Okay, the story has been repeated enough: Tesla was supposed to be achieving 50% growth per year through 2030, yet sales actually declined year over year in 2024. Some Tesla fans want us to be positive about that, but even beyond the fact that sales didn’t match the longer-term forecast … [continued]
There’s something that’s often lost in discussions about tech adoption trends, and in particular when it comes to something we cover a lot, electric vehicle sales trends: it’s not a straight, consistent line upward. There are ups and downs. When adoption jumps up fast, those of us bullish on the … [continued]
In a recently published article in CleanTechnica, I shared the “bold” predictions of UK think tank Rethink Energy. They accorded with my own views and how fast the transition to electric vehicles was moving. I need to acknowledge that I may have misrepresented the findings from the graphs in my … [continued]
Editor’s note: CleanTechnica does not endorse this forecast. We find it worth publishing because of the source (the agency behind it) and as a reference to return to in coming years. To be frank, it looks wildly pessimistic, but we’ll see. Feel free to discuss down in the comments. —Zach … [continued]
That the world is headed to 70% BEV sales by 2030 is likely. It is based on the expectations of some carmakers and some simple math. I got to thinking about it after reading the article by Steve Hanley “IEA Predicts Electric Vehicle Sales Will Rise 35% This Year.” It … [continued]
Although the current EV market appears to concentrate on the left-hand-drive markets of the USA, Europe and China, a significant number of earth’s citizens live in right-hand-drive markets. Below is a summary of right-hand-drive EV markets — projections from Rethink Energy’s lead analyst, Peter White. Australia Up to the start … [continued]
Sandy Munro shared his 2030 EV prediction on YouTube a year ago. In recent days, he pointed out that President Biden’s EV push follows what Munro has been saying about the 50% point on EVs. Here’s a Munro clip from September 2020 for context: In that clip, Munro said, “I … [continued]
When Volvo Cars revealed the fully electric Volvo C40 Recharge the other day, one of the most notable parts of the announcement was Volvo’s strong commitment to 100% fully electric vehicle sales by 2030 (and 50% by 2025). In fact, Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson made such a strong statement … [continued]
I was in a meeting last year with a bunch of cleantech experts. One of them asked a top analyst in the room something akin to, “Hey, why does your forecast for EV adoption level off like this around 2030?” This was an aggressive adoption forecast among conventional forecasters and analysts, but not the kind of earth-shattering forecast you get from a Tony Seba or such.
With 2017 being such a huge breakthrough year in the transition to electric vehicles, it raises the question: “What major news, milestones, and developments related to electric vehicles will occur in 2018?”
