The UK saw plugin electric vehicle share hit 20.4% in January 2022, up from 13.7% in January 2021. Full battery electrics almost doubled their share year-on-year, to 12.5%. Diesels continued their retirement walk, with just 5.2% share, from 12.3% year-on-year. Overall auto volumes recovered slightly from last year, but were … [continued]
BMW throws free EV charging, low carbon steel, and green hydrogen into the zero emission mobility stew.
France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw January plugin electric vehicle share at 17.6%, up from 11.6% year-on-year. Full electrics alone doubled their share of the market to almost 10%. Overall auto market volume was down to 102,899 units, some 33% down from pre-pandemic seasonal norms. The Dacia Spring was … [continued]
One in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running. Battery electric vehicles had a 9.1% market share, according to ACEA data for 2021. That’s up from 1.9% in 2019 — before the … [continued]
Sweden started 2022 with an impressive plugin electric vehicle share of 52.3%, up from 33.5% in January 2021. This is the first time Sweden has started a year with plugins preferred over non-plugins, and their share will only climb throughout 2022. Sweden has thus already “made the switch” to mostly … [continued]
Norway, the global leader in electric vehicle adoption, saw plugin electrics take 90.5% share of the auto market in January 2022, up from 80.7% year-on-year. Full electrics alone took a record 83.7% share, with combustion-only vehicles at a new low of 4.9% share. Overall auto sales were down almost 23% … [continued]
The EU’s labelling of gas as “green” in its sustainable finance taxonomy is the biggest gift the EU could make to Putin. By William Todts, Executive Director Russians are used to celebrating Christmas a little later than their western brothers. Even so, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, must have been particularly … [continued]
Tesla has expanded access to its network of Superchargers to all EV drivers in parts of Norway and France.
Lab results and employment analysis blow another hole in the well-funded campaign, which is aimed at lawmakers deciding on new EU car CO2 targets. Originally published on Transport & Environment. A concerted campaign by lobbyists to save the combustion engine and delay the switch to electric vehicles was dealt a blow … [continued]
For a long time, Norway was the ultimate trendsetter when it came to the future of electric vehicle adoption. Now there’s another country worth admiring. Known for exquisite chocolates, fine watches, secretive banks, and Roger Federer — Switzerland is now making some waves on the EV scene. It turns out that … [continued]
