CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December. Plugins took 55.4% of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%), and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2023

of the auto market in March, down from 25.6% Germany’s plugin electric vehicles took 21.6% year on year. BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. Its battery-electric sibling, the BMW i3, took the same award in 2014. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. seconds to 100 km/h from a standing start.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2015

In addition to developing its own innovative premium vehicles and technologies with a focus on sustainability, BMW i also serves within the BMW Group as an incubator for innovation reaching beyond the brand’s vehicles. As there was no longer any immediate use for the patent at BMW i, the company released it for external use.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

EPA began collecting industry-wide footprint data in MY 2008. The average footprint within each of the five vehicle types has been relatively stable between MY 2008 and MY 2016. The overall new vehicle average footprint has also been stable between MY 2008 and MY 2016. The average footprint for pickup trucks increased 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

Research project PROTON-PLATA (SDR) platform embedded in the trunk of the BMW X5 Research Prototype. The Technische Universität München (TUM), for years an established partner of the BMW Group, will also be included in the cooperation between BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH and EURECOM. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 25.5% Overall auto market volumes were down some 34% from seasonal norms, to 205,911 units, the worst July performance in many years. share in July. This up from 22.6% year on year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

of the auto market, from 53.9% Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share recovered in September, gaining 55.2% a year ago. Full electrics saw 35.3% share, their 2nd highest ever from last December. Plugin hybrids fell slightly year on year. Overall auto volumes were down 3% YoY, and some 21% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2021

Despite a still-hurting overall auto market (-20% YoY in February), the European passenger plugin vehicle market continues to rise. More than 115,000 plugin vehicles were registered on the continent in February (+66% YoY), placing last month’s plugin vehicle share at 14% (5.9% full electrics/BEVs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

Cryo-compressed hydrogen storage, being developed by the BMW Group based on its long experience with cryogenic storage, involves storing gaseous hydrogen at low temperature on board the vehicle at a pressure of up to 350 bar. From a 2010 paper by BMW and Lawrence Livermore researchers describing CCH 2 technology. Aceves et al.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 16, 2021

The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with April’s plugin share reaching 15% (6.8% That keeps the year-to-date (YTD) share at a record 14% (6.9% BEV), which is a 3% increase over the 2020 result (11%). The 20% share I predicted for the whole of this year looks on target. Interestingly, […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Cryoshelter is a cryogenic storage technology company founded in 2008 in Austria by Dr. Matthias Rebernik (currently holds approximately 80% of the shares in the company) whose PhD thesis was part of the LH2-tank project for the BMW Hydrogen 7 ( earlier post ).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 1, 2022

As Europe sets sail for ever more ambitious growth for electric vehicles, all is not well in the continent’s fourth largest car market, Italy. While other major European auto markets continued posting steep increases in EV adoption in February, the Bel Paese almost seemed to be grinding to a halt. Why […].

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2021

The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with May’s plugin share reaching 17% last month (8.2% BEV), pulling the YTD share to a record 15% (7.1% BEV), which is a good 4 percentage point increase over the 2020 result (11%), while the 20% share I predicted for the whole year looks well […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Germany saw plugin electric vehicle (EV) share at a low ebb in January, just 15.1%, from 21.6% year on year. The one-off low result comes in the shadow of record plugin share in December, ahead of reduced incentives from January 1st; the imbalance will normalise in the coming months. Overall auto volumes were 179,225 units, […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

of the auto market, from 53.9% Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share recovered in September, gaining 55.2% a year ago. Full electrics saw 35.3% share, their 2nd highest ever from last December. Plugin hybrids fell slightly year on year. Overall auto volumes were down 3% YoY, and some 21% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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EV Central

JANUARY 9, 2024

Spurred by new vehicle arrivals, government incentives and a freer supply of stock, the electric car market surged 161 percent over 2022. And 83 percent of those EVs were sourced from China, with brands such as Tesla, BYD, MG, Polestar, Volvo, GWM, LDV and BMW all sourcing electric cars from what is now the world’s biggest car manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

new vehicle market share. to 290,280 units [ 1 ] , representing a new vehicle market share for calendar year (CY) 2009 of 2.8%. to 290,280 units [ 1 ] , representing a new vehicle market share for calendar year (CY) 2009 of 2.8%. Monthly new vehicle market share. over December 2008. increase over 2008.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2009

