Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 04:54:03 +0000
There are always a large number of stories we put on our story sheet for writers that don’t get covered. And some of those are big stories that I wish we had covered. New UK DriveElectric Hub to Give Real-Time EV Cost and Carbon Data As electric vehicles (EVs) get more and more popular, a […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:38:37 +0000
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.4% of the auto market in March, down from 22.7% year on year. BEVs saw fractional market share growth YoY, and a new volume record, whilst PHEVs saw a slight decline. Combustion-only powertrains lost 2.5% share YoY. Overall auto volume was 287,825 units, up some 18% YoY, though […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:55:21 +0000
The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% share of new sales in January, flat from 20.4% year on year. Full electrics grew slightly whilst plugin hybrids shrank. Overall auto volume was 131,994 units, up some 15% YoY, but still 21% below pre-2020 seasonal norms. Volkswagen was the UK’s best selling BEV […]
Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:10:33 +0000
The Cupra Born needs an introduction. It is a new brand with a new model. Cupra is really a sub-brand of SEAT, one of the Volkswagen Group brands. SEAT is a brand for younger, more fun loving customers — at least, judging by the marketing materials. Cupra is its sporty variant. Younger, fun loving people […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:35:01 +0000
When most people think of EV racing, something like Formula E or Tesla Corsa probably comes to mind. But, as EVs go mainstream, they also penetrate into all kinds of racing. Even things normally associated with combustion, like the late Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos, eventually featured EVs. During the past few weeks, we’re seeing an […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:57:43 +0000
Volkswagen Group has big ambitions of becoming the top selling electric vehicle producer in the world. But the good news is that it’s sprinting toward that goal, and it’s already #1 in Europe and #4 in the USA. China’s the largest BEV market in the world — larger than the rest of the world combined […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:03:15 +0000
The UK’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 39.4% share of new sales in December, a new record, up from 33.2% year on year. Full electrics alone took almost a third of the market. Overall auto volumes were up 18% year on year in December, but still down compared to pre-2020 norms. The Tesla […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:45:06 +0000
The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 27.7% share in November, down from 28.1% year on year. Full electric share grew YoY, but was outweighed by plugin hybrids’ decline. Overall auto volumes were up over 23% YoY, to 142,889 units, though still almost 9% down on 2019 seasonal levels. The Tesla Model Y […]
Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 21:52:12 +0000
October 2022 was another month of misery for Italy’s once promising EV market. In stark contrast with the rest of Europe’s main auto arenas, which keep making strides in electric mobility adoption, the Mediterranean country is still in the midst of an identity crisis. Official statistics from UNRAE for the month of October dim the […]
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:22:14 +0000
The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share in October, with growing year on year volumes. Despite volume gain, YoY plugin share saw a slight dip (from 23.1%), against greater YoY gains in overall auto volume, up 26% to 134,344 units (from a record low baseline). October market volume was still at […]