast lane in July, growing 112% year over year (YoY). They scored over 505,000 registrations last month. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) surged 174% year over year (YoY). They reached a record 137,000 registrations in July. Their growth even […]
Policies Matter: Volkswagen, Mercedes, & Hyundai React To Inflation Reduction Act
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:50:48 +0000
The Inflation Reduction Act is causing big changes in how companies manage their supply chains for electric vehicles.