Northern Lights is Europe’s most ambitious carbon capture and storage project, and possibly the most operationally serious one in the world. It deserves credit for getting past the pilot stage, for designing an end-to-end storage system with real injection capacity, and for contracting with emitters in four different countries. But … [continued]
March’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 60.7% share in Sweden, up year-on-year from 58.1%. BEV share was flat YoY, while PHEV share was slightly up. Overall auto volume was 24,204 units, fractionally up YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best selling BEV. March’s sales totals showed combined plugin EVs … [continued]
February saw plugin EVs take 61.1% share in Sweden, up strongly from 51.8% in February 2024. Most of the increase came from BEVs’ strong volume growth, while PHEVs were also up. Overall auto volume was 19,608 units, up by some 4% YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best-selling BEV in … [continued]
January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 51.6% share in Sweden, down slightly YoY from 52.5% in January 2024. BEV share was fractionally up YoY, while PHEV share was slightly down. Overall auto volume was 19,632 units, up some 14% YoY. The Volkswagen ID.7 was the best selling BEV. January’s … [continued]
Electric heavy-duty construction equipment is becoming all the rage, becoming one of the hot new areas of the electrification era. Now, a worksite in Sweden, where there’s an extra focus on achieving freedom from fossil fuels, has reached 50% electrification. In particular, this is thanks to Volvo CE electric machines. … [continued]
December saw plugin EVs take 62.8% share in Sweden, down slightly from 63.1% in December 2023. BEV share increased year over year (YoY), but was outweighed by falling PHEV share. Overall auto volume was 26,237 units, down by 10% YoY. The Tesla Model Y remained the best selling BEV, for … [continued]
“Massless” EV batteries are designed to pull double duty as structural elements that add no extra weight to a vehicle, increasing battery range by an estimated 70%.
Berlin’s BVG transit system has received the world’s first series-produced electric bus with a battery passport: the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. In a press statement, Solaris said the deliveries put BVG three years ahead of EU regulations, which will require a battery passport in all electric vehicles starting in 2027. … [continued]
The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could … [continued]
November’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 61.7% share in Sweden, up slightly YoY from 60.6% in November 2023. BEV share fell back YoY, while PHEV share increased. Overall auto volume was 24,844 units, down some 2% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was again the best selling BEV. November’s sales … [continued]