For its Technology Day 2009 in Germany, BMW focused on describing its work with aerodyanmics, engines and transmissions in the context of its EfficientDyanmics development strategy. BMW has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet CO 2 emissions over the past few years. Click to enlarge. EfficientDynamics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Core elements of the realignment include the expansion of electromobility; enhanced commitment in the crossover and premium compact segments; and strengthening of the market position in China. In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group. Increased commitment to the automotive market in China.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Bosch anticipates that electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will take almost a 3% share of the global new car market in 2020. BMW is the first customer of the joint venture, which was set up in 2008. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge. Large-scale series production of battery cells to begin in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

In a panel session entitled “Does Green Matter in a Try-to-Survive Market?” How big is the green market? You can move from a BMW 3 series into a Prius and be proud. Tags: Hybrids Market Background Policy Vehicle Manufacturers. by Bill Cooke. Even globally the number is relatively small: Region.

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EV Sales

APRIL 26, 2021

Tesla Model 3 new #1 in hot market (16% share!) The European passenger plugin market continues on the rise, having registered over 227,000 units in March (+169% YoY), placing last month plugin share at 16% share (7.6% 3 sibling hasn't really set the market on fire.The ID.4 3 sibling hasn't really set the market on fire.The ID.4

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. Wealthy investors, market analysts, and board members were all behind Apple’s development of an autonomous EV. Elon was glad too.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

SB LiMotive , the 50:50 joint venture of Samsung SDI and Bosch formed in 2008 ( earlier post ), has been awarded the business to supply the lithium-ion battery packs for the Fiat 500EV, which will be launched in the US market in 2012. This marks the first step for SB LiMotive to the US EV market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2023

share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% year on year. Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 […]

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 27, 2008

The web was buzzing last week with stories about BMW’s MINI E. To recap, BMW will be leasing 500 MINI Es from dealers in New York, New Jersey and Southern California starting some time early in 2009. BMW will be installing their own fairly fast charger in your garage. Tags: EV News BMW MINI E Inside Track.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.” In addition to securing cars from private owners and the local Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla dealerships, a used EV dealer was also engaged. Dave Atherton answering questions from Toyota representatives about his DIY modified 2008 Prius.

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EV Sales

JUNE 14, 2021

Skoda Enyaq superstar in hot market (24% share!) The Dutch PEV market continues on the fast lane, with 5,986 plugin registrations, placing last month PEV Share at 24% (13% BEV), pulling the year to date PEV share to 18% (7.9% while the BMW iX3 was also up, having climbed to #15. Not bad, eh? while the VW ID.4

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Push EVs

JULY 15, 2023

share of the market in H1 2022 has halved, to 5.66% in H1 2023. Whereas PHEVs previously had almost as much market share as BEVs (see graph below) in Germany, they have now slipped to around one third that of BEVs. This is more in line with the plugin weightings in the other large European markets of France and the UK.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 1, 2022

market share in Sweden, up from 37.6% Overall auto market volume was 17,834 units, up 6% Yoy, though still some 25% down from pre-pandemic norms for July. July saw plugin electric vehicles take 50.1% year on year. The best selling full electric was the Volkswagen ID.4. July’s combined plugin share of 50.1% comprised 26.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles take 28.5% market share in August 2022, their best result YTD, though only marginally up on August 2021’s 27.6%. The Tesla Model Y […].

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We update this list regularly because the market is changing so quickly. We’ll try to keep this up-to-date as the EV market continues to evolve. Plug-ins are trending in key markets around the country, although much of the action remains focused in California and other West Coast states. Let us know what you think.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

of Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, in October, up from 30.4% This in the context of overall auto market growth of 16.8% Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% YoY, to 208,642 units. This, however, is still down by almost 25% from the pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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