Fully Electric Vehicles Reached ~6% Of Auto Sales In USA In 3rd Quarter
6% of US auto sales is up from EVs’ 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.
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17 EV Models Have EPA Combined Rating of 100+ MPGe in Model Year 2022
For Model Year 2022 (MY 2022), 17 electric vehicle (EV) models achieved 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) or higher. MPGe is a unit of measure used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to represent EV fuel economy in a common unit with gas-powered vehicles, where 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity … [continued]
Lucid Sapphire Offers Wicked Performance
Luxury sedans often have a sub-brand for performance. Mercedes-Benz has the AMG performance brand, and BMW has the M brand (stylized as ///M). Now, luxury EV manufacturer Lucid has its EV answer to this: Sapphire. Lucid says it has set new standards with the longest-range, fastest-charging electric car on the … [continued]
US Electric Vehicle Market Growing, Yet Tesla Still Dominates
We don’t have US sales data for all electric vehicle models, since automakers don’t break out sales of electric and non-electric versions of the same model (example: gas-powered Hyundai Kona sales and Hyundai Kona EV sales are combined in Hyundai’s sales reports). However, increasingly, automakers are rolling out standalone electric … [continued]
Lucid Air Sapphire Promises Eye-watering, Tesla Thrashing Speed
Lucid is bringing the fight to Tesla Corsa country.
Homebuilt Electric Airplane, Rolls-Royce Electric Aviation, Polestar on Nasdaq, & More EV News
A homebuilt electric plane, the Rolls-Royce goal of leading the electric aviation market, hydrogen infrastructure for airports, and more electric aviation news is just the tip of the EV news roundup this week. Also, regarding the water, Cara Delevingne offers wise words and urges people to avoid fast fashion and … [continued]
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® for Highest Altitude in an Electric Vehicle, Lucid News, BMW–CATL Battery Deal…
From an attempt to drive an electric vehicle at a higher altitude than any before, to BMW signing a battery deal with CATL from 2025 onward, to various Lucid news and Tesla news, below is a roundup of electric vehicle stories you might have missed. LG Energy Solution battery powers … [continued]
Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Score ~100,000 US Sales in 1st Quarter of 2022
Following up on our report on US electric car sales in 2021, let’s now look at sales of electric vehicles in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2022. Based on well informed estimates of US Tesla sales, the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3 dominated sales of … [continued]
These Are the 10 Most Efficient EVs You Can Buy in 2022
Consumers’ concern for efficiency is going mainstream. While some new EVs don’t get as much range on a large battery as you might expect, buyers seem to understand that poor efficiency means a host of other problems, too, like limited towing range, more stops on road trips, and a higher … [continued]
6 Lucid EVs Found In The Real World
Last week, while visiting prospective PlotterDepot customers for our new Paint Protection Film, HiTek PPF, we stopped by an awesome car wrap installer. We were inside his Houston installation shop off I-45 when we noticed that he was anchored by two EV showrooms: Tesla on one end and Lucid on … [continued]
