World EV Sales Report — 17.2 Million Plugins Were Sold in 2024!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:03:28 +0000

The Tesla Model Y was #1 again, in a year that saw plugins reach 22% share of the global market. The last months of 2024 brought a record-fest for world plugin vehicle sales, and December was one of them, with over 1.9 million registrations! With plugin registrations jumping a significant … [continued]

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BYD Becomes 3rd Best Selling Auto Brand in World! (CHART)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:32:09 +0000

Last week, I reported on BYD’s climb up the ranks of the top selling automakers or auto groups in the world. That is a bit of a tricky business because of the non-100% partnerships between different companies to create “groups” and “alliances” and joint ventures. However, one clear ranking that … [continued]

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Canadian Transit “Think” Tank Presenting Fluff & Denials To Mississauga Council

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:55:18 +0000

Over a couple of the last months of 2024, part of my time was spent looking at the bizarre situation of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC). That’s resurfaced, as the Mississauga hydrogen bus trial is going forward despite having zero merit, and CUTRIC’s founder and head … [continued]

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BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Soar 763% in January — CHARTS

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:26:28 +0000

In addition to great sales growth in BYD passenger plugin vehicle sales, BYD followed up a good year of commercial vehicle sales growth in 2024 with an even better start to 2025 — a much better start. Overall, BYD commercial electric vehicle sales grew 763% in January 2025 compared to … [continued]

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BYD Sales Increased 47.47% in January — CHARTS

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:59:05 +0000

After a massive 2024 that made BYD Group the 7th best selling auto group in the world, the company is starting 2025 super strong. The company’s passenger vehicle sales jumped 47.47% in January 2025 compared to January 2024. As a reminder, all of those vehicles are plugin vehicles (or “new … [continued]

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BYD Shark Takes a Bite Out of the Ute Market Down Under

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 16:21:45 +0000

The Facebook pages devoted to the BYD Shark in Australia are exploding with stories of utes being delivered and new drivers’ experiences. Every time one is spotted in the wild, it sparks excitement and a new post. Lots of learning is taking place. Most of the comments are coming from … [continued]

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BYD Becomes 7th Best Selling Automaker in the World!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:40:39 +0000

Update: The source article for the data originally used here seemed to be lacking or ignoring certain auto groups. In particular, GM (5.96 million sales in 2024) and Stellantis (5.32 million sales in 2024) are missing. Also, most sources creating auto group comparisons would include the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance (6.24 million … [continued]

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World Car Person of the Year — Stella Li

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:30:51 +0000

If you follow the electric vehicle industry, you should know who Stella Li is. She’s the second most famous person at BYD, and she has been the leader of the company outside of China for several years. She’s the company’s Executive Vice President, and she just won an award that … [continued]

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Brazil EV Sales Report: Market Share Rises to 5.4% in December in PHEV-Dominated Market

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:33:37 +0000

I know many of our readers are not too fond of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), considering them an inferior solution to purely electric vehicles (BEVs), which, to be fair, they are. But modern PHEVs, with their all-electric ranges over 50 km and their hyper-efficient powertrains (some of which may get 2,000 … [continued]

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25% of New Car Sales in China Were 100% Electric in 2024!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:53:07 +0000

Plugin vehicles in China once again ended the year with a record month, growing by 46% year over year (YoY) in the last month of the year to a record 1,379,000 units. Full electrics (BEVs) were responsible for 55% of the plugin market in December, 8% below the result of … [continued]

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