Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Audi of America announced that base pricing for the 2015 A3 sedan in the US will start at $29,900. The A3 represents the entry level to the Audi brand. The A3 sedan also plays a pivotal role in the soon to be expanding Audi A3 family. TDI clean diesel, and a high-output 2.0 TFSI offered in the S3.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

Audi of America introduced the all-new 2015 A3 Sedan with both the 1.8 The A3 Sedan will be joined later in 2014 by the recently announced Audi A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI clean diesel, the high-performance S3 Sedan and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric hybrid (PHEV). The base MSRP for the Audi A3 1.8

Audi

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Audi of America, Inc. announced that the all-new 2015 Audi A3 sedan will arrive in US showrooms in the first quarter of 2014. Audi of America also confirmed that it will offer the A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in gasoline electric hybrid (PHEV) model in the US market later in 2014. TDI clean diesel. Audi connect.

Audi

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

Audi

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

Audi of America is introducing its first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant of its bestselling SUV, the Audi Q5. The Audi Q5 TFSI e ( earlier post ) will be joined by the A8 TFSI e and the Audi A7 TFSI e in the coming months. The Audi Q5 TFSI e is equipped with a turbocharged 2.0-liter

Audi

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

The Audi A3 TDI diesel Sportback is making its US debut at the New York International Auto Show. The Audi A3 TDI Sportback will offer a 150 horsepower (110 kW) 2.0 TDI clean diesel mated to the standard 6-speed S tronic transmission. Audi introduced TDI technology in the US in 2009. Earlier post.). ( Earlier post.).

New York

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Audi introduced the battery-electric Audi A3 e-tron US pilot program at TED2012 in Long Beach, California. This marks Audi’s first foray into the rapidly developing US electric vehicle landscape. The Audi A3 e-tron can be recharged in about nine hours with a 230-volt household socket. A3 e-tron BEV.

Audi

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Audi of America officially announced plans today for the arrival in the US of the new A3 family of premium compact cars, with three body styles, five new engines and seven variants including its plug-in hybrid model. Audi first revealed the A3 Sportback e-tron at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. The Audi A3 stretches 175.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Tesla is outselling Audi, BMW, and Mercedes in their home market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Audi’s line of EVs may soon be produced in the United States, as soon as 2023, thanks to the newly signed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). For BEVs and PHEVs to remain eligible for tax credits, the final assembly must happen in North […]. The IRA encourages electric vehicle manufacturers to build their vehicles in the USA.

United States

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 4, 2024

share, also a new record, with PHEVs a distant runner-up at 1.1% September witnessed plugin EVs take a record 97.5% share in Norway, up from 93.0% year on year. BEVs crushed all other powertrains, taking 96.4% Overall auto volume was 12,966 units, up 25% YoY. Tesla dominated, taking around a. continued] The post EVs Take A Record 97.5%

Norway

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The French plugin vehicle market took its usual holiday in August, with last month’s plugin registrations ending at 17,404 units, divided between 9,916 BEVs and 7,488 PHEVs. The former jumped 78% year over year (YoY), while the latter were up 42%. In isolation, these numbers might sound meh.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2021

In a red hot market in which fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 183% year over year (YoY) and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) shot up 6-fold in March, plugin sales had their second best month ever in France. In total, 29,737 plugin vehicles were registered, allowing the plugin share to reach 16% last month (8.5% That […].

France

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2022

In fact, that result allowed full electrics (BEVs) to surpass plugin hybrids (PHEVs) in the year-to-date […]. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (16% of new vehicle sales), which surged 275%(!) year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

BEVs have grown well, whilst PHEVs have remained mostly flat. 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. Overall market volume was 145,204 units, some 17% up YoY, though still below the pre-2020 norms. The Tesla Model Y […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2021

The recent best selling full electric vehicle, the Audi e-tron, is now close to being caught by the new Volkswagen ID.4. April 2021 saw plugin electric vehicles taking 80.1% market share in Norway, up from 69.6% in April 2020. Overall auto volume was back to seasonal norms, with 13,166 vehicles registered.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 5, 2022

BEV share grew, but not enough to outweigh PHEVs’ lower share. The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 16.7% share in July, down from 17.1% year on year. Overall auto volumes were down 9% YoY, to 112,162, the lowest July in over 16 years. Hyundai was the leading brand in UK BEV sales […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

share, with PHEVs adding another 1.5% The October auto market saw plugin EVs take 95.6% share in Norway, up from 91.3% year on year. BEVs took 94.0% to combined plugins. Overall auto volume was 11,552 units, an increase of 29.4% The best selling BEV was the Skoda Enyaq.

