22% Of New Car Sales In Europe Have A Plug!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:32:25 +0000

Despite declining growth in the rate of new car sales, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still growing significantly (+10% in March), especially considering the overall new car sales market continues to fall off a cliff, down 19% year over year (YoY) last month (marking its 9th consecutive month on the red). Approximately 250,000 […]

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22% Of New Cars In Europe Have A Plug!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:32:25 +0000

Despite declining growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still growing significantly (+10% in March), especially considering the overall market continues to fall off a cliff, down 19% year over year (YoY) last month (marking its 9th consecutive month on the red). Approximately 250,000 plugin vehicles were registered in March, the second best […]

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CATL Opens Its 1st Battery Swapping Stations, 1,000+ New Charging Points in Paris — EV News Today

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:00:37 +0000

Electric vehicle news keeps flowing at a rapid pace (just like electric car sales). Below are dozens of stories we didn’t write about but which deserve some love. Electric Car News Smart & Sustainable Island: First electric cars for private customers on Astypalea “Thanos Papagiannis, the first ID.3 customer on Astypalea, says: ‘E- mobility is […]

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China Electric Car Market Reaches 26% Plugin Market Share In March

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:38:04 +0000

ICE IS MELTING — China Edition Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Even with Covid-related lockdowns happening in some major cities, plugins scored 458,000 registrations, up 118% year over year (YoY), and the second best monthly result ever. This pulls the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 1.1 million units, and […]

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Volkswagen Trying To Catch Up To Tesla’s Focus On Software

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 03:57:37 +0000

There’s no question that even a legacy car manufacturer like Volkswagen has a lot of catching up to do if it hopes to model Tesla’s hyperfocus on software. As one small solution, the German automaker is now offering a programming school to help train and hire software professionals in anticipation of a software-based automobile future. Sources: […]

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Tesla’s Elon Musk On Volkswagen CEO Diess: “Deserves A Lot Of Credit For Moving VW Rapidly Towards Electrification”

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 05:12:35 +0000

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared on Twitter that Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess deserved a lot of credit for helping VW move toward rapid electrification. He added that VW is lucky to have him. This came as a response to Diess’ remarks about Elon Musk in a recent 60 Minutes interview. Diess deserves a lot […]

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15% of Porsche USA Sales Now Electric, 9% of Audi USA Sales Electric

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 13:47:43 +0000

There are now a few 100% electric vehicle brands — such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, and Polestar — but looking past them at legacy automakers, let’s see who’s leading the way in terms of their movement toward a 100% electric future. Note that we don’t have data on EV sales from all automakers. Data is […]

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