The Battle For Germany’s EV Market, Part VIII — Early Christmas Edition
Chinese models start showing up on the radar.
Chinese models start showing up on the radar.
In the Netherlands, 45% of new car sales were plugin car sales in August. Furthermore, 33% were full electrics. The Netherlands saw an increase in plugin registrations to 12,518 units in August, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market thus reaching 45% of the overall auto market last month. That … [continued]
Tesla continues to be the best selling brand in Europe, but Volkswagen is recovering Some 234,000 plugin vehicles were registered in July in Europe — which is +48% year over year (YoY), the market’s highest growth since August 2021. Unfortunately, the overall market also grew fast, +17%, as it is … [continued]
Normally, we expect car companies to do what’s right there in the name: build and sell cars. They aren’t Homer Simpson’s version of the garbage man, and we don’t expect them to clean up the whole world. So, when we see them making an effort to do more, it makes … [continued]
In this article, I’m going to share some news from Kia and Wallbox about their plan to offer bidirectional charging, but I wanted to take the opportunity to give readers unfamiliar with V2X technology a quick primer on it. If you already know all this, feel free to skip to … [continued]
One of the big challenges of switching to EVs with children is space. There are many great options at all price levels with five seats, so if your family has no more than three kids, you’re good. Options include the Nissan LEAF, Chevy Bolt EUV, and many other options all … [continued]
Kia plans an EV Day in October where it will reveal prices and specs for it new battery-powered compact SUV, the EV5.
The overall German auto market had another positive month in July (+18% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+69% YoY, their highest growth rate this year). It’s an impressive result, especially considering that we are in the middle of the summer holiday season. That indicates we might be … [continued]
1 in 4 new passenger vehicles in France have a plug in 2023.
In the Netherlands, 38% of new car sales were plugin car sales in July. 25% were full electrics.