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Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2020
Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Those most affected were city-cars, MPVs and subcompacts. million units.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector will total nearly 4 million worldwide between 2009 and 2015, according to a recent report from Pike Research. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are the next step, potentially offering zero-emissions transportation depending on how far the vehicle travels.
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CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2023
Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 […] The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth.
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CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 15, 2021
In a red hot market in which fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 183% year over year (YoY) and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) shot up 6-fold in March, plugin sales had their second best month ever in France. In total, 29,737 plugin vehicles were registered, allowing the plugin share to reach 16% last month (8.5% That […].
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
The current plunge in oil prices will likely negatively affect plug-in and hybrid vehicle sales in the short term; automakers such as BMW are already warning of lower sales of plug-in vehicles given the market context. Anticipated price of oil and forecast plug-in sales. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge.
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CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 6, 2022
There are signs of recovery in Italy’s car market, and plugin vehicle registrations went up at the end of the first half of the year as part of that. With a new incentive scheme becoming fully operational, sales of electrified powertrains were widely expected to pick up, and so it was.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2015
The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 18, 2022
features a ‘multi-load path’ structure controlling how energy is absorbed by the car in the event of a collision, minimizing intrusion into the passenger cabin. BYD is not just another car manufacturer. In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. BYD e-Platform 3.0
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CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 2, 2023
France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% share of the auto market in April, flat year-on-year, in a growing overall market. Full battery electrics, however, grew share, whilst plugin hybrids dropped share. Overall auto volume was 132,509 units, up some 22% YoY, though still far below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~183,000).
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2020
As far back as 2016, Volkswagen unveiled a Tiguan PHEV concept, based on the second-generation Tiguan. This makes the Tiguan the best-selling car in the Volkswagen brand and Group. This makes the Tiguan the best-selling car in the Volkswagen brand and Group. Earlier post.). Design sketch of the new Tiguan.
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CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) took 22.4% share of France’s auto market in October, down from 22.9% Full electrics grew share slightly, while plugin hybrids declined more. Overall auto market volume was 124,981 units up 5.5% October’s best selling full electric was the Peugeot 208, with the Renault Megane the longer term leader.
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CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 11, 2023
BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. Germany’s plugin electric vehicles took 21.6% of the auto market in March, down from 25.6% year on year. Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.
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EV Sales
APRIL 26, 2021
This time growth came from both fields, with BEVs doubling their sales year-on-year, but PHEVs continue surging at a faster pace, having seen their sales jump by 264% YoY last month, confirming plugin hybrids as the major growth source for plugins in the first months of 2021. BEV) , pulling the 2021 PEV share to 15% (6.6%
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. New car buyers are not like pioneers, advocates and experts, Kurani noted. Which cars should be built when? Source: Ken Kurani.
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Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. This list is subjective and weighted toward functionality with an emphasis on fun, but also factors in sales numbers. Let us know what you think.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 30, 2021
Sales across Europe keep climbing and Italy's numbers follow suit, in a noteworthy end to the first half of the year that sees near-record levels of EV registrations. Electric mobility's long road to mainstream adoption continues in June.
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CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The French plugin vehicle market took its usual holiday in August, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 17,404 units, divided between 9,916 BEVs and 7,488 PHEVs. The former jumped 78% year over year (YoY), while the latter were up 42%. In isolation, these numbers might sound meh.
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Push EVs
JULY 28, 2022
BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles (NEVs) and power batteries, will attend the Paris Motor Show 2022 to showcase its latest passenger car product range and technologies to the European automotive audience. BYD will go the 2022 Paris Motor Show to announce that the EV revolution is coming to Europe.
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OCTOBER 21, 2009
A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. Source: Curtin et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.
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CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 14, 2021
Italy's EV sales get a substantial boost in March as the first quarter of 2021 ends with electrifying new records. The year started with rather soft numbers following a brilliant end to 2020, but a notable shift in pace now bodes well for the months to come.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
and Duke Energy last week announced a 10-year commitment to transition their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. is a leading energy company with 2008 revenues of more than $16 billion, approximately 39,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 27 states and Canada.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 1, 2022
BEVs grew share by over 31% YoY, whilst PHEVs reduced share slightly. In June 2022 Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took 55.1% market share, up from 49.4% Overall auto market volume, at 26,059 units, was 28% down YoY. Sweden’s best selling vehicle (of any powertrain) in May was the Tesla Model Y. June’s combined […].
