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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4MATIC are these and much more. The front grille sets the tone for the S500 as the flagship vehicle in the Mercedes-Benz line-up. Make sure to visit the Mercedes-Benz dealership in the evening to get the full impact of the touchscreen. Where Luxury and Technology Meet. Traditional. The standard.

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Demand for battery electric vehicles in Europe doubles in July; growth driven by Tesla and Renault

Green Car Congress

Registrations of BEV, PHEV, HEV and other electric vehicles totalled 96,600 units in July—as demand increased by 29% from July 2018. However, the increase seen in July 2018 was still lower than the 35%, 18% and 12% increases seen in July 2018, July 2017 and July 2016, respectively. drop on the same period last year.

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Electrified car registrations pass 100K units in Europe for 1st time in March; total reg down 3.6%; Model 3 top EV

Green Car Congress

March marked the first time that registrations of electrified cars (BEV, PHEV, HEV) exceeded the 100,000 units mark, with a total of 125,400. in March 2018, and 44.8% The biggest drops were posted by Mercedes, Renault, Peugeot, Ford and Land Rover. While overall demand may be on the decline, the electrification shift continues.

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Norway December 2020

EV Sales

A minor surprise comes from the Nissan Leaf, a model that scored 692 registrations last month, its best score in Norway since 2018. The Polestar 2 past through the unplugged Toyota squad and jumped into #10, thus making a fully pluggable Top 11 in Norway, and of those 11 models, only one, the #9 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is not a BEV.

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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

Green Car Congress

The Tesla Model 3 also achieved another record in February, as it became the top-selling premium midsize sedan in Europe—outperforming the popular Mercedes C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series. Denmark also recorded a strong result in February, with volume up by 8% due to an increase in its EV and PHEV registrations.

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US Electric Vehicle Sales Report: 1H 2021 — Now Available

EV Adoption

From January 1 to June 30, 2021 an estimated 291,933 BEVs and PHEVs (plug-in electric vehicles) were purchased, roughly 30,000 below the 320,000 average for the full years of 2018-2020. Top 15-Selling BEV & PHEV Models 1H 2021. Top 15 PHEV Models By Percentage of Total 1H PHEV Sales.

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Global Top 20 - December 2020

EV Sales

While BEVs were a hot item last month, jumping 81%, to a record 407.000 units, PHEVs were even hooter, shooting 205% in December, allowing them to end the year with 31% of plugin sales, up 5% from the 26% of 2019, giving credit to those that say that PHEVs will still be around for a while. But more on that later.

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