Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:30:19 +0000
Only 100% battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have the potential to create the deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector that the world needs to avoid catastrophic climate change. BEVs will become more efficacious as the grid gets greener around the globe. But what about hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, biofuels, and electrofuels? Hybrids […]
Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 23:42:21 +0000
The European passenger plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, having gotten over 237,000 registrations in June and over a million registrations YTD — which is +157% year over year (YoY). Last month’s plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market was 19% (10% full electrics/BEVs), which pulled the 2021 plugin vehicle (PEV) share […]
Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:08:37 +0000
Plugins are on fire in China, having scored a record 235,000 registrations last month, pulling the year-to-date (YTD) tally to 1.1 million units, a far cry from the 360,000 units that this market had 12 months ago. Share-wise, June also witnessed a record month, hitting 15% (12% full electrics/BEVs). This pulled the 2021 share to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 19:13:58 +0000
The German plugin vehicle market scored over 64,000 registrations last month, with both plugin powertrains rising fast (+312% year over year for BEVs and +191% year over year for PHEVs). As a result, last month’s plugin share ended at 24% (12% BEV), with BEVs outselling PHEVs for the first time this year (33,420 units vs […]
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: Loren McDonald| Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:34:16 +0000
In its Q2 2021 press release issued on July 1, FCA/Stellantis had two statements that made me do a doubletake: Jeep Wrangler 4xe – No. 1 best-selling plug-in hybrid. Since the full launch of the Wrangler 4xe earlier this year, it quickly became the No. 1 best-selling plug-in hybrid in the marketplace. Wow, I thought, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Nicholas Brown| Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:28:29 +0000
Ford has published its June sales report, and it revealed an impressive 117% jump in overall electrified vehicle sales. Note, however, that this includes hybrids. And the company’s electrified vehicles just have a share of 5.7% of Ford’s sales in the first half of the year. Most notably among those electrified vehicle sales, Mustang Mach-E […]
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Credit to Author: Tim Dixon| Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:18:38 +0000
Welcome to China × Cleantech — May 2021 edition. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. EV Sales 10% Plugin Vehicle Share In China! On the 26th of May, José Pontes reported on the sales numbers of the Chinese EV market in April of 2021. April was a great month, with […]
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: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:30:50 +0000
Sweden saw plugin electric vehicle market share reach a record high of 49.4% in June 2021, up almost 2x from 25.7% share in June 2020. Thanks to recent policy re-weightings, full electrics are now as popular as plugin hybrids. The best selling full electric in June was the MG ZS EV, in the first ever […]
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