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Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%.

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Jeep to deliver first fully electric car to Australian market by year’s end

The Driven EV News

Jeep reveals pricing of the first electric car it will bring to the Australian market by the end of the year. The post Jeep to deliver first fully electric car to Australian market by year’s end appeared first on The Driven.

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BMW introduces electric 3 Series for Chinese market

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. R&D division in Shenyang, which also adapted some of the car’s componentry to the requirements of the supply chain in China.

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Volvo Car USA fully electric vehicle sales reach 7.2% of total in 2022

Green Car Congress

Volvo Car USA reported sales of 102,038 cars for the full year 2022, down 16.5% The share of fully electric Volvo cars reached 7.2% In the month of December, Volvo Car USA sold 11,111 cars, up 6.4%compared As a whole, the Americas Region sold 38,538 Recharge cars last year, a 9.5% year-on-year.

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China Electric Car Sales — 22% Fully Electric, 31% Have A Plug!

CleanTechnica EVs

Full electric cars accounted for 22% of new car sales in the Chinese market last month! Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. They grew 75% year over year (YoY) in October.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. In Europe, the share of Recharge cars of overall sales was 29%. in the region for the whole year.

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Nissan starts European production of all-new, fully electric Townstar

Electric Cars Report

Only days after the celebration of World EV Day, Nissan announced the start of production of its all-new and 100% electric Townstar EV model to be sold across select European markets.