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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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California’s EV adoption rate exceeds the global trends according to the International Energy Agency showing that the global EV market share jumped from 4.11% in 2020 to 8.57% in 2021. For 2021 in California, Tesla was followed by: Chevrolet: 12,313 Bolt EVs, 974 Bolt EUVs (7.2% 63,141 PHEV (25.2%). 3,205 FCEV (1.3%).

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20 Top Selling Plugin Vehicles Globally — Charts

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Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 94% last month compared to July 2020, scoring 480,000 units (or 7.1% share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date (YTD) tally.

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Tesla’s new customers come from Toyota, Honda most frequently: study

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Research published by S&P Global Mobility has identified which brands consumers are leaving when they buy a new Tesla. S&P Global Mobility found, most notably, that over a quarter of Tesla buyers were coming from either Toyota or Honda. Fewer customers came from domestic brands like Ford (5.4%) and Chevrolet (4.7%).

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Tesla Model 3 & Model Y = #1 and #2 in Global EV Sales in May

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Global plugin vehicle registrations were up an impressive 199% last month compared to May 2020, to some 442,000 units (or 6.6% share of the overall auto market). That was the industry’s 3rd best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 190%, to some 295,000 registrations (or 4.4%

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GM announces broad global strategy for embedded 4G LTE; first rollout in 2014 with MY2015 vehicles; AT&T first carrier partner

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At the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, General Motors announced a broad global strategy to deliver a new generation of connected cars and trucks with embedded 4G LTE mobile broadband, the largest announced deployment of the technology in the automotive industry to date. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AT&T to provide high-speed wireless connectivity for Tesla vehicles in North America

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AT&T has also entered agreements to provide its 4G LTE connectivity to Chevrolet ( earlier post ) and Audi ( earlier post ) vehicles. Earlier post.).

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LG Chem to supply EV batteries to Daimler for new smart EV

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By signing a supply contract with Daimler, LG Chem has become the world’s biggest automotive battery supplier, having at least 13 global automakers among the top 20 global brands. In addition to Daimler, top automakers Volkswagen, Ford, Hyundai, Renault, Audi, Chevrolet, Kia, and GM use LG Chem batteries for EV applications.

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