Electric vehicle fever has definitely caught on in Germany, with March coming in as a record month to echo France’s record month. Germany had over 6,700 electric car registrations last month, a 52% increase year over year (YoY). The plug-in vehicle share of the overall car market was 2%.
Here’s an overview of the 20 most compelling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles now available for purchase in the USA.
The European passenger plug-in vehicle market had its best not-last-month-of-quarter record in November, with over 29,000 vehicles delivered to happy customers. This is the 7th time in the last 8 months that we saw +50% growth rates.
Kia has released final pricing details for its Niro PHEV, which comes in LX, EX, and EX Premium trim levels. The cars should begin arriving in dealer showrooms in January.
Kia Motors has won the “PHEV Manufacturer of the Year” award at GreenFleet Awards 2017, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica. Additionally, two of the company’s new offerings, the Kia Niro PHEV (plug-in hybrid) SUV and the Optima Sportswagon PHEV, won their categories at the Next Green Car Awards 2017.
As you probably would have guessed by now, the 2017 LA Auto Show is much more electric than it has been over the past few years. BMW is still refining its electric lineup, Kia has stepped up its Niro hybrid to now include and plug, and Volvo is bringing out two superb plug-in hybrids (PHEV).
Kia has brought its highly anticipated 2018 Niro Plug-in Hybrid to North America with the official arrival of the vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The Nira PHEV sports an impressive 26 miles of all-electric range.
The European passenger plug-in market returned from the holiday season with fully charged batteries, growing almost a third (+32%) compared to the same period last year by registering some 33,700 units. That’s just a whisker below the all-time record of December 2015 (33,827), which, let’s not forget, was inflated by fiscal changes that happened in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark in January 2016.
The plug-in market in Europe had a surprisingly strong August month, with over 22,000 registrations, up 68% year over year (YoY). That pushes the plug-in market share up to 1.7%.
Kia has now launched plug-in hybrid versions of the popular Niro crossover and the Optima Sportswagon in the UK.
These releases follow the earlier release of a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Optima — meaning that Kia now sells 3 different PHEV models in the UK.
