CleanTechnica » EV Obsession http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Nissan LEAF Breaks Another Electric Car Sales Record (November EV Sales Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/nissan-leaf-breaks-another-electric-car-sales-record-november-ev-sales-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/nissan-leaf-breaks-another-electric-car-sales-record-november-ev-sales-report/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:00:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75886 Originally published on EV Obsession. To no one’s surprise, the Nissan LEAF led US electric car sales in November, with a total of 2,687 sales. It commanded ⅓ of the electric car market in November (excluding Tesla, of course, since we don’t have Tesla numbers and “estimating” them is now just a big guessing game). Nissan also

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/nissan-leaf-breaks-another-electric-car-sales-record-november-ev-sales-report/feed/ 23 Europe Electric Vehicle Sales (October) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/october-europe-electric-vehicle-sales-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/october-europe-electric-vehicle-sales-update/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:00:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75785 Originally published on EV Obsession. As always, let me note that these numbers are not official, comprehensive, or accurate. Nobody reports official, comprehensive EV sales numbers for Europe, and it’s even very hard to find a single country that comprehensively reports them. Nonetheless, Jose Pontes puts in a lot of work to track down EV sales

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/october-europe-electric-vehicle-sales-update/feed/ 31 Top EV Battery Manufacturers, (+ Other EV News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/ev-news-3/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/ev-news-3/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:30:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74035 Looking for some more EV news? Here you go. From the top EV battery manufacturers, to the reason for the Tesla Model S’s restrained styling, there are several interesting EV news stories out there that we haven’t covered. Tesla News Tesla Model S Vs. TVR Tuscan Tesla Will Leave The Mall (PART II) Why The Model S Has Restrained

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/ev-news-3/feed/ 1 BMW Trails Only Tesla In % of Car Sales That Are Electric (Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/07/bmw-trails-tesla-car-sales-electric-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/07/bmw-trails-tesla-car-sales-electric-charts/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:00:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74637 EV Obsession. With Nissan being the world leader in electric car sales, and its CEO amd Chairman (Carlos Ghosn) being bullish on electric car sales for years, we often put it and Tesla at the top when it comes to electric car leadership. However, new data show that BMW is perhaps now #2 behind Tesla.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/07/bmw-trails-tesla-car-sales-electric-charts/feed/ 6 October Electric Car Sales Report (US) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/october-electric-car-sales-report-us/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/october-electric-car-sales-report-us/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:30:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74513 EV Obsession. Time for another electric car sales report. As you can see in the charts and table below, the Nissan LEAF again led electric car sales in the United States. The Chevy Volt took its routine second position, and the BMW i3 came in third… from available electric car sales data. As I stated

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/05/october-electric-car-sales-report-us/feed/ 19 German EV Market Has Doubled Since Last Year http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/german-ev-market-doubled-since-last-year-september/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/german-ev-market-doubled-since-last-year-september/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:52:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73801 EV Obsession. The German electric vehicle market has nearly doubled in size since last year (comparing new sales in September 2014 to new sales in September 2013). To be specific — the market saw 1,099 electric vehicles registered in September, bringing the share of the market belonging to electric vehicles up to 0.46%. That’s about twice the percentage

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/german-ev-market-doubled-since-last-year-september/feed/ 16 Electric Cars Can Save You Money (+ EV News Roundup) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/electric-cars-save-money/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/electric-cars-save-money/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:28:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73535 I’m going to try out a quicker sharing option today. Hopefully you will like it just as much. I’m just including article titles/links below for the articles (+ a few comments here and there). Of course, this doesn’t include EV news already covered here on CleanTechnica. General EV News Electric Cars Save Money (Chart) Electric Car Sales

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/electric-cars-save-money/feed/ 10 Nissan LEAF Sales Up 47% In September, BMW i3 Sales Strong (EV Sales Update) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/06/nissan-leaf-sales-47-september-bmw-i3-sales-strong-ev-sales-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/06/nissan-leaf-sales-47-september-bmw-i3-sales-strong-ev-sales-update/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:00:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72940 EV Obsession. Above are four charts you can toggle between. You can see that Tesla Model S (and Fiat 500e) sales are absent. Unfortunately, Tesla and Fiat don’t report their month sales. With Tesla now delivering vehicles to Europe, China, and Japan, and only reporting total sales each quarter, it is really too much of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/ev-sales-hybrid-sales/feed/ 20 US Electric Car Sales Report: Nissan LEAF Hits Record, BMW i3 Rises Fast http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/05/us-electric-car-sales-report-nissan-leaf-hits-record-bmw-i3-rises-fast/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/05/us-electric-car-sales-report-nissan-leaf-hits-record-bmw-i3-rises-fast/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:30:07 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71588 EV Obsession. [Note: Aside from this report below, I wrote up an extra article on the big increase in BMW i3 sales. I’d love to see some comments on that one, as I might be missing some important context or facts. It won’t be reposted here, so click through on the link above and comment

