Graphite Tariffs Could Upend US EV Industry

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:06:13 +0000

Tariffs on graphite from China may seem like an easy thing to do, but they are an indication of national weaknesses in technology.

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Fleets Electrification Law Could Deliver 2 Million EV Sales In EU — Half What Carmakers Need To Meet Their 2030 Emissions Targets

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:57:39 +0000

The EU Commission is planning legislation to electrify large company fleets more quickly while President von der Leyen will come forward with her Automotive Industrial Action Plan on the 5th of March. An EU law to electrify company fleets could guarantee demand for more than 2 million electric cars for … [continued]

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Corporate Fleets and the EU Automotive Industrial Action Plan

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:55:18 +0000

How the European Commission can boost demand for made-in-Europe EVs The European car industry is in the midst of a historical transition shifting to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing. New challenges arise, such as Chinese competition or ensuring a predictable demand. To build a resilient automotive industry, the EU needs to … [continued]

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The Automakers Selling the Most EVs in the World Are …

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:53:10 +0000

Following up on our stories about the best selling plugin vehicles in the world and the automotive brands that sell the most plugin electric vehicles in the world, we’re now closing out the 2024 World EV Sales Report series with a look at the automotive groups or alliances that sell … [continued]

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Joint Letter for the Clean Industrial Deal to Deliver on Decarbonisation & Competitiveness

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:51:33 +0000

An alliance of cleantech businesses and civil society proposes 15 measures to deliver a joint roadmap for Europe’s decarbonisation and competitiveness under the Clean Industrial Deal. This morning, T&E, alongside 15 other organizations, sent key recommendations to the Commission for the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), set for publication on February 26. The … [continued]

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Musk Plays President While Tesla Misses Electric Truck Boat

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:50 +0000

The Japanese firm ZO Motors is the latest of a growing list of electric truck makers to set up shop in the US zero-emission vehicle market, through its ZM Trucks branch.

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Canada’s Hydrogen Bus Trials Canceled Due To High Costs & Emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:32:16 +0000

For several months I’ve been digging through what’s going on with a Canadian transit ‘think’ tank, CUTRIC, and why it’s pushing hydrogen buses into city plans across the country. It keeps claiming hydrogen buses have been a success and are cheap, but cities keep canceling their plans for them as … [continued]

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BYD #1 In World In Plugin Vehicle Sales In 2024

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:41:31 +0000

In the last stage of the 2024 race, BYD had another record month, this time with 483,000 registrations. That doubled Tesla’s result, which nevertheless wasn’t all that bad for the US brand — at 201,000 deliveries, it was its best result in 18 months. Below the two galactics, Wuling was … [continued]

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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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23% Plugin Vehicle Share in Europe — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:20:18 +0000

While the overall automotive market had a (barely) positive year (+1%), December saw promising signs — it was up 4% compared to December 2023. With 13 million passenger cars registered in 2024, this was the best year since the pandemic, but nevertheless, it was still down 2.9 million units compared … [continued]

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