My Journey From ICE To EV
It looked to me back then that battery electric vehicles were the only ones that actually made sense from a technology point of view to address the long term problems. So I decided I should just only look into BEVs.
It looked to me back then that battery electric vehicles were the only ones that actually made sense from a technology point of view to address the long term problems. So I decided I should just only look into BEVs.
Plugin vehicles (fully electric vehicles as well as plugin hybrids) scored an amazing 36,000 registrations in July, which not only a new record, but is 85% above the last record, made last March.
The Dutch automotive market is out of its pandemic-related disruption, having reached positive numbers in July (+4% year over year/YoY), but while the overall market has finally recovered, the plugin segment is officially in Warp Speed (up 139% last month).
How much of the Hyundai Prophesy concept car will remain when it becomes the Ioniq 6 production car in 2022? Hopefully, most of it. The car is one of most visually appealing designs from a major manufacturer in years.
Hyundai says it will make Ioniq into its dedicated electric car brand, with three models coming between 2022 and 2024.
We are starting to see more and more used car dealers in Africa stocking used EVs and not just bringing in EVs per order.
Hyundai says it is ready to make the transition to building electric cars in large quantities. Now the hard work begins, translating those promises into action.
While the overall European market is still in recovery mode in June, down 24% year over year (YoY), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has returned to the fast track, having achieved almost 93,000 registrations in June (+95%).
Marathon Motor Engineering, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Olympic Champion Haile Gebrselassie, has started assembling the all-electric Hyundai Ioniq in Ethiopia.
While the German overall market is still recovering from the pandemic, dropping just 32% year over year (YoY) in June, the local plugin vehicle market is in much better shape, having registered almost 19,000 units, up 124% YoY.