CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 28, 2022

With the China covid lockdown effects easing, sales have recovered most of their previous pace, reaching 699,000 registrations last month. Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 55% in May 2022 compared to May 2021. That represents 12% share of the overall auto market (8.6% BEV share).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2021

The Audi e-tron just scored a new quarterly sales record in the United States. Before you get too excited about the news, though, recognize that the US market is nothing like the European market for the electric SUV from Germany. This new quarterly record? 3,474 units. With ~13 weeks in the first quarter of the […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

After a very slow start, electric vehicle sales seem to be starting to gain some traction in South Africa. Sales of battery-electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2022. Audi […] Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). E-mobility has arrived in the middle of mobile society. VW held a 17.4%

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 16, 2022

There are now a few 100% electric vehicle brands — such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, and Polestar — but looking past them at legacy automakers, let’s see who’s leading the way in terms of their movement toward a 100% electric future. Note that we don’t have data on EV sales from all automakers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 27, 2023

The US electric vehicle market has been growing strongly year after year. Sales in the 1st quarter of 2023 are more than double sales in the 1st quarter of 2021, and they are more than 5 times what they were three years ago.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 10, 2022

As per data from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt or KBA) , a total of 6,096 Tesla Model 3 were sold in the country last month. This effectively made it the 2nd-best-selling car in Germany, only behind the much smaller and much more affordable Volkswagen e-up! The fact that the e-up!

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Following up on our report on which automotive groups have been selling the most electric cars across 10 European markets, let’s look at which brands have been seeing the most sales (read: registrations).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2021

We’ve gotten some great electric vehicle news this week in the United States — the Chevy Bolt EV had a record 1st quarter, the Audi e-tron had a record quarter, the Ford Mustang Mach-E arrived with a bang, and US-based EV giant Tesla had a record quarter. As I’ve been covering in the past couple […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2021

I love seeing the tremendous growth of electric vehicle sales in Europe, which is likely to achieve more than 10% of new car sales being plugin vehicle sales this year, but there is something bittersweet about it.

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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. Audi E-tron 5,612. This list is subjective and weighted toward functionality with an emphasis on fun, but also factors in sales numbers.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

September confirmed the trend with a 9% increase in market sales, signaling that the worst of the production constraints might be over. After over a year in the red, Europe was back in black in August, with a 3% growth rate. Although, with an energy-derived recession knocking on the door, this uptick might not last […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2022

I’m a huge fan of several non-Tesla electric cars. I’d happily recommend the Ford Mustang Mach-E or Volkswagen ID.4 4 to anyone who expressed any interest in those vehicles. I currently own a Tesla Model 3, but I previously owned and loved a BMW i3 and I would say without a doubt that I’m more excited […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a brand or even automotive group, Tesla is selling more battery-electric vehicles than any other company in the UK.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2022

Following up on our report on US electric car sales in 2021, let’s now look at sales of electric vehicles in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2022. Based on well informed estimates of US Tesla sales, the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 dominated sales of electric cars in the United […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

continued] The post US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019 appeared first on CleanTechnica. The US auto industry is bouncing back compared to the past couple of years, but it’s still significantly below its.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2023

Unfortunately, the overall market grew almost as fast, +16%, getting close to 1 million sales as it is finally recovering from a couple […] Tesla continues to be the best selling brand in Europe, but Volkswagen is recovering Some 197,000 plugin vehicles were registered in April in Europe — which is +25% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Tesla is outselling Audi, BMW, and Mercedes in their home market.

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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

JULY 5, 2023

Unfortunately, the overall market also grew fast, +18%, surpassing 1 million sales. Tesla continues to be the best selling brand in Europe, but Volkswagen is recovering Some 253,000 plugin vehicles were registered in May in Europe — which is +38% year over year (YoY). It is finally recovering from a couple of bad years. Last […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Top Auto Brands in World in EV Sales — December 2022 In the last stage of the 2022 race, BYD scored another record month, this time with 228,502 […] After looking at the top selling plugin vehicle models of 2022 across the world, let’s look at the auto brands that sold the most plugin vehicle models.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in September by 33% year over year (YoY). It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The last months of 2022 brought a record-fest for world plugin vehicle sales, with 3 months out of the last 4 setting new sales records. December was one of them, with over 1,200,000 registrations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 1, 2022

That’s almost a doubling of plugin vehicle sales from a year ago, which means that the global automotive market is already entering the Electric Disruption Zone. […]. Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 99% in February 2022 compared to February 2021. There were 541,000 registrations, representing 9.3% share (6.4%

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Electric vehicle sales are booming in Europe, and especially in some northerly nations. Denmark isn’t the largest or hottest auto market in the world, but its electric vehicle (BEV) sales are quite good and growing fast.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2023

It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the same quarter last year, but […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s 2023, but we’re still aggregating sales data from the various automakers at the end of 2022. Let’s look at electric vehicle registrations by OEM. Top 5 Automakers For Plugin Vehicle Sales Globally To start, we’ll look at full electrics (BEVs) plus plugin […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2023

Volkswagen Group’s electric transition is continuing at a good pace. Its pure electric (BEV) sales were up nearly 50% in the first six months of 2023 compared to the first six months of 2022. They grew from 217,200 to 321,600. Furthermore, there are another 200,000 or so BEV orders on the books just in Western […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2021

Electric vehicle sales in South Africa have been quite slow due to several factors. These include high import duties and taxes for EVs, as well as a small selection of EVs for consumers to choose from. While the high import duties and taxes remain, there is light at the end of the tunnel on other […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 30, 2022

39% of cars sold in November had a plug.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2020, there were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%). But compared to 2019, they were down by more than 3 […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 16, 2021

I wrote a piece last week on US electric vehicle sales in the 2nd quarter of 2021. The unfortunate thing for those of us who would like to see Europe-level EV sales as quickly as possible is that non-Tesla EV sales in the US are quite pitiful. Of course, some pure-Tesla fans are happy about […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2023

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% While this is below last […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 27, 2022

We publish EV sales reports for numerous countries every month, which is a fun way of tracking the transition to electric vehicles while examining who is leading and who is lagging. We don’t have complete EV sales numbers for the USA, since some automakers don’t report sales of some of their electric models.

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