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France Plugins Take Record 24.4% — Tesla Model Y Bestseller

CleanTechnica EVs

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.4% Traditional combustion-only petrol and diesel powertrains fell under 50% share for the first time. of the auto market in November, with full electrics (BEVs) alone taking 15.2%. Overall auto registrations in November stood at 133,960 units, up some 10% year on year.

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France Hits Record 23% Plugin EV Share In October

CleanTechnica EVs

France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicle share climb to a new record 22.9% Petrol share was down to a record low of 36.0% in September, almost twice the 11.8% share seen a year ago. from almost 44% a year ago. Diesel share remained below 20% for the third month in a […].

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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

Push EVs

Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. March’s combined plugin result of 91.1% plugin hybrids. Petrol-only vehicles saw their lowest share in modern history, taking just 1% of the market. year on year.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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