After a good first quarter, April increased plugin registrations by 53% YoY, to 11,919 units, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 40% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (28% of new vehicle sales), which jumped 73% year over year (YoY). The overall market is also rising, … [continued]
It can be tough to be an EV driver if you don’t know much about EVs. Here are some of the awful (but very avoidable) things that a novice EV driver can do wrong: Overcharging the battery: EV drivers who overcharge their vehicle’s batteries can reduce their battery life and … [continued]
30% of US car dealers tell the Sierra Club they refuse to sell electric cars. Pretty soon they won’t have to because they will be out of business.
The Tesla Model Y was the the best selling model in Europe in Q1!! All powertrains included!!! Some 322,000 plugin vehicles were registered in March in Europe — which is +29% year over year (YoY). In fact, March was the second best month ever for plugin vehicle (PEV) registrations, only … [continued]
The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% share of sales in April 2023, up from 16.2% year on year. Full battery electrics grew strongly in both share, and in volume. Overall auto volume was 132,990 units, up 11.6% YoY, though still down from the roughly 170,000 pre-2020 … [continued]
In the last couple of years, Kia and Hyundai (same parent company) have really impressed anybody who’s been watching at all. Sure, they’re not anywhere near where Tesla is in terms of volume of sales, but the vehicle technology shows that they’re quite serious about building a decent electric vehicle. … [continued]
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker. Furthermore, I compare last quarter’s sales not just to the … [continued]
Kia recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its special factory for the manufacture of vehicles designed specifically for battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). Over 200 people, including representatives from the government, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, Kia’s Global President and CEO Ho Sung Song, and other workers from Hyundai … [continued]
At the groundbreaking ceremony for Kia’s specialized plant for purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production in Korea, Hyundai Motor Group recently declared its intention to rank among the top three EV manufacturers in the world by 2030 through the combined sales of Hyundai Motor, Kia, and Genesis electric models. Hyundai Motor Group … [continued]
In our ongoing review of top electric cars available in Europe, here’s a short summary of the Kia EV6 and its specs. Intro Long, long ago in a country far, far away, two carmakers believing in fairytales about the future of the automotive industry (like all other carmakers were) designed … [continued]
