There are many people who really don’t need extra frills and gadgets in their car — they just want something simple and reliable to get to work or wherever they are going. Why do cars have to be so expensive? Why do they need so much extra geewizardry, which doesn’t … [continued]
Leapmotor has been one of the biggest EV surprises of the past few years for me. It came out of nowhere (for me at least) and became one of the top selling EV sellers in the world. In particular, it has done a great job of growing its sales outside … [continued]
Big Players down, Hot Startups up Plugin vehicle registrations were down 6% year over year (YoY) in January, ending the month close to 1.2 million units. Both BEVs (-4% YoY) and PHEVs (-8%) had sales drops. This is a rare occasion where plugin sales are down in both powertrains, but … [continued]
Tesla has historically gotten billions of dollars of revenue from regulatory credits, mostly from the US, but also a significant chunk from Europe. Last year, Tesla “pooled” with Ford, Honda, Mazda, Subaru, Stellantis, and Toyota, among others. Basically, Tesla got paid to help those other automakers meet EU fleet carbon … [continued]
After publishing our report on the top selling EV models in the world in December and 2025 as a whole, as well as an overall report on global EV progress, here’s our complementary report on the auto brands and groups leading EV sales around the world. Geely on the Way … [continued]
BEVs represented 35% of the total Chinese car market in December. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in December, reaching a record 1.34 million units (in a 2.26-million-unit overall market, down a harsh 14% YoY). Last month’s result put plugin vehicles’ market share at 59%, with BEVs reaching 35% … [continued]
After publishing our report on the top selling EV models in the world in November, here’s the complementary report on the auto brands and groups leading EV sales around the world. Chinese records edition In November, BYD remained at the helm, but sales were again down YoY, as BYD’s plugin … [continued]
Leapmotor feels like “the little EV company that could” to me (a reference to The Little Engine That Could for those from a certain time period). The company was formed in late 2015 and launched its first car in June 2019, in the middle of an already quite big and … [continued]
BEVs represented 37% of the total Chinese car market in November. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in November (1.3 million plugins in a 2.2-million-unit overall market, down 8% YoY), but growth has been slowing down, with November showing only a 4% increase over November 2025. Digging deeper into … [continued]
There were over 1.9 million plugin vehicles registered in October, with BEVs (+19% YoY) rising and PHEVs (-5% YoY) falling. Despite the expected hangover in the US market, down almost 50% YoY in October, global plugin vehicle registrations were up 10% compared to October 2024. With the USA market in … [continued]