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CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 7, 2022
It’s been a bad start of the year for the Italian car market, as 2022 inherited crises that had been brewing since the covid pandemic. With an ongoing chip (and broader materials) shortage, policy uncertainties, inflation spiking, and a war in Europe, among other things, car sales crashed and electrified options […].
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CleanTechnica EVs
MARCH 27, 2021
Despite a still-hurting overall auto market (-20% YoY in February), the European passenger plugin vehicle market continues to rise. More than 115,000 plugin vehicles were registered on the continent in February (+66% YoY), placing last month’s plugin vehicle share at 14% (5.9% full electrics/BEVs).
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JUNE 25, 2014
The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are underway for launches in the US and European markets in the summer of 2015. In Japan, the fuel cell sedan will go on sale at Toyota and Toyopet dealerships, priced at approximately ¥7 million (US$68,700) (MSRP; excludes consumption tax). Earlier post.)
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EV Sales
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The crossover Peugeot 3008 PHEV became the first plugin hybrid to win the Monthly Best Seller trophy in France, by beating both the Zoe and its 208 EV sibling, all thanks to a record 1,410 registrations, making it an historic 1-2 win for Peugeot at home, and relegating the Renault EV to the 3rd spot for the first time in 8 years!
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CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 17, 2021
Italy's car market is quickly maturing, from a laggard among giants to potential force of change in continental Europe. July brings more good news on the electric mobility front as monthly registrations data are released around the globe.
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CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 18, 2021
The first quarter of 2021 has offered an upbeat snapshot of EV sales throughout Europe, with a continued strong rise across all markets. Italy's sales started off the year with softer growth than other countries, but a strong rebound at the end of Q1 means this year's electric car sales stats are already impressing.
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EV Sales
APRIL 14, 2021
In a red hot market, where BEVs jumped 183% YoY and PHEVs shooted 6-fold in March, plugin sales had their second best month ever, with 29,737 units, allowing the plugin share to reach 16% last month (8.5% 4 starting its career in #21, with 408 units, just one unit ahead of the #22 VW Golf PHEV. Tesla Model 3 #1 in France!
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2009
The Axon Automotive PHEV. UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon car is a multipurpose vehicle built for two adults plus luggage. Click to enlarge.
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CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
October figures released by UNRAE portray a renewed picture of pain for the Italian car market. […]. It’s yet another month of positive news for electric mobility throughout Europe, and that includes Italy — the continent’s fourth largest market — scoring high EV gains in the midst of a global ICE meltdown.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2023
The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December. of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%), and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%). Plugins took 55.4%
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CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 31, 2021
It’s been a stellar year so far for electric car sales. Originally published on opportunity:energy. Throughout Europe, new records keep coming, with emerging markets consolidating into double-digit share for plug-in vehicles.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2012
However, hybrid owners appear to maintain brand loyalty when returning to the new car market. For EVs and PHEVs in particular, certain obstacles—including consumer unease with unfamiliar technology and the lack of an adequate recharging infrastructure—will need to be overcome before sales increase. Data: Polk.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2009
NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Click to enlarge.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 1, 2021
Europe’s second largest auto market, France, saw 17.3% plugin electric vehicle share in May 2021, up from 7.45% in May 2020. Old-school non-electrified combustion powertrains continued to fall, now at 63.7% Following the pattern seen so far in 2021, May’s overall auto volumes remained around 25% down from pre-Covid norms.
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CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 9, 2021
September sales have brought fresh records throughout the continent’s major car markets, and all this is happening in the background of a wider crisis for traditional powertrains. Originally published on opportunity:energy. It is a momentous time for electric vehicles throughout Europe.
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CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 10, 2021
After a record month in June, the French plugin vehicle market took some time to breathe in July, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 18,247 units, just 5% above July 2020. In isolation, the number sounds meh, but it is still the best July ever, and if you compare it with the overall market, […].
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CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 24, 2022
It was another month of bittersweet feelings for Italy’s car sales in November. Tesla, taking a decisive lead in BEV sales, helped lift full electric cars’ market share and […].
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EV Sales
JUNE 14, 2021
But the Mustang wasn't the only Ford having a great month, because j ust outside the podium, the Ford Kuga PHEV reached the 5th place thanks to 339 units, its second peroformance in a row(!), The Renault Captur PHEV was up two spots, to #8, thus making 9 Crossovers/SUVs in the top positions. while the VW ID.4
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CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 30, 2022
Electric vehicle sales in Italy are going through a time of turbulence. We walk you through the headwinds, tailwinds, and sidewinds in the monthly sales report below. Originally published on opportunity:energy.
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