August 6th, 2020 | by Alex Voigt
Unfortunately, a lot of factually wrong articles and reports appeared in recent days about a German court ruling (OLG Karlsruhe 1 Rb 36 Ss 832/19) that has to do with a Tesla driver who had an accident in heavy rain and claimed it was the fault of the vehicle's controls
August 5th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Germany, Europe's largest auto market, saw record 11.4% plugin electric vehicle market share in July, up over 4× from the same month last year. The cumulative year-to-date EV market share now stands at 8.5%. This is even though the overall auto market recovered from the lull of recent months, with July 2020 sales down just 5% from July
July 3rd, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Germany, Europe's largest auto market, saw plug-in electric passenger vehicle market share hit 8.4% in June 2020, significantly up from 3.4% in June 2019. The H1 2020 plug-in share stood at over 7.7%, and will grow further in the second half
June 5th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Europe's largest auto market, Germany, saw plugin electric vehicle market share of 7.3% in May, up from 2.4% a year ago. Meanwhile, the overall auto market volume was down 50% year on year. New government stimulus measures will give electric vehicles a further boost in the coming months
May 6th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Germany saw the auto market drop 61% in April. While that doesn't look good for the industry, it was much more resilient than the large neighboring markets of France and the
April 4th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Europe's largest auto market, Germany, hit another all-time record plug-in electric vehicle market share in March, reaching 9.2%. The Tesla Model 3 was the best selling full electric model, with an estimated 1490 sales, just ahead of the Renault Zoe. Overall auto market volume fell 38% year on year
April 5th, 2018 | by James Ayre
Following the recent ruling by a court in Germany that cities there have the right to ban diesel cars as a means of improving air quality, the share of the country's total auto market held by diesel cars has been falling sharply.
January 23rd, 2018 | by James Ayre
The auto industry watchdog in Germany, KBA, has found illegal emissions control software in Audi's newest Euro 6 diesel vehicle models, and has thus ordered a recall of ~127,000 vehicles
July 26th, 2017 | by James Ayre
Here's a bit of good news on the air pollution front: Volkswagen diesel car owners in Germany will lose their vehicle registrations if they refuse to receive engine software updates to bring their cars in line with emissions standards, going by documents from the country's motor vehicle watchdog KBA (as reported by Focus Online)
May 7th, 2017 | by James Ayre
Presumably as a result of all of the talk in recent months of implementing diesel car bans (in some cities), sales of new diesel cars in Germany fell by around 19% in April, according to the country's federal vehicle authority
March 27th, 2017 | by James Ayre
The Volkswagen challenges for cheating have been mounting, as have challenges for other automakers found to be cheating the system with regard to diesel emissions and fuel economy claims. Now, another target for purposeful wrongdoing and perhaps criminal activity is German motor authority
December 3rd, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
New technology gets scrutinized much more then existing technology — it’s a fact of life. Since the Tesla Model S [&hellip
