August 6th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Polestar continues to ramp up operations across the board in preparation for the first vehicle deliveries later this year. To keep customer vehicles charged up, Polestar entered into a charging agreement with Circle K Norway and Norwegian EVSE provider Easee
August 4th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Norway hit 68.4% plugin electric vehicle market share in July, up significantly from 48% in July 2019. The 2020 year-to-date figure is also now over 68%, up from 2019's full-year result of 56%
July 29th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
I recently published a report on the top 5 countries in terms of plugin vehicle market share (percentage of their auto sales coming from plugin vehicle sales). Underneath that article, some readers requested that I do a report focused only on fully electric vehicles. I thought that was a good idea, so here's a report on that topic
July 25th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
In January, I wrote about four countries leading the world in electric vehicle adoption — not in terms of absolute sales, but in terms of plugin vehicle market share in those countries. My main interest was examining how their adoption curves looked and if they were similar. Half a year later, here's an update
July 9th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Norway continues to be a shining star in the electric vehicle world. In the first half of the year, 48% of automobiles sold in the country were fully electric, a global record for EV market share. Plug-in vehicles represented 69% of auto sales, another global record
July 2nd, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
June saw electric vehicle pioneer Norway achieve 66% plug-in electric vehicle market share, up from 62% last year in the same month. The overall passenger auto market was down 25.5% year on year, a significant recovery from May's almost 40% drop
July 1st, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
For years, every chance we got, Kyle Field and I asked BYD executives when they'd be bringing their electric vehicles to Europe and North America — even asking BYD Chairman, CEO, and Founder Wang Chuanfu himself (twice). At long last, though, BYD is launching one of its popular electric vehicles in Europe, kicking off in Norway (naturally)
June 27th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Floating solar power plants have gone from a super niche sector of the solar market in 2012 and 2013 to a pretty popular option in 2020. It's still not anywhere near as mature as on-land utility-scale solar power, though, so it seems sensible to pull the industry together and collect useful tips and experience for a set of recommended practices
June 25th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
A few weeks ago CleanTechnica covered Wärtsilä's new emissions-free barge, with interchangeable energy containers. Before that, it was tugboats (in 2017). Soon, we may find out how captivating it would be to get a glimpse of electric cars on electric ferries!
June 25th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
As long as I've been covering electric vehicles (nearly a decade) there's been a debate in the industry about the potential for high-powered wireless charging
June 23rd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Norway is on track to meet its carbon emissions goal established 8 years ago, thanks in large part to increased sales of electric cars and a decline in gasoline and diesel fuel usage.
June 15th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The most popular stories on CleanTechnica last week involved Tesla sales in Norway and Norway's EV market evolution, the efficiency of a battery electric car versus a hydrogen car versus a gasoline car, an explanation of why the plug-in hybrid phase should be exiting, and much more. Scroll down below to see the top 20 stories of the week
June 15th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Evoy, based in Florø, Norway, is working on keeping the pristine seascape protected. It has developed a 100% electric propulsion system for high-speed boats. Presently, the company is preparing to expand its portfolio to a turnkey 150 hp outboard system with batteries
June 12th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Norwegian road assistance company NAF has completed the world's longest EV range test. The company tested 29 of Norway's most popular EVs. They tested the actual range in the summer, what happens when EVs go into power-saving mode, and how they charge in heat degrees
June 11th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Last month I published that the Audi e-tron was the king of Norway. That hasn't changed, and it doesn't look likely that anyone's going knock its crown off this year. But never count Tesla out
June 10th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
Bjorn Nyland (aka Teslabjorn) wanted to use the PlugShare App as a map for one of his now famous electric road trips, but he realized the map would just be too cluttered, as Norway has a lot of fast chargers! Ah yes, first world problems, in Bjorn’s words
June 8th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
An emergency rescue vehicle specifically for use in long tunnels has begun trials in Norway. It is based on the Maxus EV 80, an electric delivery van made in China.
June 7th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
First, this meme from the Tesla bears is false. They do buy Tesla cars, in reasonable numbers. Second,
June 3rd, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
The world's leading electric vehicle market, Norway, has seen another month of record market share growth in May — 66% share. That's up from 47% a year ago. Popular all-electric models included the e-Golf, the Audi e-tron, and newcomer MG ZS EV breaking into the top
May 27th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
A new study has found that Tesla has the highest brand loyalty in Norway
