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Electric car sales remain low in the UK

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The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% Full electrics grew slightly whilst plugin hybrids shrank. January’s combined plugin share of 20.0% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). January’s combined plugin share of 20.0% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). share of new sales in January, flat from 20.4%

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May 2023 – Tesla Model Y conquers Sweden

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Plugin electric vehicles saw strong year on year growth in market share in Sweden, taking 61.9% share, with plugin hybrids slightly losing share YoY. May’s combined plugin result of 61.9% full electrics (BEVs), and 21% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). of the market, from 47.5% in May 2022. comprised 40.9% a year ago. last month.

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April 2023 – Good month for Volkswagen in the UK

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The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% April’s combined plugin result of 21.9% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Most of the auto market’s volume growth, in fact, came from plugins. All other powertrains combined, only grew by 4% in volume YoY, and all non-plugins lost share. year on year. comprised 15.4%

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in Germany

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June saw plugin EVs at 24.6% to 18.9%, the share of plugin hybrids halved, however, after incentives were cut. With combined plugin EVs at 24.6% share in June, full electrics (BEVs) contributed 18.9%, and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) contributed 5.7%. share in Germany, down from 26.0% year on year. Inflation was at 6.4%

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May 2023 – Germans love the domestic Tesla Model Y

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The auto market in Germany saw plugin EVs take 22.9% Full electrics gained share, but were outpaced by the losses in plugin hybrid share, due to recent policy changes. May’s overall plugin result of 22.9% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Again this reflects a maturing of Germany’s BEV market, and the BEV industry overall.

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Plugin Hybrids to save Big Three, Lee Iacocca

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From a new interview in Fortune and his new upcoming book, " Where Have all the Leaders Gone ?": What can the auto industry do? I think we are going to be hearing lots on Lee and his book. Plug-in hybrids. I think they're virtually here now." Full Interview here : I don't think I could have said it better myself.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The automotive industry is still trying to make electric cars as expensive and inefficient as they possibly can, and its a tough deal because the electronics industry is going the other way. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed.

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