Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. The launch of this stunning validation model—the V.MO—is

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, has been awarded two grants by the Accelerating Clean Transportation Now (ACTNow) program through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). —Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America. (MGL),

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. With this partnership, both companies will leverage their respective market strengths and insights to study the future of premium urban air mobility vehicles.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently published a note highlighting that nearly 50 light-duty plugin electric vehicle models were on the US market in 2020. It included a chart showing the progress from year to year (above).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2021

De Lijn, the public transport operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium, is ordering 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses; further, the operator confirmed the upgrade of 280 if its current hybrid buses into e-hybrids. —Lydia Peeters. This will enable the e-hybrids to drive several emission-free cycles per day.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Full electric cars accounted for 22% of new car sales in the Chinese market last month! Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. They grew 75% year over year (YoY) in October.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2019

The company offers complete automated transport systems and is located in Utrecht/Netherlands, with offices in San Francisco, Dubai and Singapore. Applications range from driverless electric transport systems at airports, business and theme parks to dedicated urban transport infrastructures. Moove, a joint venture with e.GO

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 12, 2023

Volkswagen Group has big ambitions of becoming the top selling electric vehicle producer in the world. China’s the largest BEV market in the world — larger than the rest of the world combined […]. But the good news is that it’s sprinting toward that goal, and it’s already #1 in Europe and #4 in the USA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The introduction of more zero emission zones in cities around the world is generating demand for fully electric trucks. Rigid versions will be released for sale in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2018

In June, Daimler Trucks presented two new fully electric trucks from its US-subsidiary Freightliner. Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Germany-based Voltabox AG, a provider of lithium-ion battery systems primarily used in buses for public transportation, forklifts, automated guided vehicles and mining vehicles, is expanding its customer base. Another example from this market segment is Hafen und Industrietechnik GmbH (HIT). kWh respectively 37 kWh.

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MARCH 16, 2023

It is one of the newer programs in the country, and can be combined with federal incentives to drive further savings on electric vehicles. Tesla victorious in Rhode Island after state approves license to sell direct DRIVE EV offers rebates of up to $2,500 for car buyers who purchase or lease a new fully-electric or fuel-cell EV.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

This kind of order clearly tells the world that regional transport with electric trucks is a feasible solution on a large scale. —Bjørn Inge Haugan, Sales & Marketing Director, Volvo Trucks Norway. The Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX Electric are heavy-duty trucks with a total weight of up to 44 tonnes.

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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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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

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

APRIL 19, 2023

The US federal tax credit for electric vehicles has been updated, and that means that some electric cars, trucks, and SUVs no longer qualify for the full tax credit — or even half the tax credit. Actually, most electric vehicles on the market in the United States no longer qualify!

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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

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

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Despite a drop in the overall Chinese auto market, plugin vehicles continue to rise. They grew 50% year over year (YoY) in November. They scored over 625,000 registrations last month, their second best month ever, only behind last September when they hit 636,000 registrations. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) jumped 88% year over year (YoY).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2021

The top 10 countries with the highest share of new car sales coming from 100% electric vehicles are featured below. Additionally, I’m listing the top 3 fully electric models in each of those countries and their share of the overall plugin vehicle market.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2022

Turkey has a decades long history of producing automobiles for both domestic and global markets. Specifically, Turkey has established itself as a key builder of commercial vehicles, with the majority of those flowing through export channels to Europe, thanks to favorable customs agreements established in 1995.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The logistics service provider Dachser is planning to add 50 units of Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul ( earlier post ), presented at this year’s IAA Transportation, to its European fleet. Dachser is a very valuable customer for us in sustainable transport.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) unveiled the series production of the all new, fully electric Freightliner eM2 for urban delivery applications. Built on the best-selling Freightliner M2 106 Plus platform, the Class 6/7 eM2 expands electric transportation to the medium-duty segment.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2018

In June, Daimler Trucks presented two new fully electric trucks from its US-subsidiary Freightliner. Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

ElDorado National (California) or ENC, a subsidiary of REV Group, will launch its fully electric Axess bus at APTA Expo 8-10 November 2021. In addition to being the first zero-corrosion battery electric bus (BEB), it is the first to offer 40', 35' and 32' bus lengths.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Corvus Energy has been selected by Holland Ship Electric to supply lithium-ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Holland Shipyards Group, a total system integrator of electric systems for the global marine market, for Amsterdam’s municipal public transport provider, GVB.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 8, 2021

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

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