EV Central

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A survey commissioned by the electric vehicle maker Polestar has found 34 per cent of Australian drivers support a ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Polestar boss Thomas Ingenlath with the Precept concept, which is heading for production as the Polestar 5. Push that deadline out to 2035 and the figure climbs to 48 per cent.

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Push EVs

APRIL 7, 2023

Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Petrol share looks set to regularly slide under 20% in Q3 or Q4 this year. It terms of volumes, BEVs were up nearly 38% YoY, while PHEVs were down by some 19%. This despite its price tag of €45,000 to €48,000, for the entry variant!

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Push EVs

JANUARY 9, 2023

This comes against a background of overall auto sales down by 2.0% For petrol-only vehicles, 2022 saw 42.3% Expect petrol’s rate of decline to accelerate in the coming years, once diesel sales have effectively ended. 4) took December’s second place in BEV market share, and BMW (led by the i4) took 3rd.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Greenpeace , agrees, and argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids must end by 2030. California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters that its 2035 EV mandate was the “sweet spot,” given “where the automakers are, where the supply chains are, and where the production vehicles are.”

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. However, other automakers like BMW are quite unabashed about going after the luxury market which it terms “ white hot.”

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. BMW CEO Officer Oliver Zipse is set to announce the plan alongside its annual report on March 17, the person said. LG to invest $4.5

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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