Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 06:32:39 +0000
The Volkswagen ID.3 seems like it just hit the market, but the attention has already shifted to the Volkswagen ID.4, and that’s because the ID.4 is mopping up in Europe (and also the only fully electric Volkswagen available in the USA). We publish monthly plugin electric vehicle sales reports for several European countries and Europe […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 03:50:17 +0000
Sales numbers are in for electric vehicles in Sweden, Spain, Denmark, and Ireland for the month of March, and thus for the first quarter as a whole. The overall takeaway is clear: the Tesla Model 3 won. Though, surprisingly, a different model took the top spot in Ireland, and it was the old-schooler Nissan LEAF! […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tim Dixon| Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:57:18 +0000
Welcome to China × Cleantech — February 2021 edition. Our China x Cleantech series covers top cleantech stories in China each month. EV Sales 8.4% Of Chinese Vehicle Sales In January Were Plugin Vehicle Sales On the 25th of February, José Pontes reported on the sales numbers of the Chinese EV market for January 2020. He started […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:37:07 +0000
Volkswagen had a live “Power Day” event today. I’m not going to rate the acting and script reading (you can thank me later), but I do want to highlight some of the big announcements. 1. Volkswagen expects to cut its battery costs by 30–50% (timeframe unclear) It seems this is a general target to cut […]
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: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:16:46 +0000
Following up on last month’s inaugural report on plugin vehicle market share in 6 major European markets and China, here’s a look at how much market share plugin vehicles had in Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden in February, and also in January and February combined. (For now, China is excluded, because […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:37:27 +0000
A plan by researchers to study the feasibility of geoengineering the Earth’s atmosphere has drawn strong criticism from environmental groups in Sweden.
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:39:18 +0000
Plugin electric vehicles (fully electric vehicles as well as plugin hybrids) had a sales increase of 43% in 2020 compared to 2019 according to new data from EV Volumes. That meant a rise from 2.5% market share in 2019 to 4.2% share of the global light-duty vehicle market in 2020. In the first half of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:35:17 +0000
The Swedish city of Gothenburg is home to one of the largest and busiest ports in the world. Despite this, the city has set a rather ambitious climate goal for itself. With the help newly created urban zones that will serve as test beds for advanced sustainable technologies, Gothenburg plans to become a climate-neutral city by the year 2030. What’s more, they’ve enlisted Volvo to help
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