Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 743,000 sales (in a 1.7-million-unit overall market). That’s up 29% year over year (YoY). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were up 16%, while PHEVs did even better, jumping 62% in March. Breaking down plugin sales … [continued]
A small introduction: Following the feedback of some readers, I have decided to stop focusing so much on the Dutch, French, and German markets, and start covering other, less media friendly markets, which allows us to see different realities and have a better understanding of the EV Revolution. Tesla #1 … [continued]
Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 3% in February 2024 compared to February 2023. There were 830,000 registrations, making it possibly the last month with fewer than one million sales per month ever for plugin electric vehicles. BEVs were down by 6% YoY, but there’s no reason to sound the … [continued]
Tesla is the best selling brand in Europe, but Volkswagen Group is the #1 OEM Some 202,000 plugin vehicles were registered in February in Europe — which is +10% year over year (YoY). Unfortunately, it was the same growth rate in the overall market, +10%, so there were no real … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in the slowest month of the year — due to the Chinese New Year celebrations. Due to the fact that festivities occurred this year in February, and last year they were in January, the market had an apparently … [continued]
The Tesla Model Y is #1 again in the electric vehicle market. Registrations were up 63% year over year (YoY) in January, to over a million units. China’s market was the main driver of growth. Share-wise, 2024 started with plugin vehicles getting 16% share of the global auto market (10% … [continued]
The European passenger plugin vehicle market scored 199,000 registrations in January. Positively, BEVs (+29%) continued to grow despite the drop in EV incentives in a number of markets. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) were also on the way up, growing by 23% year over year (YoY). BEVs started the year solidly ahead … [continued]
After the December sales peak, the year started with an expected sales slump, but smaller than expected, with numbers almost doubling compared to last year. Although, January 2023 had a lot going against it (a covid surge, the end of EV subsidies on January 1st, the Lunar New Year celebrations … [continued]
After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And it did, by scoring some 37,000 registrations. While that is a 40%-plus increase over the January 2023 result, it is important to remember that a year ago, the … [continued]
The French plugin passenger car market is continuing to grow. Recently, this is all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 37% to 20,017 registrations, or 16% share, in January. Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) were also up — in this case, a moderate rate of 2% year over year (YoY) to 10,509 … [continued]
