BYD’s passenger vehicle sales have been on the rise, as I showed a few days ago when initially reporting on BYD’s September sales. That’s been fun to track, but our new bonus feature is tracking how many sales BYD has outside of China. Let’s see how September looked. BYD had … [continued]
I recently covered BYD’s passenger vehicle sales, with its BEV sales up 33% year over year in September. That was nice, solid growth. However, looking at the company’s commercial vehicle sales now, things look even much better. As usual, BYD breaks these out by bus sales and non-bus commercial vehicle … [continued]
BEVs Up, PHEVs Down Plugin vehicle registrations were up 5% year over year (YoY) globally in August, ending the month at around 1.8 million units. Once again, BEVs (+13% YoY) and PHEVs (-12% YoY) are experiencing opposite dynamics, with pure electrics firm in double-digit growth while plugin hybrids remain in … [continued]
Back in 2007, an astronaut reportedly put on Maximum Absorbency Garment (aka MAG, a fancy name for the diapers astronauts wear on spacewalks), hopped in her car, and drove 900 miles straight from Houston to Orlando to assault her ex’s new girlfriend. While she says the media exaggerated the story … [continued]
BEVs jumped 51% YoY in an off-season month. BEVs remain in high demand in Europe, even in a holiday month, like August. This month, along with July, is unusual because in Europe, most makers and their models slow down their operations because of the holiday season, with the exceptions being … [continued]
BYD sales started out slow this year, but they’re picking up steam … or electricity. The company had 456,713 passenger vehicle deliveries in September. That’s 5.4% more than in August 2026 and 16.2% more than in September 2025. The better news is that the company’s fully electric vehicle (BEV) sales … [continued]
We estimate light-duty electric vehicles in the United States consumed 8% more electricity during the first six months of 2026 than in the last half of 2025 (2H25) in our Monthly Energy Review, down from the 13–24% growth seen in six-month periods in recent years. The slowing electric vehicle electricity … [continued]
Summit serves as an operational audit of EV progress in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines — When the 14th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS) opens its doors this October, the exhibition floor will look, to casual visitors, like a conventional automotive trade fair. Bright spotlights will bounce off polished sheet metal, … [continued]
MANILA, Philippines — On the surface, the transition to electric mobility looks like an intensely domestic fight. Commuters in Metro Manila complain about erratic fuel pump prices, local transport cooperatives struggle to finance modern electric jeepneys, and utility companies work to install charging stations along national expressways. Yet when industry … [continued]
VOLVO Trucks’ new generation of heavy-duty electric trucks has been named International Truck of the Year 2027, giving the Swedish manufacturer its eighth win in the prestigious award and putting battery-electric heavy trucks at the center of its IAA Transportation 2026 presentation in Hanover, Germany. The award, presented during the … [continued]
