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Over 10 million new plug-in cars have now entered West European roads

Electric Cars Report

Between 2012 and October 2023, over 10 million plug-in passenger cars entered the West European passenger car market, according to Schmidt Automotive Research’s monthly European Electric Car Study.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales Triple In 2012 As Buyers, Models Increase

Green Car Reports

car buyers took home about 17,500 plug-in electric cars in 2011. In 2012, about 53,000 electric cars were likely sold--essentially triple the prior year's number. We know that at least 50,000 sales of plug-in cars will have been reported by Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Nissan, and.

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2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid: Is It An Electric Car, Or Not?

Green Car Reports

The 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid is the second best-selling plug-in electric car in the U.S. But if you view it as an electric car, it’s an odd duck indeed. The car’s plug-in hybrid powertrain adds a 4.4-kilowatt-hour kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack to what is.

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Electric Car Price Guide: Every 2012-2013 Plug-In Car, With Specs

Green Car Reports

It's a hot topic whenever anyone mentions electric cars: Pricing. Many electric cars are more expensive than their regular counterparts, though naturally they cost less to run too. But what do today's electric and plug-in cars actually cost? Every vehicle here shows the.

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June Plug-In Electric Car Sales: Year Won't Quite Double 2012

Green Car Reports

With half the year now gone, are plug-in electric cars on track to double their sales last year? As of the end of June, roughly 41,000 plug-in cars had been sold in the U.S. That number would need to be closer to last year''s total of 53,000 to keep sales on pace to double the 2012 total.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In January: Leaf, Volt Both Low

Green Car Reports

In the first month of 2014, sales of the two most popular plug-in electric cars were lower than they''ve been in many months. Sales levels likely fell victim both to the predictable winter slowdown in electric-car sales (which we saw in 2012 and 2013 too) and to particularly bad weather last month throughout much of the U.S.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales For 2013 Near Double Previous Year's: UPDATE

Green Car Reports

In their third full year of sales, more plug-in electric cars were sold in the U.S. The 2013 total of roughly 90,000 electric vehicles didn''t quite double the 2012 total of about 53,000, but with 16 different plug-in cars offered for sale as of this month, the numbers seem likely to grow again this year.

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