Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

Kia used the Geneva International Motor Show as the platform to introduce the battery-electric e-Soul to Europe, as well as to reveal new upgrades to the Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid. Every Kia vehicle on show in Geneva employs the brand’s mild-hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicle technology.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Photo: Toyota Toyota has made its fully electric 2024 bZ4X – which only just landed on dealers’ lots – available to lease with a $10,000 discount. Toyota is getting its BEV sales hat handed to it by other automakers such as Volvo, Kia, and Hyundai. It’s focusing on hybrids and gas cars. Get started here. –

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

BEVs continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 16,866 units, or 14% of the total market. That means it was another two-digit growth month for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in France (12% growth). The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red. It was up 5% year […].

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Kia unveils new Niro compact electric SUV. Kia a South Korean automaker has unveiled its next-generation Niro compact fully-electric SUV. The automaker had teased the Kia Niro and displayed it at the Seoul Mobility Show on November 25. Kia Niro may also have separate controls for climate settings.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fully battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 20,221 units, or 15% of the total market. The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red. That means it was another two-digit growth month for BEVs in France (23% growth).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Kia is kicking off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 with some exciting news in a quest to go “beyond mobility.” This afternoon, Kia introduced its fully customizable Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) to provide businesses and individuals with modular, fit-for-purpose EVs.

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kia EV9 flagship electric SUV to debut on November 11. Kia has officially teased the sketch of the EV9 an all-electric SUV that is all set to debut on November 11 in a concept form. The fully electric EV9 will become Kia’s flagship electric SUV. View this post on Instagram.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 28, 2021

The European plugin passenger vehicle market continues to rise, scoring over 227,000 registrations in March (+169% YoY) and putting last month’s plugin vehicle share of the broader passenger vehicle market at 16% share (7.6% fully electric/BEV). That pulls the 2021 plugin vehicle (PEV) share to 15% (6.6%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in September by 33% year over year (YoY). After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. This performance is even more impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continued to fall off a cliff — down […]. More than 221,000 plugin vehicles were registered in November — which is +33% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. This performance is even more impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continues to fall off a cliff — down […]. More than 184,000 plugin vehicles were registered in October — which is +26% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 20,038 units, divided between 12,812 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 7,226 PHEVs (7% share of the overall auto market). The former was up 69% year over year (YoY), while the latter was down a harsh […].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market. The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

With the overall market presenting its first positive month in a long time, up 4% year over year (YoY), but still down a significant […]. Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 19,712 units.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

The European automotive market is back in the black, with a 17% growth rate in November. Looking at the plugin vehicle market in particular, things are also better. […]. It seems the worst of the automotive component crisis is over.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 28, 2021

The European passenger plugin vehicle market continues to rise. The plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market in April was 15% (7.1% fully electric vehicles), keeping the 2021 plugin vehicle […]. There were more than 159,000 plugin vehicle registrations in April, and 616,000 in the year to date (YTD).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 19, 2022

Plugin vehicles continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 33,851 units, divided between 21,888 BEVs (or 13% share of the overall auto market) and 11,963 PHEVs (7% share of the overall auto market).

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out, having grown 3% in August, while plugins are also recovering. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in August by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 31,734 BEV registrations last month, representing 16% of the overall market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 23, 2022

With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red, with the market dropping 11% last month year over year. And it seems all this doom and gloom has finally got to EVs, with sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) dropping in June by 4% year over year (YoY). There […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2022

With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in July by 13% year over year (YoY). It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo will jointly develop an all-electric platform based on Canoo’s fully scalable, proprietary skateboard design ( earlier post ) for upcoming Hyundai and Kia EVs and PBVs (purpose-built vehicles) ( earlier post ). Hyundai and Kia both recently announced plans to develop fully electric PBVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

32% Plugin Vehicle Market Share in the Netherlands in September.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

September confirmed the trend with a 9% increase in market sales, signaling that the worst of the production constraints might be over. After over a year in the red, Europe was back in black in August, with a 3% growth rate. Although, with an energy-derived recession knocking on the door, this uptick might not last […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Soderholm will be installing Lightning eMotors’ fully electric powertrain systems in repowered applications in Hawaii, as well as buying new Lightning eMotors’ vans and shuttle buses. The vehicles being used in the project are three Kia Niros, and one Nissan LEAF.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With six fully electric BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models now available in the U.S. market, and more to come, it is our top priority to ensure that our drivers have easy access to reliable, fast charging,” said Sebastian Mackensen, President & CEO, BMW of North America.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 16, 2021

After reporting on top electric vehicle sales in 10 European countries, a reader indicated it would be even more interesting to see the combined sales numbers of different automotive groups or alliances in that region. It was an interesting idea, so I ran with it. Aside from being another interesting way to combine and look […].

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

After a slow start, Toyota is looking to shake things up with its next round of electric cars. Toyota’s second best-selling SUV in the US, the Toyota Highlander, is going fully electric. The Japanese automaker has been notoriously slow in transitioning to fully electric vehicles. of Toyota’s total sales.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 31, 2021

share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date (YTD) tally. In total, there […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2021

share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever, and expect September to be another record month. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 71% of plugin registrations in August, slightly […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2021

share of the overall auto market). Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) jumped 190%, to some 295,000 registrations (or 4.4% Global plugin vehicle registrations were up an impressive 199% last month compared to May 2020, to some 442,000 units (or 6.6% That was the industry’s 3rd best month ever.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 8, 2012

A battery-powered version of the Kia Soul compact SUV will go on sale in 2014, according to Headline Auto. Based on the new generation Soul which went on sale this month, the electric Soul will mark Kia’s first fully electric model to launch in the European market.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

In the first three months of the year, BYD sold 300,114 fully electric vehicles, up 13.4% BYD’s electric vehicle production also rose 9%, with 291,730 EVs built in Q1. The automaker launched a “liberation battle” against gas-powered cars as it continues stealing market share from legacy automakers. over Q1 2023.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2021

3 seems like it just hit the market, but the attention has already shifted to the Volkswagen ID.4, 4 is mopping up in Europe (and also the only fully electric Volkswagen available in the USA). We publish monthly plugin electric vehicle sales reports for several European countries and Europe […]. The Volkswagen ID.3

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 9, 2023

The European fully electric car market saw many new models in 2020 and the start of 2021. This was a result of the new EU regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). I’ve been trying to explore and test drive as many of these as possible. Here’s a quick summary of 13 of these EV […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

17% of new car sales in Germany fully electric, 32% have a plug It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out and is back on a growth path. October brought a solid 17% increase in sales, but it still wasn’t enough to pull the year-to-date (YTD) numbers out of the red (-6% YoY). Sales […].

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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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