There’s great anticipation across the world for one of the most compelling new fully electric models coming to market this year — the Volkswagen ID.3. Let’s compare some 5 year cost of ownership estimates for the ID.3, Renault Megane, and Skoda Octavia.
Sweden remains an odd plug-in vehicle market in which plug-in hybrids heavily outweigh full electrics. Part of that may be because Volvo Cars only sells plug-in hybrids so far, and Volvo is sort of popular in Sweden.
Tesla Model 3 Keeps #1 Position, while Plugin Vehicle Market Share Hits 16% in June
Electric car sales are keeping their strong momentum in Italy. As the nation’s car market recovers from the coronavirus collapse of previous months, overall volumes are returning to healthy levels amidst strong signs of a new reality in the industry. June figures show consolidating trends of change that will likely lead to electric surprises in the second half of the year.
One of several electric carsharing programs around the world is ZITY, Renault’s own carsharing program, and it is expanding again for some lucky residents of France.
Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plug-in electric passenger vehicle market share hit 8.4% in June 2020, significantly up from 3.4% in June 2019. The H1 2020 plug-in share stood at over 7.7%, and will grow further in the second half …
I keep writing biased articles. First it was Fastned, then the Citroën MPV, and now my current love and daily driver, the ZOE.
France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw electric vehicle market share climb to 9% in June, a huge jump up from the 2.5% of a year ago.
After a Covid-derived drop in April (-16% year over year), the European passenger plug-in vehicle market went back to black in May, having scored 46,800 registrations (+23%), a great performance considering the overall market is still recovering (-57% in May).
The Swiss electric vehicle market has risen to nearly 10% share of the overall Swiss auto market (9.7%), which is up from 5.5% in the same period of 2019, according to EV Volumes. The EV market’s growth rate was 20% in the first 5 months of the year, while the overall auto market was down 39%.
