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Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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USA Pulls Mexico Into Its Anti-Chinese EVs Policies

CleanTechnica EVs

There’s no doubt about it: China saw that the future of the car market was electric and zoomed far into lead. It has accounted for more than half of global electric car sales, and aside from Tesla, the biggest electric car producers in the world are Chinese. Despite being late.

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BMW introduces electric 3 Series for Chinese market

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. Fine tuning of the BMW i3 eDrive35L’s suspension systems to Chinese road conditions has been carried out by the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.

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Why Tesla and BYD could dominate electric car sales for a long time yet: The rise of China

EV Central

Tesla and BYD are the top selling electric cars in Australia and the world – and that doesn’t look like changing any time soon. Back to electric car basics In stripping every panel, nut, bolt and trim item off the upcoming BYD Seal electric sedan, UBS evaluated the core engineering and estimated manufacturing costs.

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

Baua Electric

More than 1 in 5 cars sold globally this year is expected to be electric, with surging demand projected over the next decade, says a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report. The latest IEA Outlook report asserts that global EV sales are set to remain “robust” in 2024, reaching around 17 million by the end of the year.

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Geely Auto forms new premium electric car company Zeekr; SEA EV architecture

Green Car Congress

Geely Auto Group (Geely Auto) officially announced the widely reported formation of Zeekr—a new electric mobility technology and solutions company based in China that will serve growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. The Chinese name of Zeeker has been confirmed as Ji Ke.

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Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

Cars That Think

In October, a startup called Jidu Automotive , backed by Chinese AI giant Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely , officially released an autonomous electric car, the Robo-01 Lunar Edition. In 2023, the car will go on sale. No other consumer car on the market yet offers Level 4 autonomy.

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