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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these. It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. First, before getting into the automaker comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 versus the second quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, […]

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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. 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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US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019

CleanTechnica EVs

The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip?

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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

Green Car Congress

Organizations representing auto manufacturers, electric utilities and the electric drive industry are calling on President Obama to establish a new National Electric Fuel Task Force to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and the necessary infrastructure. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $2.4

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EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

Baua Electric

Until December he VW Group had remained one of the last holdouts among major automakers, with Stellantis and Mitsubishi remaining the only ones left. But Ford’s commitment was, for the auto industry, the turning point. Many months ago, earlier this year, that future was not at all apparent. But the tide turned on May 25, 2023.

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Auto Alliance pushing for passage of Maryland SB 1234 that would require state purchase of ZEVs; 50% of LDVs by 2026

Green Car Congress

The Auto Alliance, the leading advocacy group for the auto industry in the US, represents 70% of all car and light truck sales in the United States, including the BMW Group, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen Group of America (..)

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It’s a buyers’ market! Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y dominate  rapidly growing used EV sales in Australia

EV Central

READ MORE: We buy a used Porsche Taycan! According to stats compiled for the report by AutoGrab, which specialises in automotive industry data analytics, there were 4771 EVs offered for sale in March 2024 and 1393 sold. EV sales grew more than 13 per cent in March, which was substantially faster than petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles.