Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 03:43:41 +0000
While the overall French automotive market had a so so month (-3% in September), plugin vehicle sales continued to be steaming hot (+322%!). Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) were up 486%, to 7,867 units, faring better than 100% electric vehicles (BEVs), which were up only 138%, to 10,011 registrations
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:21:44 +0000
It’s time for another biweekly top 20 here on CleanTechnica. The following are the 20 stories published on CleanTechnica in the past two weeks that got the most eyeballs
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:10:40 +0000
EU standards are driving electric cars towards 10% of sales, and 15% in 2021. But lax targets for 2025 and 2030 would see EV sales stagnate for a decade
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:49:07 +0000
EU rules are driving electric cars towards 10% of sales, and 15% in 2021. But UK supply likely to dry up without new regulations
Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 03:27:53 +0000
The Super-September edition of the Dutch EV market actually saw it return to red (-3% year over year/YoY), but with the crash of the overall market, plugin vehicle (PEV) market share actually jumped to 27%, 6 percentage points ahead of September
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:25:33 +0000
The Nissan RE-LEAF is a concept aimed at emergency response, providing power where there is none. Nissan’s design shows the EV concept can simultaneously power an electric jackhammer (24 hours – 36 kWh), a pressure ventilation fan (24 hours – 21.6 kWh), a 10-liter soup kettle (24 hours – 9.6 kWh), an intensive care medical ventilator (24 hours – 3 kWh) and a 100-watt LED floodlight (24 hours – 2.4 kWh) as part of relief efforts
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 06:05:19 +0000
The UK’s September plugin electric vehicle market share hit 10.5%, the highest ever level in “normal” (non-lockdown) trading months, up almost 3x from September 2019’s 3.7%. The overall auto market was down just 4.4% from September 2019, with diesels taking a massive 38.4% hit
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:28:41 +0000
As the number of EVs on the road grows, there is now an urgent need to train automotive technicians to be ready to work on all these EVs. Taurayi Raymond Sewera wants to help address this gap starting in Zimbabwe. He is setting up the International Institute of Automotive Technology Training (IIATT) with a major focus on PHEV and BEVs
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:03:32 +0000
Germany, the #1 largest auto market in Europe and #3 globally, hit a record 15.6% plugin electric vehicle market share in September 2020, up 4 times from 3.8% in September
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2020 14:00:15 +0000
Electric vehicle (EV) drivers are often incredibly enthusiastic about their cars. It’s not just about keeping the air clean and reducing climate-warming emissions: it’s also about lower costs at the pump and fewer maintenance needs, year after year