Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 01:46:35 +0000
Electric vehicles have already started to post some pretty impressive speeds, even as the new technology has just begun to pique the public’s interest. Some of the fastest EVs on the market today come from Tesla, Lucid Motors, and traditional automakers like Audi and Mercedes, offering consumers a wider selection of quick, clean-energy vehicles than […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:03:21 +0000
Update: According to our calculations, approximately 5.7% of US car sales were fully electric car sales in 2022. That’s up from 3.2% in 2021, 1.7% in 2020, and 1.4% in 2019. Tesla continues to dominate the US electric car sales market, which can make it seem as though not much is changing here. However, the […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:30:04 +0000
One of the great things about connected and computerized vehicles is the potential for software updates. At their best, these software updates come via over-the-air (OTA) updates, and no visit to the dealer is needed to get bug fixes, some recalls, and even new features. Even when these updates require a trip to the dealer, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:00:56 +0000
Volkswagen aims to become the top selling electric automaker in the world. It’s got a steep hill to climb to get there, but the German auto giant has made a lot of progress in the past year. Tesla intends to reach 1.4 million BEV deliveries this year. Volkswagen Group is approaching 500,000. (Tesla actually has […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 03:57:23 +0000
6% of US auto sales is up from EVs’ 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 03:40:07 +0000
We don’t have US sales data for all electric vehicle models, since automakers don’t break out sales of electric and non-electric versions of the same model (example: gas-powered Hyundai Kona sales and Hyundai Kona EV sales are combined in Hyundai’s sales reports). However, increasingly, automakers are rolling out standalone electric models (examples: Hyundai IONIQ 5, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:21:30 +0000
How many countries could you visit in 24 hours? How many could you visit in an electric car? That’s what the company “What Car?” wanted to find out. Actually, the people at What Car? wanted to do more than figure out their limit — they wanted to set a new world record. Did they succeed? […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 15:50:41 +0000
EVs have been a great alternative to gas- and diesel-powered vehicles for at least a decade, and in many cases the superior choice. EVs are great for commuters because they’re cheaper to operate and maintain, and they emit no pollutants. Many people worry about range anxiety, but that’s slowly becoming a thing of the past […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:04:38 +0000
Sitting somewhere between Chinese EV startups XPeng & NIO and American EV powerhouse Tesla, Volkswagen Group delivered 217,100 full electric vehicle (BEV) sales to customers in the first half of 2022. NIO delivered 50,827 vehicles in that time period, XPeng delivered 68,983, and Tesla delivered 564,743. Volkswagen Group’s 217,100 BEV deliveries were 27% higher than […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:08:19 +0000
Following up on our report on US electric car sales in 2021, let’s now look at sales of electric vehicles in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2022. Based on well informed estimates of US Tesla sales, the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 dominated sales of electric cars in the United […]