The stimulus package announced yesterday shows that France has understood the urgent need to invest in a decarbonized economy. But the European environmental NGO Transport and Environment points out…
For our newest reports, Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams — European Edition (2020) and Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams, we were curious whether EV ownership/leasing correlated with rooftop solar panel ownership, and also whether driving an EV encouraged people to drive more efficiently or even conserve energy more at home, so we surveyed thousands of EV owners. The results are interesting in their diversity.
“We are announcing an end to the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040,” Nicolas Hulot, France’s new ecology minister, said last month, adding that the move was a “veritable revolution.” It looks like England may follow suit. Jesse Norman, from England’s Department for Transport has announced, “a manifesto commitment for almost all cars and vans on our roads to be zero emission by 2050. We believe this would necessitate all new cars and vans being zero emission vehicles by 2040.” How many countries are actually moving in the direction of eventual gas and diesel car bans?
More EV news for the EV obsessed (… to supplement EV stories already published on CleanTechnica): French EV Sales Numbers For September 2015 The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Renault Zoe is still top dog in France. Actually, it’s absolutely crushing it. The homegrown Zoe has 42% of the electric car market in France from January through July, and took 36% in July. No other car comes close to it. After test driving the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. More than 250,000 electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold to date by the Renault-Nissan Alliance — making the alliance far and away the world’s top seller of EVs. For those with a sense of curiosity to them, the EV in question (#250,000) was a white … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Some of the latest electric vehicle (EV) sales figures for some of the biggest makers in Europe recently became available. By “sales,” what I’m referring to here are actually “new vehicle registrations” (a pretty close analog). Also, it should be noted that, while Jose Pontes … [continued]
We already wrote about the recent ZSW report that found that the world electric car market was up to 740,000 at the end of 2014. Other cool stats noted there included: China saw 54,000 electric cars registered in 2014, a growth of 120%. The US grew 69% to hit 290,000 total electric … [continued]
Two major charging infrastructure expansions could soon make electric vehicle range anxiety a thing of the past in several European countries.
Reposted from EV Obsession: Electric cars keep getting cheaper and cheaper, fast. Of course, one easy way to drop the purchase price of an electric car is to drop its battery pack. Naturally, an electric car needs batteries to run, but if the batteries are leased rather than bought, the … [continued]
