Also published on EV Obsession and our Electric Car Sales page. The top 5 electric car models continue to dominate US electric car sales … for now. The Chevy Bolt hitting the market is sure to shake things up a bit, particularly as production ramps up and GM offers the … [continued]
A new joint venture has formed that will develop a high-power, EV fast-charging network in Europe has been signed by BMW, Daimler, Ford, and Volkswagen Group (including Audi and Porsche). In other words, these major auto companies are looking to finally catch up to Tesla on one of the most critical components of a healthy and vibrant electric vehicle ecosystem.
The European electric car market had more than 17,000 registrations last month, 1% down compared to October 2015. This sales slip surely has to do with the incentives-derived sales rush in the last quarter of 2015, so expect this trend to continue throughout the end of this year. In October, we saw a balanced ranking in the top spots
US electric car sales continue to trend up, even despite many buyers holding out for a coming Chevy Bolt or Tesla Model 3.
More cheating in Volkswagen Group cars has been found! The discovery is another cheat device in Audi cars in the United States. Why can’t automakers play it straight? Well, some do (Tesla & Nissan, for example).
The European EV market had 24,000 registrations last month, up 47% over September last year, being not only the best month of the year but also the second best selling month ever, only behind highly inflated December 2015 (34,000 registrations). With the market set to surpass the 200,000 units (205K? 210K?) by year end, the EV share now stands north of the 1% frontier (1.1%).
In this edition of the clean energy and transport news roundup, we’ve got stories about Singapore’s floating solar test-bed, Swell Energy’s storage solutions, Massachusetts solar successes, a 700 MW solar and wind project for Long Island, Henrik Fisker’s EMotion revealed, Infiniti’s EV, electric motorcycles, an in-depth look at the Tesla Roadster, the 366-mile Honda Clarity fuel cell car, and more.
In the latest attempt of the German auto industry to assuage its collective, highly defensive ego, the business paper Handelsblatt has published a new article titled “The Germans Are Coming for Tesla Motors.”
There will be more than 500,000 electric vehicles on the roads of Europe by the end of the year (2016), according to a new report from Transport & Environment (T&E). The report also notes that electric vehicle sales in the European Union — this includes both all-electrics (EVs) and also … [continued]
This article is simultaneously being published on EV Obsession and on our Electric Car Sales page. US electric car sales climbed to 0.87% of the US car market in September. Yes, we still have a long ways to go. The general story is that the US electric car market is still dominated by … [continued]
