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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

Baua Electric

By comparison, Japan tops the list with 284 ships, followed by Norway, which has 102. South Korea comes in third with 72 and the Isle of Man, which has 61 registered ships, in fourth. Hence, cheap EVs coming your way (well, not in the US, at least not yet anyway). Still, steep import tariffs await on European borders.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

We sampled Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 ‘Electrified Streamliner’ (not a sedan, Hyundai insists) in South Korea ahead of its early 2023 Australian arrival. Our comparison group test featuring all of the above can be found here. And not in a good way. Challenging angle?

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. The cost of platinum makes hydrogen fuel cells an expensive proposition even in comparison to lithium-ion batteries. In comparison to a pure battery electric vehicle, FCEVs are more complex and heavier.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Some numbers and percentages in Europe may look different from what you see elsewhere, because I’ve added light-commercial vehicle sales to numerator and denominator, to make the comparison with other regions equitable. In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea.

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