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/05/us-electric-car-sales-report-nissan-leaf-hits-record-bmw-i3-rises-fast/feed/ 7 Electric Car Sales In EU Increase 77% http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/08/electric-car-sales-eu-increase-77/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/08/electric-car-sales-eu-increase-77/#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:50:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70327 Originally published on EV Obsession. It’s hard to get European-wide numbers for electric car sales. In fact, it’s hard to get numbers for almost any country in Europe. A Norwegian electric vehicle association was publishing Norway’s numbers regularly for awhile, as was a German car association for Germany, but neither of them have done so in recent months.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/08/electric-car-sales-eu-increase-77/feed/ 21 Nissan Leaf Still King, Ford Fusion Energi Sales Jump 201% http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/nissan-leaf-still-king-ford-fusion-energi-sales-jump-201/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/nissan-leaf-still-king-ford-fusion-energi-sales-jump-201/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:00:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70248 Originally published on EV Obsession. July was a momentous month for Mercedes and me. Mercedes saw the US birth of its first electric vehicle, the Mercedes B Class Electric, and my little girl was born. With this being a monthly electric vehicle sales update, there’s not much more to say about either one here. The

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/05/nissan-leaf-still-king-ford-fusion-energi-sales-jump-201/feed/ 14 General EV News Buffet http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/general-ev-news-buffet/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/general-ev-news-buffet/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:00:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69873 As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog of stories I wanted to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/general-ev-news-buffet/feed/ 0 US Electrified Vehicle Sales Update (Nissan #1, Ford Fusion Energi #2!) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/us-electrified-vehicle-sales-update-nissan-1-ford-fusion-energi-2/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/us-electrified-vehicle-sales-update-nissan-1-ford-fusion-energi-2/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:30:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69028 EVObsession.com Once upon a time, the US electrified vehicle (EV) sales rivalry was between the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt. Now, it seems the Ford Fusion Energi has taken the Volt’s place, but the Nissan Leaf is still clearly on top. Of course, it’s not really clear with the Volt or the Tesla Model S

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/us-electrified-vehicle-sales-update-nissan-1-ford-fusion-energi-2/feed/ 2 Toyota Prius Plug-in Sales +297%, Ford Fusion Energi Sales +223% (US EV Sales Update) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/08/toyota-prius-plug-sales-increase-297-ford-fusion-energi-sales-223-us-ev-sales-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/08/toyota-prius-plug-sales-increase-297-ford-fusion-energi-sales-223-us-ev-sales-update/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2014 14:00:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67958 Originally published on EV Obsession. Time for the latest US plug-in car sales update! The big winner in May was the Nissan LEAF, which set a new monthly sales record for itself and crushed the competition in May sales. Its sales were up 46% compared to May 2013, rising from 2,138 to 3,117. For the year

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/08/toyota-prius-plug-sales-increase-297-ford-fusion-energi-sales-223-us-ev-sales-update/feed/ 10 Sweden April Electrified Vehicle Registrations Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/sweden-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/sweden-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 06:50:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66743 Originally published on EV Obsession. Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Dominates Sweden’s Plug-in Car Sales (April Report) (via EV Obsession) In one more Scandinavian electrified vehicle registrations report, Sweden shows its strong preference for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, especially the beautiful Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in, which takes the crown with a whopping 60% of the EV market… &nbsp

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/sweden-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/feed/ 0 Norway April Electrified Vehicle Registrations Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/norway-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/norway-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 05:50:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66734 Originally published on EV Obsession. Nissan Leaf Back On Top In Norway (April Electric Car Registrations Report) (via EV Obsession) Rising to #1 yet again, the Nissan Leaf overtook the Tesla Model S last month in Norway, in terms of new electric and plug-in-hybrid-electric (PHE) car registrations. The Leaf actually topped the charts in January and February as

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/norway-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/feed/ 0 Denmark April Electrified Vehicle Registrations Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/denmark-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/13/denmark-april-electrified-vehicle-registrations-report/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 04:50:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66741 Originally published on EV Obsession. Nissan Leaf Crushes Competition In Denmark Electrified Vehicle Sales (via EV Obsession) There’s no other way to say it — the Nissan Leaf crushed the competition in Denmark in April. It accounted for 68% of all electrified vehicle registrations. The Tesla Model S was a distant #2 with 12% of the market and the

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