Tesla #1 and #2 Lead in PHEV-Heavy Market After previously checking out Spain, we turn west, to its Iberian neighbor, Portugal, for a new EV sales report. As a Southern European market with low purchase power, one would think that this would be another market lingering in the back of … [continued]
Stellantis places 3 models in the top 5!
September saw plugin EVs take 21% share in Germany, predictably down from 32.3% year on year, as a hangover from new incentive cuts. This is the flip-side of August’s large pull-forward, and fully expected. Overall auto volume was 224,502 units, unchanged YoY, and roughly in line with pre-2020 seasonal averages. … [continued]
Chinese models start showing up on the radar.
The overall German auto market had another positive month in July (+18% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+69% YoY, their highest growth rate this year). It’s an impressive result, especially considering that we are in the middle of the summer holiday season. That indicates we might be … [continued]
In a recent press release, seven automakers announced that they’re teaming up to build a new charging network. Details are still sparse, but in this article, I’ll share some key points from the announcement, speculate on why they’re doing this, and then discuss some of the challenges this new network … [continued]
The overall German auto market had another positive month in June (+25% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+64% YoY). There were 52,988 BEV registrations last month, 19% of the overall market, a 2% increase YoY. That pulled the market up — quite different from PHEVs, which were … [continued]
The overall German auto market had a positive month in April (+13% year over year), with BEVs being the highlight (+34% YoY). There were 29,740 BEV registrations last month, 15% of the overall market. That pulled the market up — quite different from PHEVs, which were down 46%. The latter … [continued]
The Tesla Model Y was the 2nd best selling automobile in the overall German auto market in February (an “off-peak month” for Tesla).
After the subsidies-derived sales rush of December, leading to a historic performance, Germany’s plugin vehicle (PEV) market was bound to have a hangover month in January. And so it did, with this market starting the year with a 33% drop over the same month last year. The almost 40,000 units … [continued]
