Norway, the world’s leading country in the electric transport revolution, saw plugin electric vehicles take 84.7% of new auto sales in July 2021, up from 68.4% in July 2020. This is a great result in the context of 2021’s favourite vehicle, the Tesla Model 3, not shipping in any significant … [continued]
The first six months of 2021 have marked a period of yet exceptional growth for electric mobility on a global scale. Europe is leading the charge, and Italy – the continent’s fourth largest market – is now on the verge of reaching double-digit market share for plug-in vehicles, following consistent monthly growth and quarter-end peak registrations.
As electric powertrains and batteries increase in scale globally, production costs come down, which opens up new markets for competitive electric vehicles. That means new markets geographically and it also means new markets in terms of vehicle classes and uses. While we’re still in the early days, one hot trend … [continued]
In the latest episode of Cleantech Talk, José Pontes of EAFO and EV Volumes provided us with a thorough exploration of varying electric vehicle sales trends and the policies that have driven them in several European countries. While you can indeed listen to the podcast and get the story, José actually … [continued]
France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw a plugin electric vehicle market share of 15.9% in July 2021, up by over two thirds from 9.5% in July 2020. This growth came despite a slight (€1000) trim to electric vehicle incentives from the start of July. This change created a pull-forward … [continued]
Global plugin vehicle registrations were up an impressive 153% last month compared to June 2020, scoring a record 583,000 units (or 8.7% share of the overall auto market). Add this record performance to the 700,000-plus hybrids and mild hybrids registered last month (their second best month ever) and we get … [continued]
By Roy from Texas I’m about to be 70 years old (70 is an interesting number and I’ll get to that in a minute…). I got my first electric vehicle in 1960 when I was 8 years old. My father (a mechanical wizard) took a defective 24 volt starter motor … [continued]
Electric mobility’s long road to mainstream adoption continues in June. Sales across Europe keep climbing and Italy’s numbers follow suit, in a noteworthy end to the first half of the year that sees near-record levels of EV registrations.
Europe’s auto market saw diesel share fall below 20% for the first time in Q2 2021 from nearer 30% a year ago. Meanwhile plugin electric vehicle share more than doubled year-on-year to 16.9% in Q2. This is our first report drawing on quarterly powertrain data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ … [continued]
Only 100% battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have the potential to create the deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector that the world needs to avoid catastrophic climate change. BEVs will become more efficacious as the grid gets greener around the globe. But what about hybrids, hydrogen fuel … [continued]
