Renault Zoe & Tesla Model 3 Pull France To Record Heights — 2019 EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:57:01 +0000

The French plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market registered a record 7,250 units in December, +28% year over year (YoY), a new all time record. That was thanks to leader Renault Zoe (2,097 units, a new year best), which seems to be past the worse of the production ramp up, and the Tesla Model 3, which moved 1,250 units, its best result ever in France. Additionally, plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sales more than doubled YoY, helping to set the record score

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Tesla Gobbled Up 78% Of US Electric Vehicle Sales In 2019*

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:44 +0000

While the Tesla Model 3 was the 9th best selling car in the country and had more than 150,000 sales in the USA, the next best selling non-Tesla on the market was the Chevy Bolt with 16,418 sales, followed by the Nissan LEAF with 12,365 sales

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Volkswagen CEO: We Need To Move Faster On Electric Vehicles Or We Will Follow Nokia’s Fate

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:35:43 +0000

Angela Merkel speaks at ZwickauVolkswagen’s CEO, Herbert Diess, has reportedly expressed yet again the corporation’s powerful internal struggles regarding the transition to electric vehicles

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In 2010, Volkswagen Aimed To Become The World’s #1 EV Producer By 2018

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 06:40:49 +0000

Steve Hanley wrote an article yesterday titled, “Volkswagen Will Be World’s Largest EV Manufacturer By 2030, Claims New Report.” It was based on a report from an independent analyst who thinks Volkswagen could become the world’s EV top dog within this decade, based on some pretty wild assumptions

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Volkswagen Will Be World’s Largest EV Manufacturer By 2030, Claims New Report

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:39:10 +0000

Volkswagen ID BuzzA new report from Wood Mackenzie says Volkswagen is on pace to become the largest electric car manufacturer in the world. Elon Musk and Tesla may have something to say about that.

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Sony Electric Car … Australian Fire Insanity … Zombie Solar Energy Storage System — CleanTechnica Top 20

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:00:24 +0000

The biggest, hottest, most enticing CleanTechnica stories last week were led by Sony unveiling an electric car, the impossible-to-comprehend scale of this month’s Australian wildfires, and a solar energy storage device from the 1980s that has come back to life. You may have noticed something unusual by now — there wasn’t a single Tesla story in the top 3! That’s the first time in a long time, and ironic considering that Tesla stock [TSLA] went bonkers last week (and is still going bonkers)

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100% Electric Vehicles Collected 42% of Norway’s Vehicle Sales in 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:04:11 +0000

In 2019, 56% of Norway’s vehicle sales were sales of plug-in vehicles. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) alone collected 42% of the market, according to EV Volumes

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“Baby” Mustang Mach-E Planned, Volkswagen ID.3 In Storage (Pics)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:09:54 +0000

Ford may be teaming up with Volkswagen to bring a new “baby” Mustang Mach-E electric SUV to market. The new car reportedly will be based on the MEB chassis.

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Mercedes EQC, 1st Fully Electric Mercedes, Is Still In Production Hell — CleanTechnica Exclusive

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:00:06 +0000

Last week, there were some rumors on the internet and on some news services that the Mercedes EQC was a flop. There was no market for it because in its home market of Germany only 55 vehicles were delivered by November

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