Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 02:08:11 +0000
After over a year in the red, Europe was back in black in August, with a 3% growth rate. September confirmed the trend with a 9% increase in market sales, signaling that the worst of the production constraints might be over. Although, with an energy-derived recession knocking on the door, this uptick might not last […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:30:24 +0000
It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out. After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in September by 33% year over year (YoY). There were 43,692 BEV registrations last month, representing 19% of the overall […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 03:59:49 +0000
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” BMW took a while to put another full-electric vehicle model on the market after its groundbreaking BMW i3, but it’s rolling stronger and stronger now in the EV space. BMW now has the iX3, the iX, the i4, and the iX1 and i7 just arriving. Then, underneath BMW […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:16:15 +0000
The Dutch auto market is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after several months in the red. August was a growth month, and September confirmed the trend, growing 5% year over year (YoY). The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has continued to grow as well, if only by 13% YoY last month. […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 21:10:59 +0000
It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out, having grown 3% in August, while plugins are also recovering. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in August by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 31,734 BEV registrations last month, representing 16% of the overall market. This time Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) also helped, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 03:55:25 +0000
It’s all about the batteries. Succeeding in the electric vehicle market in which there’s far more consumer demand for electric cars than there is supply often comes down to having enough batteries. The more batteries, the more sales, the better one looks. BMW got the memo (perhaps) and just confirmed a battery supply agreement with […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:28:10 +0000
With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in July by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 28,815 […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:16:59 +0000
Skoda Enyaq is the EV king as new car sales increasingly electric in the Netherlands.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:57:56 +0000
US Companies General Motors, Ford, and Tesla Lag Behind Global Peers Washington, DC — Greenpeace USA has unveiled its Race to the Top web application, which ranks eight major electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers on their public stance on deep sea mining. US automakers Ford, General Motors, and Tesla were at the bottom of the ranking, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:50:22 +0000
BMW Group’s MINI recently put out a press release totaling nearly 3,500 words for an electric vehicle concept that will never be built. It is a super cool looking electric crossover (probably the only real reason I’m writing this piece), but the immediately frustrating thing about it is that it’s futuristic design will never come […]