Norway, the world’s leading country in electric vehicle adoption, saw plugin EV market share in October at an impressive 89.3%, up from 79.1% a year ago. Controlling for Tesla’s absence (usual at the start of a quarter), this was in fact Norway’s highest ever month for plugin share. Diesel, petrol … [continued]
Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into the Nordic countries — well, most of them. In this report, I will quickly … [continued]
Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 114% in August 2021 compared to August 2020, scoring 516,000 units (or 7.7% share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever, and expect September to be another record month. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 71% of … [continued]
One of the most iconic cars of the Group B era, the Audi Ur Quattro was designed around the idea that all-wheel drive and high-performance could go hand-in-hand. It may seem obvious now, but only because that original Quattro coupe — along with legendary drivers like Michelle Mouton, Walter Röhrl, … [continued]
The UK auto market, Europe’s third largest, saw plugin electric vehicle share of 18.3% in August 2021, up 1.9x from 9.76% in August 2020. Overall auto market volume was down 7.6% from long term seasonal norms, at 68,033 units. The Volkswagen brand dominated all electric market share at 15.4%. August’s … [continued]
Electric vehicle sales are booming in Europe, and especially in some northerly nations. Denmark isn’t the largest or hottest auto market in the world, but its electric vehicle (BEV) sales are quite good and growing fast. In July, 10% of auto sales were sales of fully electric vehicles, and the … [continued]
Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 94% last month compared to July 2020, scoring 480,000 units (or 7.1% share of the overall auto market). That made it the plugin market’s third best month ever. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) represented 66% of plugin registrations in July, in line with the year-to-date … [continued]
Some key US electric vehicle sales data aren’t easy to come by these days. We don’t get numbers for several of the most popular models because their makers don’t break out sales of different models (Tesla — Model Y versus Model 3) or different powertrains of the of models that … [continued]
Sweden saw plugin electric vehicles achieve a market share of 37.6% in July 2021, up almost a third from July 2020. Higher company-car tax which came into effect in July put a dampener on plugin sales, further amplified by the hangover from the pull-forward in June. Overall auto sales were … [continued]
Norway, the world’s leading country in the electric transport revolution, saw plugin electric vehicles take 84.7% of new auto sales in July 2021, up from 68.4% in July 2020. This is a great result in the context of 2021’s favourite vehicle, the Tesla Model 3, not shipping in any significant … [continued]
