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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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Retail sales rise 27% to 2.20 million vehicles in April 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) today released April 2024 vehicle retail sales numbers for India Auto Inc. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India did well too – 394,147 units and a handsome 61% growth on year-ago sales of 411,206 units. India Auto Inc has had a good start to the new fiscal year 2025.

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Retail sales rise 27% to 2.12 million vehicles in April 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) today released April 2024 vehicle retail sales numbers for India Auto Inc. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India did well too – 394,147 units and a handsome 61% growth on year-ago sales of 411,206 units. India Auto Inc has had a good start to the new fiscal year 2025.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. First, there are more products available for purchase with new entrants ready to boost the market profile.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

The consumer incentive will reduce the purchase price of zero emissions vehicles, which encourages suppliers to provide these choices to meet new consumer demand. Mainstream brands like Honda, GM, Volvo, VW Group, Ford (Europe) have committed to going all EV, and recently Toyota announced a strong move in this direction also.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Plug In India

Some Dealer Stories We started the trip by doing some customer stories. Also talked to one of the 6 dealers in Hyderabad - the young Vinay Reddy of B-Drive Motors. There are training programs for dealers sales and service executives. So PURE ’s working capital seems to be dealer financed to a large extent.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. Harry decided to forego buying an EV, but he remains open to purchasing one if both the affordability and charging issues are better addressed. “I One was affordability.