Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Built on an all-new platform, the K5 is wider, longer and lower than the Optima, more powerful, and takes design cues from the performance minded Kia Stinger. So what does Kia do? The 2022 Kia K5 GT is offered with one engine and transmission. Observations: 2022 Kia K5 GT 2.5L. Kia believes in sedans–and it shows.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Basic Transportation Kicked-up a Notch. The 2022 Kia Rio S is a small car with much going for it. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter Clean Fleet Report tested the Kia Rio S five-door with standard equipment that included power windows, door locks and heated outside mirrors. Drivetrain.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

After trying the Kia Niro EV, Hyundai Kona EV, and VW ID.4, When I decided last year to buy an electric car, the first one I considered was the Tesla Model 3. See “My First EV – Part I.”) ”) I test drove one at the dealer and took notes. 4, I ended up buying a Chevy […]

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo will jointly develop an all-electric platform based on Canoo’s fully scalable, proprietary skateboard design ( earlier post ) for upcoming Hyundai and Kia EVs and PBVs (purpose-built vehicles) ( earlier post ). Hyundai and Kia both recently announced plans to develop fully electric PBVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 14, 2023

The car driven for that night was a 2020 Kia Niro EV top trim […] To condense, it was about an evening out at the Corning Museum of Glass up in Corning, NY, and the EV charging experience that went along with it.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

All goods and services will be transported underground via autonomous mobility to each region’s automated logistics hub, where autonomous robots will make the final delivery. The Hyundai Motor Group announced its vision for future cities and supporting smart mobility solutions at CES in 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2022

A 2020 survey found that 31% of drivers said they would consider or definitely get an EV the next time they purchase a vehicle. That momentum has built exponentially, as rising gas prices are prodding people to make quicker moves to all-electric transportation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2021

Tallying up US auto sales for Q1 2021 at long last, I was only slightly curious to see how they compared to Q1 2020 (and perhaps that’s why it took me so long). Clearly, with the US in lockdown for part of Q1 2020, it was just a poor quarter to compare to and this […].

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Having completed a transportation design degree at Institute D’Arte Applicata & Design in 1997, Frascella started his career in Turin. Since 2020 Frascella has also directed the design of the radical reimagining of the Jaguar brand – which is readying itself for an all-electric avatar by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

The Group—including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation—and Grab will further develop new pilots and initiatives that lower the barriers of entry for Grab driver and delivery-partners to adopt EVs, such as lowering the total cost of ownership and reducing range anxiety. Hyundai Motor Group and Grab Holdings Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In theory, Apple would equip Transporter vans with autonomous tech at Italdesign (a VW property) in Italy.& It was a quiet year for the Titan project in 2020 for obvious reasons, but late in the year Reuters reported Apple sought a launch date in 2024. Images: X/Twitter, Apple, Kia, VW, Lexus] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2020

billion) annually to enhance its leadership in vehicle electrification, autonomous driving and mobility services, said Euisun Chung, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Group, at the company’s 2020 New Year ceremony at its headquarters in Seoul.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2023

Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% share, up from 55.1% year on year. Full electrics grew share at a decent rate, while plugin hybrids retreated slightly. The Tesla Model Y was June’s bestselling vehicle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

First, before getting into the automaker comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 versus the second quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, […] No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

Overall market volume was 145,204 units, some 17% up YoY, though still below the pre-2020 norms. Tesla hits the UK with its strongest ever May, helping lift the plugin electric vehicle market share to 23.1%, up from 18.3% year on year. BEVs have grown well, whilst PHEVs have remained mostly flat. The Tesla Model Y […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 8, 2023

Overall auto volumes were up 18% year on year in December, but still down compared to pre-2020 norms. The UK’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 39.4% share of new sales in December, a new record, up from 33.2% year on year. Full electrics alone took almost a third of the market. The Tesla […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Overall auto volume was 22,383 units, 12% up YoY, though still some 25% down on pre-2020 seasonal norms. October saw Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reach 59.4% of the auto market, up from 50.1% year on year. Full electrics alone took 35.5% share, from 22.9%

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 1, 2022

imagine telling what happened in the past two years to our past selves of June 2020 — they would […]. #TheEVFutureIsNow Yep, the EV disruption many of us were dreaming of for years is finally happening, and the proof is that despite all the stuff happening right now — pandemic(s), war, inflation, material shortages, etc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Yet, although car OEMs like Audi, BMW, Kia, and Toyota Motor currently use Google’s Android Auto technology for search, map, and other functions, ABI Research predicts Android N will likely not appear in cars before 2020. It will be Android’s first turn-key platform, capable of common vehicle operations. —Susan Beardslee.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Overall auto volumes were 260,512 units, up some 31% YoY, though still down around 10% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. Germany’s plugin electric vehicle share broke new records in November, gaining 39.4% of the auto market, up from 34.4%, year on year. The Tesla Model 3 was the bestselling full electric.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

With the overall auto market now in recovery mode (+9% YoY) — yet still 17% below January 2020, the last normal month — the French plugin passenger car market hit the accelerator. This was all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 43%, to 14,649 registrations, or 13% share. Surprisingly, despite losing access to subsidies on […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2023

Overall auto market volume was 20,588 units, down some 6% YoY, and down 35% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reached 55.7% of the auto market in April, up from 48.2% year-on-year. Full electrics grew share strongly, whilst plugin hybrids lost share slightly.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis.

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Plug N Drive

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A new and innovative approach to engaging Canadians around the benefits of electric transportation. The MEET takes EV education on the road to engage Canadians around the far-reaching benefits of electrified transportation.”. until November 29, 2020 and will soon be travelling across Canada. The MEET’s first stop is Ottawa.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 29, 2022

With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It dropped 1% last month, with approximately 159,000 plugin vehicles registered in April.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Despite an artificially inflated November 2020 (CO2 fleet mandates + fiscal changes), the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market managed to stay in positive territory last month (+7% YoY), with 10,613 plugin registrations logged in November, a new year best.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2022

The German automotive market has opened the gates to plugin vehicles, with December close to setting a record month, ending some 1,000 units below December 2020 with 81,188 registrations. 36% plugin vehicle share in December!

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2023

Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. March’s combined plugin […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This, however, is still down by almost 25% from the pre-2020 seasonal norms. Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% 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% YoY, to 208,642 units.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2023

YoY, though still down from the roughly 170,000 pre-2020 seasonal norm. The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% share of sales in April 2023, up from 16.2% year on year. Full battery electrics grew strongly in both share, and in volume. Overall auto volume was 132,990 units, up 11.6% The UK’s best […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

of US auto sales in Q3 2020. 6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2%

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 72% in November 2021 compared to November 2020. There were 721,000 registrations (or 11.5% share of the overall auto market), establishing a new global record for PEV sales.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Overall auto volume was 131,994 units, up some 15% YoY, but still 21% below pre-2020 seasonal norms. The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% share of new sales in January, flat from 20.4% year on year. Full electrics grew slightly whilst plugin hybrids shrank.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

YoY, and above the pre-2020 seasonal norm of 11,635 units. Norway’s auto market saw 86.4% plugin electric vehicle share in October, down year on year, from 89.3%. Full electrics grew share by 7.5% YoY, but were outweighed by a drop in plugin hybrids. Overall auto volumes were 12,558 units, up 8.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

from 9.76% in August 2020. The UK auto market, Europe’s third largest, saw plugin electric vehicle share of 18.3% in August 2021, up 1.9x Overall auto market volume was down 7.6% from long term seasonal norms, at 68,033 units. The Volkswagen brand dominated all electric market share at 15.4%.

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