Ford & BMW Plan To Begin Testing Solid Power Batteries In 2022
Solid Power will have prototype solid state batteries available for testing next year.
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Oddities Dominate IAA — Are Electric Vehicle Concepts Newsworthy?
The Munich Motor Show (IAA) was held last week in … Munich. On the one hand, it’s exciting to see new electric vehicles hit the market at shows like this, and this is a big one. On the other hand, you have to weed through so many ridiculous concept vehicles … [continued]
Tesla Model Y Lands in Netherlands in 30% Plugin Share Month
The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market continues in the fast lane, with 6,637 plugin registrations logged last month. That meant that last month’s PEV share of the overall passenger auto market reached 30% (20% BEV), pulling the year-to-date PEV share to 22% (12% BEV) and the total tally to 45,426 … [continued]
BMW Ups Battery Cell Orders, Plans Recyclable Car For 2040
BMW has increased its orders for electric car batteries and unveiled a concept it says is 100% recyclable.
Volkswagen Group Is Now King Of EV Sales In Sweden & Switzerland
Under some of our recent EV sales reports, readers requested charts and stats for automotive group sales, not just sales by model or even brand. It was even pointed out that this is the only comparison many people in the industry actually care about. Those seem like good points, so … [continued]
20 Top Selling Plugin Vehicles Globally — Charts
Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 94% last month compared to July 2020, scoring 480,000 units (or 7.1% share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date … [continued]
Plugin Vehicles Score 15% Market Share in China in July!
Plugin vehicles continue to see record or near-record levels in China, having scored 231,000 registrations in July, only 4,000 fewer than the record set in the previous month of June, when 235,000 registrations were made. That pulls the year-to-date (YTD) tally to 1.3 million units, which is already more than … [continued]
Kia Niro EV & Ford Mustang Mach-E Shine In Netherlands In July — Sales Report
The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market continues in the fast lane, with 6,703 plugin registrations logged last month. That meant that last month’s PEV share of the overall passenger auto market was 25% (16% BEV), pulling the year-to-date PEV share to 21% (11% BEV) and the total tally to 38,787 … [continued]
Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Take #1 & #2 In World Record Month For…
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]
Plugin Vehicles Hit 19% Market Share In Europe In June! Tesla Model 3 Has Best…
The European passenger plugin vehicle market continues in the fast lane, having gotten over 237,000 registrations in June and over a million registrations YTD — which is +157% year over year (YoY). Last month’s plugin vehicle share of the overall auto market was 19% (10% full electrics/BEVs), which pulled the … [continued]
