Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:05:32 +0000
It seems that Polestar has been busy developing an “experimental” version of its award-winning Polestar 2 EV that is packing quite a bit of go-fast goodies under its modestly tweaked exterior and gorgeous Snow Matte paint. And, to prove their performance-enhancing worth, Polestar is taking this rolling testbed to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. “I […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:42:57 +0000
Porsche is entering into a joint venture with Customcells and Volvo is partnering with Norhtvolt as both companies look to lock down their future battery supplies.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:24:01 +0000
Geely has been on a bit of an automotive roll lately, with its Volvo and Polestar brands winning acclaim and market share while its Lotus cars brand is redefining the hypercar market with its 2000 HP all-electric Evija. Its latest concept, though, is working to advance its own brand-name — and the Geely Vision Starburst […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 17:08:13 +0000
Sweden saw plugin electric vehicle market share reach 43.1% in April 2021, up almost 2× year on year, with full electric vehicles alone at a record 22.2% share. This puts full electrics ahead of plugin hybrids for the first time in years. Volkswagen’s new ID.4 was the overall best selling vehicle in Sweden. Auto market […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:00:18 +0000
Polestar is a bit different than most car companies. By that I mean that its particular brand of progressivism and sustainability seems to come from a very genuine place, whether they’re talking about the decision to launch as a purely electrified performance brand or its commitment to offering vegan interiors in its cars. When people […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:20:28 +0000
Sweden saw a plugin electric vehicle market share of 37% in March 2021, up from 27.2% in March 2020. Plugin hybrids gained share from a last minute pull-forward in March, ahead of a policy change from April 1st which now more strongly favours full electric vehicles, and further penalizes carbon emissions. The combined plugin result […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:19:04 +0000
Germany’s electric vehicle model sales data came in sooner than I thought, so I’m already providing an update to this report. As I noted the other day, Germany’s numbers are enormous compared to the other countries included in this analysis, so adding its numbers in can really shift things around. To get rolling, the key […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:50:13 +0000
Someone especially focused on fully electric car sales in Europe has put together a site that tracks and shares fully electric vehicle (BEV) registration data from 9 European countries as it comes out. Running across the site recently, I decided to have some fun with the data by creating charts on specific stats or rankings […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:52:55 +0000
Europe’s third largest auto market, the UK, saw 13% plugin electric vehicle market share in February, up 2.3× from 5.7% a year ago. The overall auto market was down 35.5% year-on-year due to continuing lockdowns, which are currently planned to lift in mid April. Diesel powertrain sales volume fell by over 61% year-on-year and are […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:21:09 +0000
Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, hit 21.7% plugin electric vehicle share in January, up over 3× from January 2021. This is already substantially above 2020’s breakout annual share of 13.5% and not far off December’s extraordinary peak of 26.6%.
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