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

March 17, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm, stellantis, tesla, Volkswagen

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

March 16, 2022 admin Audi, audi q4 e-tron, BMW, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, fiat 500e, ford, geely, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, kia niro ev, lynk co, market research, netherlands, netherlands ev sales, phev, research, skoda, skoda enyaq, stellantis, Volkswagen, volkswagen id.4, volvo cars

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

March 15, 2022 admin Audi, audi q4 e-tron, BMW, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, fiat 500e, ford, geely, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, kia niro ev, lynk co, market research, netherlands, netherlands ev sales, phev, research, skoda, skoda enyaq, stellantis, Volkswagen, volkswagen id.4, volvo cars

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

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Volkswagen Says EV Operations Will Be Profitable Earlier Than Expected

March 15, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:09:59 +0000

Volkswagen says its EVs may become profitable sooner than it thought.

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Smart Car? Dumb Car? Which Would YOU Prefer?

March 14, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, connected cars, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla model y, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:01:12 +0000

Would you buy a “dumb” car if it was cheaper?

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Ford Plans 9 Electric Cars & Trucks For Europe By 2024

March 14, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, ford, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:33:09 +0000

Ford is accelerating its EV campaign in Europe.

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Volkswagen Decides On New $2.2 Billion EV Factory In Wolfsburg, Realigns Tech Department

March 7, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Volkswagen, vw

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:15:16 +0000

Volkswagen confirmed this week it will construct a new $2.2 billion factory in Wolfsburg, home to its largest factory, to manufacture future electric cars. Those vehicles will be built on the company’s new SSP platform developed as part of its so-called Trinity program. The decision reflects a behind the scenes power struggle between Volkswagen Group […]

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The World’s Top Selling Electric Vehicles — January 2022

March 5, 2022 admin BMW, byd, byd qin plus, byd qin plus ev, byd qin plus phev, byd song, byd song pro, byd song pro ev, byd song pro phev, cars, chery, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, gac, hozon, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, li auto, li xiang one, market research, mercedes, phev, research, saic, sgmw, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model y, Volkswagen, volkswagen id.4, volvo, wuling hongguang mini ev, xpeng

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2022 19:25:27 +0000

World EV sales continue to grow fast around the world. January kept the trend going, or even increased it. Tesla Model Y New #1 in Hot Market Registrations were up 87% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 603,000 units. China’s market was the main driver of growth, as we can see on the […]

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EV News Today: 1,700-Mile Electric Bus Trip, VW ID. Buzz Countdown, Return of VW e-up! …

February 23, 2022 admin batteries, BMW, cars, clean power, clean transport, cleantech news, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, lithium-ion batteries, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:00:34 +0000

We’re a bit behind providing an extensive EV news update, so this one has a few extra doses of news. The EV world doesn’t stop. It only accelerates. EV Charging News Kia America collaborates with Electrify America to provide EV6 buyers with 1,000 kWh charging at no additional cost Van Hool CX45E makes 1,700-mile trip […]