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ZSW: more than 400,000 plug-in cars on road worldwide at beginning of 2014; 2x 2013

Green Car Congress

At the beginning of 2014, there were more than 400,000 electric cars—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and range-extended electric vehicles—on the road worldwide, according to an analysis by Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in Germany. Click to enlarge.

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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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Plug-in Electric Car Sales in Canada For January 2013

Green Car Reports

Earlier this month, we covered January's plug-in electric car sales in the U.S., As a percentage, plug-in cars were 0.3 percent of the American market in January 2013--down from 0.5 noting that sales fell by about half from the last few months of the prior year. Now we turn our.

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Is There Any Business Model For Public Electric-Car Charging? Plug-In 2013 Report

Green Car Reports

Suppose there''s no way for businesses to make money on public electric-car charging stations--even with DC quick-charging? That was one sobering question that came up during the Plug-In 2013 conference, held in San Diego last Monday through Thursday.

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Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Canada In 2013: Up 50 Percent

Green Car Reports

Plug-in electric vehicle sales in Canada rose by half in 2013, with sales poised to top 3,000 units once end-of-year vehicle registration data arrives. This is a year-over-year improvement of more than 50 percent on 2012''s total Canadian sales of plug-in cars, helping their share of new-car sales rise from 0.12

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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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Plug-in Electric Car Sales In Canada, April 2013

Green Car Reports

Canadian electric vehicle enthusiasts may remember April 2013, on the other hand, as the month the Toyota Prius Plug-in fell into fourth place among the country''s plug-ins. But before.'

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