December 23rd, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
November marks yet another fantastic month for the rise of electric mobility in Italy, the fourth largest European car market, as EV sales broke records once again
December 2nd, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
Italy's car market consolidated its recovery from the covid-19 spring lows in October, as sales rebounded to last year's levels. Meanwhile, the road to electrification continues, with exponential growth trends reaffirmed in the country and across Europe
October 20th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
EV adoption in 2020 is skyrocketing in most European countries, with governments' responses to the coronavirus pandemic focusing on a green recovery. As we enter the last few months of the year, the effects of these environmental policies and the ongoing rollout of new EV models on the market are starting to show. Italy is no exception to this, as September figures for electric car registrations reach new heights
September 15th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
Italy's car market is back in full swing after a horrible Spring and a progressive recovery from early Summer. Official August market figures are out and offer a very upbeat picture. A market improvement was broadly anticipated, as this month marks the introduction of new incentives aimed at electric mobility and low emission ICE vehicles. What remained to be seen was which powertrains would benefit the most from the new policy
August 27th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
Summer continues with a strong growth trend for the Italian EV market. With the broader car industry now in recovery mode as the coronavirus pandemic falls under control, and ahead of enhanced EV incentives recently passed by Italy's government, July monthly car sales figures paint a well known picture of steady growth for electric mobility
August 22nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
I recently published articles on the top countries in the world in terms of plug-in vehicle market share and fully electric vehicle market share — that is, the countries with the highest shares of their overall auto sales coming from plug-in vehicle sales or from 100% electric vehicle sales
July 17th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
Italy's EV market is finally getting hot. Following months of unprecedented growth and despite an incredibly adverse time in history, electric mobility has now reached the halfway point of this infamous year with outstanding figures, doubling sales from 2019. And the most important aspect is, we haven't seen anything yet
July 13th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
The Italian government is preparing new fiscal measures to sustain the economic recovery, following months of lockdown at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Like in many other countries, particularly so in Europe, economic stimulus is being directed preferentially to a sustainable recovery, especially in the transport and construction industries. As part of proposed new measures, current incentives to low emission vehicles are set to be increased by at least 50% from August for the rest of the year, to levels aligned to similar policies recently adopted in countries like France and Germany
July 10th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Italy has rolled out a confusing set of subsidies for electric vehicles and fossil fueled vehicles
July 7th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
Electric car sales are keeping their strong momentum in Italy. As the nation's car market recovers from the coronavirus collapse of previous months, overall volumes are returning to healthy levels amidst strong signs of a new reality in the industry. June figures show consolidating trends of change that will likely lead to electric surprises in the second half of the year
June 12th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
The worst is over for global car sales, following the coronavirus black swan that has put an indelible mark on 2020. With every nation slowly enacting new phases of reopening, the car industry can breath a sigh of relief, as car sales everywhere pick up momentum after an awful few weeks at near-zero. Fast in bouncing back is Italy's market, which - although still about 50% down year-on-year - is way up from the April lows that saw it crater by 97.5% from the same month last year. So does this mean we're back to business as usual? Not quite
June 2nd, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
As the worldwide coronavirus lockdown stormed all nations' economies throughout the month of April, the car industry witnessed a near complete shutdown of unprecedented proportions. The extent of it is clearly shown in Italy's car sales for the month, which were down a jaw-dropping 97.5% year over year. This was widely anticipated since a severe lockdown began in March and the market started its precipitous descent, but it is dramatic nonetheless
February 6th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Europe's largest auto market, Germany, saw January fossil fuel vehicle sales drop by over 15% year-on-year, with gasoline vehicles alone down over 17%. Meanwhile, EVs increased their market share to 6.5% from 2.5%. Europe's big five markets are now at a combined 6.0% EV market share. What progress will full year 2020 bring overall
February 5th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Norway, the undisputed global leader in the EV transition, hit 64.4% EV market share in January, with over 44% share for pure electrics and 20% for plug-in hybrids. This best-ever-January result was achieved before 2020 shipments of the top selling Tesla Model 3 have even arrived in the country, with the Audi e-tron (902 units) and Renault Zoe (533 units) seeing the highest January volumes
February 5th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
France, the world's 8th largest auto market, just hit 11% electric vehicle market share in January, a year-on-year growth of 4×. Meanwhile, diesel and gasoline vehicle sales crashed by ~25% year on year
