Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:10:30 +0000
Last year, Volkswagen started a new battery production company that would operate under the VW umbrella: PowerCo. Now, in March 2023, several announcements by the company show that it’s actually taking steps to become a serious player in the battery industry. What’s PowerCo? Before I get into the announcements that show Volkswagen’s making a serious […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:29:59 +0000
1 in 4 new passenger vehicles in France had a plug in February.
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:03:46 +0000
The Tesla Model Y was the 2nd best selling automobile in the overall German auto market in February (an “off-peak month” for Tesla).
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:38:48 +0000
Lynk & Co is the #1 best selling car in the overall Dutch auto market.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:40:59 +0000
Honda and Volkswagen are moving forward with plans to manufacture more electric cars for their customers in world markets.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:00:26 +0000
Volkswagen has decided to build a battery factory in Canada for electric cars made in America. But has the ground shifted under its feet?
Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 04:36:59 +0000
Germany, Europe’s single largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share of sales in February 2023, a drop from 24.9% year on year. Full electric share grew, but plugin hybrid share almost halved. Overall auto volume was 206,210 units, up by some 3% YoY, but still some 18% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:32:09 +0000
The Tesla Model Y is #1 again in the electric vehicle market. Registrations were up 10% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 662,000 units. China’s market was the main driver of growth. Share-wise, 2023 started with plugin vehicles getting 11% share of the global auto market (7.6% BEV). While this is below last […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:05:00 +0000
With the overall auto market now in recovery mode (+9% YoY) — yet still 17% below January 2020, the last normal month — the French plugin passenger car market hit the accelerator. This was all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 43%, to 14,649 registrations, or 13% share. Surprisingly, despite losing access to subsidies on […]
Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:30:28 +0000
After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, leading to a historic performance, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And so it did, with this market starting the year with a 33% drop over the same month last year. The almost 40,000 units registered in January 2022 dropped […]