Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

A vehicle scrappage scheme. And the investigation of extending the Clean Car Discount to other vehicle types. Drive Electric has a membership of over fifty leading organisations representing the convergence of the e-mobility ecosystem: finance, automotive, infrastructure, energy and government. A social leasing programme.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 21, 2023

The all-electric small city car the Citroen Ami is made in Morocco and exported to several European countries. Stellantis already has a manufacturing presence on the African continent, but it looks like it now wants to grow its footprint on the continent. It is also used locally by companies such as the Morocco Post for […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 16, 2021

The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with April’s plugin share reaching 15% (6.8% That keeps the year-to-date (YTD) share at a record 14% (6.9% BEV), which is a 3% increase over the 2020 result (11%). The 20% share I predicted for the whole of this year looks on target. Interestingly, […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 13, 2021

The French plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, with June’s plugin vehicle share of the country’s overall auto market reaching 19% last month (11% BEV). France had a record 37,408 registrations of plugin vehicles, a new record, pulling the year-to-date (YTD) share to a record 16% (7.9% BEV), or 144,518 units.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

Since the Clean Car Discount was introduced, EV and hybrids have grown to over a third of new registrations, already saving the country over $100m a year in fuel. Since the Clean Car Discount was introduced, EV and hybrids have grown to over a third of new registrations, already saving the country over $100m a year in fuel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 8, 2023

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

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December. of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%), and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%). Plugins took 55.4%

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 27.7% Full electric share grew YoY, but was outweighed by plugin hybrids’ decline. share in November, down from 28.1% year on year. Overall auto volumes were up over 23% YoY, to 142,889 units, though still almost 9% down on 2019 seasonal levels. The Tesla Model Y […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% share in October, with growing year on year volumes. Despite volume gain, YoY plugin share saw a slight dip (from 23.1%), against greater YoY gains in overall auto volume, up 26% to 134,344 units (from a record low baseline). October market volume was still at […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

October saw Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reach 59.4% Full electrics alone took 35.5% October’s best selling full electric was the Volvo XC40. […]. of the auto market, up from 50.1% year on year. share, from 22.9%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 32.2% Full electrics grew more than plugin hybrids. share in September, up from 28.7% year on year. Overall auto volume was 224,864 units, up 14% from last year, and down some 8% from September 2019’s result.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Sweden’s auto market recorded a plugin electric vehicle share of 46.1% Full electrics grew their share, but plugin hybrids lost more. 4 was the best selling full electric […]. in August 2022, a slight drop year on year from 47.1% The Volkswagen ID.4

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2023

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

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 5, 2022

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 16.7% share in July, down from 17.1% year on year. BEV share grew, but not enough to outweigh PHEVs’ lower share. 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

AUGUST 1, 2022

July saw plugin electric vehicles take 50.1% The best selling full electric was the Volkswagen ID.4. market share in Sweden, up from 37.6% year on year. Overall auto market volume was 17,834 units, up 6% Yoy, though still some 25% down from pre-pandemic norms for July. July’s combined plugin share of 50.1% comprised 26.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2023

The German auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.5% Full electrics, however, saw increased share, though were outweighed by a halving of plugin hybrid share, a result of recent policy adjustments. share in April, significantly down from 24.3% year on year. Overall auto volume in April was 202,947 units, 12.6%

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2022

In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% The Fiat 500 was October’s best selling full electric. […]. 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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicles take 28.5% market share in August 2022, their best result YTD, though only marginally up on August 2021’s 27.6%. The Tesla Model Y […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Germany saw plugin electric vehicle (EV) share at a low ebb in January, just 15.1%, from 21.6% year on year. The one-off low result comes in the shadow of record plugin share in December, ahead of reduced incentives from January 1st; the imbalance will normalise in the coming months.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 6, 2023

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

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 2, 2022

Norway’s electric vehicle transition continued to progress in June, with plugin electric vehicle share of 89.9%, up from 84.9% year-on-year. Overall auto volumes were down 27% YoY, to 14,901 units. The Tesla Model Y was the overall bestselling auto, at 2,531 units. comprised 78.7% full battery […].

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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 […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 25.5% The Fiat 500e was again Germany’s best selling full electric for the month. […]. share in July. This up from 22.6% year on year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into the Nordic countries — well, most of them.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 5, 2022

June saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.6% market share in the UK, up from 17.2% This despite a temporary availability shortfall, stemming from pauses at Tesla Shanghai. Overall auto volumes were at 140,958 units, the weakest June since 1996. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling plugin in June, and the 2nd best […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2022

The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 18.3% Full battery electrics grew share almost 1.5x share of the auto market in May, from 14.7% YoY, and plugin hybrids lost share. Overall auto volumes were down over 34% from pre-pandemic seasonal norms, at 124,394 units. Market Share Trends The combined plugin total of 18.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

September 2022 saw plugin electric vehicles take 24.2% Full electrics grew share (and volume), but plugin hybrids fell, a pattern now common across Europe. share of the French auto market, up from 21.5% year on year. Overall auto volume was 141,137 units, 5.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, and the world’s 2nd largest plugin market after China, saw plugin electric vehicle share of 21.6% Full electric vehicle sales grew a relative 28% year-on-year, plugin hybrids shrank slightly, and the overall auto market grew to 184,112 units.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.2% Full electrics saw a decent growth in share whilst plugin hybrids lost share, weighing on the combined plugin result. share of the auto market in August, up from 18.3% year on year. Overall auto volumes were at 68,858 units, a slight YoY improvement, though still 18.8%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share recovered in September, gaining 55.2% Full electrics saw 35.3% of the auto market, from 53.9% a year ago. share, their 2nd highest ever from last December. Plugin hybrids fell slightly year on year. Overall auto volumes were down 3% YoY, and some 21% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Plugin electric vehicles took 22.4% Full electrics grew share, while plugin hybrids declined. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling all electric. share of the UK auto market in September, up from 21.6% year-on-year. Overall auto volumes were 225,269 units, up 4.6% from a year ago, but down 34.4% from September 2019.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 1, 2022

In June 2022 Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took 55.1% Sweden’s best selling vehicle (of any powertrain) in May was the Tesla Model Y. market share, up from 49.4% BEVs grew share by over 31% YoY, whilst PHEVs reduced share slightly. Overall auto market volume, at 26,059 units, was 28% down YoY. June’s combined […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Europe’s second largest auto market, France, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.0% The bestselling full electric was again the new Renault Megane. share in August, up modestly from 19.8% year on year. Overall auto volumes for the month were 91,403 units, an improvement over 2021, but still almost 30% down on August 2019.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2022

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 19.8% Full electrics saw healthy growth whilst plugin hybrids fell. The Peugeot e-208 was the #1 best selling full electric in June, though Renault took 3 of the top […]. market share in June, up marginally from 18.7%

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