Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 03:55:44 +0000
The French plugin vehicle market took its usual holiday in August, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 17,404 units, divided between 9,916 BEVs and 7,488 PHEVs. The former jumped 78% year over year (YoY), while the latter were up 42%. In isolation, these numbers might sound meh. After all, we were spoiled by doubling […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2021 15:56:36 +0000
Under some of our recent EV sales reports, readers requested charts and stats for automotive group sales, not just sales by model or even brand. It was even pointed out that this is the only comparison many people in the industry actually care about. Those seem like good points, so here’s an update on Sweden […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:25:47 +0000
Hyundai Motor Group and Volkswagen are both working on small, electric SUVs that will sell for $22,000 or less — maybe a lot less.
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 01:30:38 +0000
Norway’s Electric Car Association has released the results from its “Electric Car List 2021,” which includes survey responses on how satisfied electric vehicle owners are with their vehicles. It should be said first of all that owners of many different models love their vehicles. Nonetheless, there has to be a winner, and this year it […]
Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:03:08 +0000
The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with June’s plugin vehicle share of the country’s overall auto market reaching 19% last month (11% BEV). France had a record 37,408 registrations of plugin vehicles, a new record, pulling the year-to-date (YTD) share to a record 16% (7.9% BEV), or 144,518 units. That is […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:57:06 +0000
Another quarter has wrapped up and we have more grand trends in the US auto industry. In the charts and text below, I’m comparing Q2 2021 (the second quarter of 2021) with Q2 2020 and also with Q2 2019. Naturally, year-over-year changes are interesting, but given how unique last year was, I think it’s more […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:11:40 +0000
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 17.2% share of the auto market in June 2021, up from 9.5% in June 2020. The Tesla Model 3 was the UK’s overall best selling vehicle (of any powertrain) in the month, with 5,468 units sold. Overall auto market volume stood at 186,000 units in June, down around […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:07:26 +0000
The top 30 pure electric vehicles in 10 European markets that publicly report the data are shown in the charts and table below. In the first chart and table, you can see the top sellers in the first 5 months of the year. In the second chart, you can see May’s top sellers. After the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:10:10 +0000
There’s a weird paradox when it comes to SAE Level 2 driver assist systems. On the one hand, studies show that people tend to quit paying attention when they see how well the system works. When they see adaptive cruise fail to rear-end people and they see lane centering keep the car within their lane […]
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Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 15:48:00 +0000
If the recent launch of the company’s first all-electric Genesis luxury car and that video of a Kia EV6 drag racing a multi-million dollar collection of high-end hypercars didn’t clue you in already, let me fill in the blanks for you: Hyundai Motor has major, world-class ambitions. Not just ambitions to compete with other carmakers […]
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