Originally published on Sustainnovate. Electric vehicle sales and production will double in China in 2016, according to recent reports. This refers of course to both all-electric vehicles (EVs) and also to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). This matches a similar claim made by BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu in an interview … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon While the surge seen in the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market during the fourth quarter of 2015 was impressive, there’s more to the story (and there’s a risk of overhyping the market), according to Lux Research. A new analysis from the noted market … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Electric vehicles captured a 1.4% share of China’s total auto market in December 2015 — equal to roughly 34,100 unit sales — according to EV-Volumes, an EV sales database and consultancy now partnering with EV Obsession and CleanTechnica. The term “electric vehicles” refers here to so-called “new … [continued]
We recently reported on the impressive adoption of electric buses in China, which have taken off as China ramps up its mass transit system across the country, and we are seeing similar reports for the personal electric car sector. While an increase in overall personal car sales makes sense with the growing middle … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. This one could be a super quickie, but I’ll put a little bit of context in here for those who don’t follow electric car sales or the China electric vehicle market very closely. China has a very strong interest in transitioning to electric vehicles, and … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Following sales reports on June US electric car sales, Europe electric car sales, and China electric car sales, I thought it would be interesting to compare the powerhouses (and throw Canada on top of the US to make it “North America” since it’s all basically … [continued]
Ready for an epic Tesla, electric car, and other clean transport news & views link drop? Yeah, get comfy first. Here’s the tsunami: Tesla Motors Tesla P85D Burns A Mercedes SLS AMG (Fan Commercial) Can Tesla’s Door Handles Trap Your Hand? (Video) Model S At DEF CON Hacker Convention August 6-9 Best Place To Work? … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The US is no longer the top market for plug-in electric vehicle (EV) sales — with the overall European market surpassing the American one for the first time, according to recent reports. To be exact here, January–April 2015 saw European EV sales surge ahead of … [continued]
Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) market has been growing slowly but steadily in recent years, but it still lags behind other major countries. Green Energy Futures from Canada recently took a look what is helping move EVs in The Great White North, with some interesting analysis. In 2014, 0.27% of all vehicles sold … [continued]
China is now one of the largest electric car markets in the world. It still has a long way to go to kick gasmobiles off its roads, but even the share of cars that are electric has risen substantially, jumping from 0.08% in 2013 to 0.25% in 2014… based on … [continued]
