Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

Planning for agency fleet composition such that by 31 December 2020, zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) or plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) account for 20% of all new agency passenger vehicle acquisitions. By 31 December 2025, ZEVs and PHEVs should account for 50% of all new agency passenger vehicles.

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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. Electric (Battery) Forecasts Hybrids Plug-ins Sales'

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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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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2020

As far back as 2016, Volkswagen unveiled a Tiguan PHEV concept, based on the second-generation Tiguan. This versatile vehicle is available for sale in 80% of countries in the world and is the most successful SUV on the market in Europe. Earlier post.). Design sketch of the new Tiguan. Later that year, the first Tiguan came to market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 6, 2022

With a new incentive scheme becoming fully operational, sales of electrified powertrains were widely expected to pick up, and so it was. 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.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. BYD was also the first automotive OEM in the world to announce it would be ceasing production of ICE vehicles this year to focus on BEV and PHEV products. For over two decades, BYD has been at the forefront of sustainable innovation.

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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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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. Questions for the industry, Kurani said, include how do we get from where households currently are to where PHEVs provide the most benefit?

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Tesla Model 3 was the 9th best selling car overall in France in September, and the Renault Zoe was 13th.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW. The BMW i8 is the BMW Group’s third model to be honored with the World Green Car Award at the World Car Awards, following the BMW 118d in 2008, which represented the BMW EfficientDynamics development strategy, and the BMW i3 the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Duke Energy and FPL Group will begin this transition in the coming years with the goal that 100% of all new fleet vehicles will be plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by 2020. Duke Energy is the third largest electric power holding company in the United States, based on kilowatt-hour sales.

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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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Push EVs

JULY 28, 2022

million customers, and in the first half of 2022, reached a milestone for sales of new energy passenger cars exceeding 640,000 units. The first time BYD attended a European automotive show was at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008, when the world’s first PHEV F3DM was researched, developed and unveiled by BYD.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Renault Zoe was the 9th best selling car overall in France in October, and the Dacia Spring EV was 13th.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Dacia Spring was last month's best selling EV and the 6th best selling car overall in France.

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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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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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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

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

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. Polk’s research also indicates that volatility in fuel prices between 2008 and 2011, which ranged from just under $2.00/gallon

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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

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,513 adults age 18 and over was conducted between July and November 2008 by the U-M Institute for Social Research as part of the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The purpose of this study was to examine the conditions under which consumers would purchase a PHEV.

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EV Sales

MARCH 4, 2021

In February, the leader was the Volvo XC40 PHEV, scoring its second win in a row, this time with 231 units, while its BEV twin was 5th, with 114 registrations, both helping the Swedish SUV to become the 3rd best selling model in the overall market (#1 Ford Fiesta; #2 Kia Picanto), as 59% of the smaller Volvo registrations came from these two.

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Push EVs

JUNE 15, 2023

plugin hybrids (PHEVs). In unit volumes, BEVs grew 49% YoY to 22,667 units, while PHEV grew 12% to 12,632. Jeep is now part of Stellantis Group, and the Avenger shares a powertrain with the updated versions of the Peugeot 2008, Citroen e-C4, Opel Mocha, Opel Astra, and similar Stellantis BEVs. May’s combined plugin result of 24.3%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

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). The company will announce more detailed information, such as specifications, exact prices and sales targets, later. Toyota has yet to decide pricing for the US and Europe.

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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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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 first cars will be on sale in 2011 with full production in 2012. Click to enlarge. mpg US, 2.8

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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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

As part of its report on fourth quarter and year-end 2008 results, Ener1 outlined its EnerDel unit’s customer programs underway for its lithium-ion battery technology in applications spanning hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and full electric vehicles. Overall, Ener1 reported 2008 revenues of $6.8 million in 2007.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 17, 2021

July brings more good news on the electric mobility front as monthly registrations data are released around the globe. Italy's car market is quickly maturing, from a laggard among giants to potential force of change in continental Europe.

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