January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs take 21.6% share in France, a drop from 25.0% year on year. Most of the drop came from weak PHEV performance, whilst BEV share grew slightly YoY. Overall auto volume was 114,673 units, down over 6% YoY, and far from pre-covid seasonal norms (around … [continued]
After a massive 2024 that made BYD Group the 7th best selling auto group in the world, the company is starting 2025 super strong. The company’s passenger vehicle sales jumped 47.47% in January 2025 compared to January 2024. As a reminder, all of those vehicles are plugin vehicles (or “new … [continued]
I know many of our readers are not too fond of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), considering them an inferior solution to purely electric vehicles (BEVs), which, to be fair, they are. But modern PHEVs, with their all-electric ranges over 50 km and their hyper-efficient powertrains (some of which may get 2,000 … [continued]
Plugin vehicles in China once again ended the year with a record month, growing by 46% year over year (YoY) in the last month of the year to a record 1,379,000 units. Full electrics (BEVs) were responsible for 55% of the plugin market in December, 8% below the result of … [continued]
The US electric vehicle market did grow in 2024. It increased 7% over 2023, or by nearly 89,000 units. Compared to 2022, EV sales grew by 61%, or almost 492,000 units. Compared to 2021, EV sales grew by 166%, or more than 813,000 units. So, yes, the US electric vehicle … [continued]
US electric vehicle sales increased 14% in the 4th quarter of 2024 over the 4th quarter of 2023. It was pretty good growth for the EV market. Let’s dive in a little further to the details of EV sales in the quarter. We’ll start by looking at sales by model. … [continued]
After years of EVs being priced well above their thermal competition, the arrival of a veritable armada of competitively priced EVs in Colombia (most, but not all, being Chinese) has resulted in the obvious consequence: people are buying them in droves. Record after record has been placed since October, with … [continued]
A few months ago, I wrote about a global peak ICEV fleet, and argued that we’re very close to it — perhaps even surpassed it by now. Despite the headline, I stand by that position, and that’s because the focus here is different: not about internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV), … [continued]
It’s always fun looking at Tesla’s long-term sales trends, especially when I get around to plugging all of the numbers into a series of cool charts. Admittedly, though, at times it’s been a little boring. When Tesla sales were just up up up for several quarters (er, years), the story … [continued]
December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 29.6% share in France, down from 30.1% year on year. BEVs lost volume YoY, in a hold-back ahead of tougher emissions requirements in 2025. PHEVs and plugless HEVs both saw YoY growth. Overall auto volume was 183,661 units, up 1.5% YoY. The Tesla … [continued]