Norway

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2024

BEVs alone took almost 92% of the market, close to a record, and PHEVs contributed 2.4%. July saw plugin EVs take 94.3% share in Norway, up from 89.9% year on year. Overall auto volume was 6,456 units, down 14% YoY. The Volkswagen ID.4 4 was the month’s best seller. July’s market. continued] The post EVs Take 94.3%

Norway

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 6, 2024

BEVs grew volume modestly, while PHEVs grew more strongly. June’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 28.2% share in the UK, up from 25.1% year on year. Overall auto volume was 179,263 units, up 1% YoY and well below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~225,000). The UK’s leading battery-electric vehicle brand in. continued] The post EVs Take 28.2%

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

share, with PHEVs adding another 1.5% The October auto market saw plugin EVs take 95.6% share in Norway, up from 91.3% year on year. BEVs took 94.0% to combined plugins. Overall auto volume was 11,552 units, an increase of 29.4% The best selling BEV was the Skoda Enyaq. continued] The post EVs Take 95.6%

Norway

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2025

This growth was primarily driven by a rise in BEV volumes, while PHEVs also experienced an increase. April saw plugin EVs take 63.3% share in Sweden, up from 56.9% Overall auto volume was 24,292 units, up some 11% YoY. The Volkswagen ID.7 7 was the best-selling BEV in April. continued] The post EVs Take 63.3%

Sweden

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 5, 2024

Both BEVs and PHEVs grew volume YoY, outperforming the broader market. July saw plugin EVs take 27.4% share of the UK auto market, up from 24.1% year on year. Overall auto volume was 147,517 units, up 2.5% YoY, still below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~160,000). The UK’s leading BEV brand in. continued] The post EVs Take 27.4%

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 7, 2024

Most of the gain was from PHEVs, whilst BEVs barely improved. May saw plugin EVs take 25.7% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.1% year on year. Overall auto volume was 147,678 units, up by some 2% YoY, and still below pre-2020 norms (~175,000). The UK’s leading BEV brand. continued] The post EVs Take 25.7%

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2023

BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. Germany’s plugin electric vehicles took 21.6% of the auto market in March, down from 25.6% year on year. Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This story is the 2,000 th one posted on Clean Fleet Report (as a point of reference we hit story #1,000 on Feb. You could argue a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) does that, but that’s not really true. One week I was in an Audi Q5 Quattro with an efficient turbocharged 2.0-liter Audi has a reputation when it comes to engines.

Audi

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 15, 2023

Volvo has flipped its usual script with the 2023 XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid, but it hasn’t sacrificed any of the benefits of owning a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), which is the perfect bridge between a gasoline and electric power. Very clean. The XC60 Recharge Ultimate Dark ( Clean Fleet Report drove) had a base price of $68,950.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 5, 2024

BEV share fell YoY, while PHEV share was flat, and both lost volume. June saw plugin EVs take 56.5% share in Sweden, down YoY from 59.2% in June 2023. Overall auto volume was 25,401 units, down 10% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV. June’s result saw. continued] The post EVs Take 56.5%

Sweden

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Full electrics nevertheless saw sales volume slightly increase YoY, whilst PHEV volume declined. October 2023 saw plugin EVs take 24.5% share of Germany’s auto market, down from a 32.5% share in October 2022, and amidst a hangover from September 2023 incentive changes. Overall auto volume was 218,959 units, up some 5% YoY.

Germany

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 18, 2022

Jeep Wrangler 4xe leads PHEVs. It shouldn’t be surprising when you scan the list of EVs (particularly the down-list models where there are several Audis and BMWs as well as the pricey GMC Hummer ), but the average sales price for an EV during the first half of the year was $66,000, according to Kelly Blue Book.

Sale

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The main culprits for the lukewarm performance were the PHEVs, which were down 8% YoY. Germany’s PEV passenger car market started the year with a small increase over the same month last year, with the almost 40,000 units registered in January representing an 8% increase in sales.

Germany

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 10, 2024

BEVs were down some 29% in YoY volume, while PHEVs were down 4.5%. March saw plugin EVs take 18.0% share in Germany, down year on year, remaining stuck in a hangover from sudden incentive abandonment in late December. Overall auto volume was 263,844 units, down 6% YoY, and down 25%. continued] The post EVs Take 18.0%

Germany

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 2, 2022

Kia Niro EV #1 in a balanced market The European passenger plug-in vehicle market scored 156,000 registrations in January (+39% YoY), with BEVs (+78%) growing significantly faster than PHEVs (+11%).

PHEV

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2023

That pulled the market up — quite different from PHEVs, which were down 46%. The overall German auto market had a positive month in April (+13% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+34% YoY). There were 29,740 BEV registrations last month, 15% of the overall market. The latter are now suffering from the […]

Market

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 6, 2023

BEVs saw fractional market share growth YoY, and a new volume record, whilst PHEVs saw a slight decline. The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.4% of the auto market in March, down from 22.7% year on year. Combustion-only powertrains lost 2.5% Overall auto volume was 287,825 units, up some 18% YoY, though […]

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Drive Electric NZ

MAY 1, 2023

Press release 2nd May 2023 Drive Electric welcomes the continuation of the Clean Car Discount, as this policy is delivering emissions reductions and saving money on fossil fuels. Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The Clean Car Discount has turned New Zealand from a laggard to a leader when it comes to EV adoption.

Cleaning

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Audi E-tron 5,612. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Audi has already spun off one additional E-tron model, the fastback GT, but others are due shortly. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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