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New: EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales Scoreboard

EV Adoption

We recognize that this scoreboard has limited value today due to the small number and randomness of the these 9 EVs currently included, but part of our goal is to shine a light on the general lack of transparency in the auto industry when it comes to US EV sales data. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

Green Car Congress

In 1997, the Toyota Prius was released as the world’s first mass-produced hybrid. Maybe you own a Tesla Model X or Audi e-tron. A marriage of these two powerhouse technologies would completely change the auto industry, the environment and our lives. By Haden Kirkpatrick. Electric Vehicles: Right Now. The solution?

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

Upcoming entries include the Audi Q4 e-tron, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, Subaru Solterra, Toyota bZ4X, and a Chevrolet crossover to be launched in 2023. But Prius-like compact hatchbacks are a fast-fading segment, and that car is too small for most US buyers. 4 are already on sale. The company says it will invest $7.4 A carmaker to watch.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s Prius hybrid. Among the most notable: a gas-electric hybrid Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. China auto parts firms face. Chengdu Auto to be Chinas No.1.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

Get Electric Vehicle

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. By 2024, Audi’s Project Artemis plans to deploy a “very efficient” electric vehicle. Volkswagen.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

They were busy promoting their hybrid cars and their favorite distraction tactic - “Hydrogen Cars” While Toyota did very well with the Prius hybrid car, hedging their bets on hybrid cars in the 2020s seems to me that they seem to still live in the 90s. The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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