4% Of European Union Bus Sales = Electric Buses
The electric bus market has been tracking quite closely with the electric car market in Europe, with 2019 showing 4% electric bus share across the European Union and a few other countries.
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LG Chem & Panasonic In Tight Race To Be #1 EV Battery Supplier, CATL Solidly…
It’s all about those batteries, ’bout those batteries, ’bout those batteries. The electric car market is influenced by aesthetics, aerodynamics, tech efficiency, semi-autonomous and infotainment features, and more. However, it seems no single element is more important than the batteries.
7 Reasons Why Tesla Will Benefit From The Crisis — #7: People
Bringing the right people at the right time with the right skills together is a gift not many have, and if you are one of the gifted, you may not even be aware of it.
Plug-In Vehicles = 8.5% Market Share In Germany In April
Despite the Covid-related lockdown that sent the overall German auto market down 61% year over year (YoY) in April, the German plugin market grew 33% last month, having registered 10,253 units.
Tesla’s Chinese Rivals Could Be Looking At A Rough Road Ahead
China’s EV boom is turning into a bust. Sales of “new energy vehicles” have been sliding for the past 10 months. In April, they showed a 43% drop from the same month in 2019.
Industry 4.0 — The Spark Behind Big Tech & Tesla’s Q1 2020 Strength
How has Tesla kept profits flowing in Q1 against odds?
Plug-In Vehicles = 5.5% Market Share In Ireland (18% In April)
In the first 4 months of 2020, plug-in vehicles accounted for 5.5% of all auto sales in Ireland. The wild world of coronavirus, though, made something special out of April — or perhaps Ireland’s time has simply come. A stunning 18% of auto sales in the month of April were plug-in vehicle sales.
US Southeast’s Solar Industry Doing Better Than Most, But Still Losing Many Jobs
Compared to most states, the large installations of North Carolina’s solar industry have been less influenced by the economic slide from the pandemic. The question is, will those numbers hold over the next few months? The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently released state data on solar job losses. Better news than others only slightly abates the concerns, as North Carolina is still showing 19% fewer solar workers than expected in June according to the data.
Plug-In Vehicles = 27% Market Share In Sweden
The Swedish auto market, like other auto markets but not as extreme, saw its numbers crash (again) in April. The overall auto market was down 38% year over year. Also like in other markets, plug-in vehicles did better than the overall market. They actually saw a sales increase in April.
Analysts: Tesla’s Best Equipped To Weather The Pandemic (Video)
Discussing COVID-19 on the company’s Q1 earnings call, Elon Musk confessed that the economic impact of the pandemic “will cause great harm not just to Tesla, but to many companies. While Tesla will weather the storm, other companies will not.” It turns out, Tesla has a long history of succeeding against the odds, but this time the odds are pretty darn long.
