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: 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: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:50:37 +0000
The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with May’s plugin share reaching 17% last month (8.2% BEV), pulling the YTD share to a record 15% (7.1% BEV), which is a good 4 percentage point increase over the 2020 result (11%), while the 20% share I predicted for the whole year looks well […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 20:21:46 +0000
The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with April’s plugin share reaching 15% (6.8% BEV). That keeps the year-to-date (YTD) share at a record 14% (6.9% BEV), which is a 3% increase over the 2020 result (11%). The 20% share I predicted for the whole of this year looks on target. Interestingly, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:01:18 +0000
In a red hot market in which fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 183% year over year (YoY) and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) shot up 6-fold in March, plugin sales had their second best month ever in France. In total, 29,737 plugin vehicles were registered, allowing the plugin share to reach 16% last month (8.5% BEV). That […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:35:21 +0000
The new Euro 7 exhaust emission rules are coming. Will they put an end to the plug-in hybrid dream?
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:07:12 +0000
Despite a still-hurting overall auto market (-20% YoY in February), the European passenger plugin vehicle market continues to rise. More than 115,000 plugin vehicles were registered on the continent in February (+66% YoY), placing last month’s plugin vehicle share at 14% (5.9% full electrics/BEVs). That resulted in the 2021 plugin vehicle (PEV) share remaining 14% […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:37:16 +0000
The German plugin vehicle market scored 40,000 registrations in February, with both technologies rising fast (+124% year over year for BEVs and +162% YoY for PHEVs). Last month’s plugin share ended at 21% (9.4% BEV), dragging the yearly tally down slightly to 21% (9.5% BEV). Overall, this market is definitely in The Disruption Zone (aka […]
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Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:55:59 +0000
Let me start by reporting something totally unrelated to plugin hybrids (or is it?). Like all the rest of the world, Poland is in the process of vaccinating as many people as possible in the shortest possible time. You would think we’re one team and all government officials, media entities, authorities, celebrities, etc. are helping […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 01:07:12 +0000
While the overall automotive market continued to suffer from the covid-related pandemic (-21% in February 2021 compared to February 2020), plugin sales remained positive, with plugin hybrids (PHEVs) on the rise (up 134%, to 9,097 units, allowing them to have a 52% share among plugins last month, not far from the 56% peak of January. […]
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