(Note: This article has been updated with photos of the Prius and the RAV-4 EV -The author) THE automotive world lost a visionary on August 8. Hiroshi Okuda, the former chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who passed at 93, was the first outsider to break the Toyoda family’s grip on … [continued]
There was a slight dip in Aussie plug-in numbers in July. No matter what you wish for, shipping schedules set the pace in the Australian car market. After 3 months of slow but steady progress, July saw a slight regression in Australia’s plug-in penetration rate. Of the almost 108,000 vehicles … [continued]
Three months ago, in our previous quarterly report, I wrote the following: If costumer interest remains and high oil prices start to hit the region, there’s a very real chance we will surpass 10% at some point this year. By this, I meant I was hopeful that, if the stars … [continued]
Philippine President Marcos Jr. with US State Department Secretary Marco Rubio. (Photo from Presidential Communications Office)
(Note: updated as of August 13, EST to add this sentence to the 5th paragraph: “It could also be a way of recovering the soft power America lost when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dismantled USAID.” – the author) The US-led Pax Silica initiative was created to strengthen trusted … [continued]
A display of BYD bus scale models, including London EV buses, 90% of which are either new or run on BYD electric platforms. Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.
In the third and final* article in this miniseries on BYD’s monthly sales, we’re looking beyond passenger vehicles and jumping into large commercial electric vehicles. If you missed our previous two articles, see this one on BYD’s overall plugin vehicle sales and this one on BYD’s vehicle sales beyond California. … [continued]
BYD had a strong sales month overall, with 20.5% growth in passenger vehicle sales overall and 31% growth in BEV sales, achieving the company’s second best sales month ever for BEVs. However, how many of those sales are in China versus outside of China? As has been clear, the Chinese … [continued]
The largest electric vehicle maker in the world, BYD, had a slow start to the year for various reasons, but it is popping now. The company had 20.5% more passenger vehicle sales in July 2026 than in July 2025 (411,072 versus 341,030), and 3.5% more sales than the month prior … [continued]
XPENG had very minor sales growth in July year over year, rising 4% from 36,717 in July 2025 to 38,027 in July 2026. Across the first seven months of the year, the company had 204,004 sales. That’s still down a bit from the first seven months of 2025 — 233,906 … [continued]
NIO logged 35,934 vehicle deliveries in July. That’s 71% more than in July 2025, when the company had 21,017 deliveries worldwide. However, it’s slightly down from the 40,597 deliveries of June 2026. Across the first six months of the year, NIO had 227,057 vehicle deliveries, and the company’s cumulative vehicle … [continued]
30% EV Share! Plugin vehicle registrations were up 8% year over year (YoY) in June, ending the month at around 2 million units. Once again, BEVs (+21% YoY) and PHEVs (-14% YoY) are seing opposite dynamics, with pure electrics firm in double-digit growth while plugin hybrids remained deep in the … [continued]
