Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:29:38 +0000
The European passenger plugin vehicle market is on fire, having scored over 113,000 registrations in July (+213% year over year, the highest growth rate in 5 years). This is the market’s second record performance in a row
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 19:23:39 +0000
Two models — the Tesla Model 3 (31%) and Hyundai Kona EV (23%) — account for 54% of the Korean EV market, according to EV Volumes. While Europe has dozens of electric vehicle models on the market (thank you, EU leadership), South Korea, like the US (especially outside of California), is a wasteland
Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 18:08:51 +0000
Plugin vehicles (fully electric vehicles as well as plugin hybrids) scored an amazing 36,000 registrations in July, which not only a new record, but is 85% above the last record, made last March
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:50:38 +0000
I recently published an article on global plugin vehicle sales showing that Tesla accounted for 19% of the world’s plugin electric vehicles (EVs) in the first half of 2020. That includes fully electric vehicles as well as plugin hybrids
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 03:58:22 +0000
What does top 10 mean? Good question. Perhaps top 10 best sellers. Perhaps top 10 in terms of sales growth. Perhaps top 10 in terms of other measures of popularity
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 04:04:12 +0000
US auto sales, as we all know by now, took a massive hit in the second quarter of 2020. After collecting the sales data of 31 auto brands (almost all of them), I decided to dig in a little deeper — and further back in time — to try to get a better sense of trends and which companies are facing particularly challenging mid- to long-term circumstances
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2020 07:16:43 +0000
The Kia e-Niro and Hyundai Kona EV (cousins of sorts) were ahead of their time. Their combination of range for a semi-affordable price — as well as being in a popular vehicle class with good styling — put them on the top of many shopping lists. EV enthusiasts loved them
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:00:39 +0000
Yesterday, I reported that the Tesla Model 3 had nearly 4× as many sales as the second best selling electric vehicle in the world in the first half of 2020, and more sales than the 2nd best selling, 3rd best selling, 4th best selling, 5th best selling, and 6th best selling plugin vehicles combined. Let’s now look briefly at plugin vehicle sales rankings by brand
Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 01:42:41 +0000
While the overall European market is still in recovery mode in June, down 24% year over year (YoY), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has returned to the fast track, having achieved almost 93,000 registrations in June (+95%)
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:38:12 +0000
Canoo says its first subscription-based cars will be available late next year. Follow Jay Leno on a test drive.