This article is also being published on EV Obsession and the EV Sales blogspot. BYD Qin Reaches Second Place The Chinese market had some 34,000 new EVs zooming the streets last month, a 188% increase over the same month last year, in-line with the annual growth rate. EV market share … [continued]
My recent article “22 Ways To Delay The Electric Car Revolution” was hugely popular, but readers offered a lot more ideas and wanted me to take the list to 50, so here we are. To keep everything in one place, I’ve copy & pasted the original article here and then expanded … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Energy independence is creeping into the US passenger car market more and more, led by Tesla Motors but also by ZEV mandates in 9 states and resulting EV efforts from a few auto companies. In the month of July, electric car sales surged 48% — mostly on the back of … [continued]
As many of you reading this are probably aware, Tesla’s original plan called for the release of a Model S, a Model E, a Model X, and a Model Y — a “SEXY” lineup, in other words. I suppose that company execs may have been a bit tipsy (or maybe just … [continued]
I can only imagine the challenges involved in ramping up production of an entirely new vehicle model, especially if that happens to be just the second vehicle model your company has designed from the ground up. As a long-term Tesla investor, I’m happy to get indication that challenges ramping Model X … [continued]
While I was creating the charts for yesterday’s June Netherlands electric car sales article, a realization of sorts hit me: What if all automakers tried to sell electric cars like Tesla does? To put that thought into context, though, it is helpful to first accept what Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has already admitted … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Estimated June 2016 electric car sales figures for the French market have been released by the EV Sales blog, revealing that electric car sales have been pretty much stagnant in France when seen from a year-on-year perspective. Altogether, there were 3,427 electric cars (including vans) delivered in France during … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Estimated electric vehicle sales figures for the Netherlands during the month of June 2016 were recently unveiled on the EV Sales blog — showing that the sales drop that followed the end of plug-in hybrid sales last year has continued. Altogether, sales are down year-on-year … [continued]
Looking forward to National Drive Electric Week on September 10, 2016, at Mote Marine in Sarasota, Florida, I want to highlight some of the support and conversation that EV owners and environmental supporters enjoyed at the EcoFriendlyFloridaFest in Sarasota. In particular, we loved talking Tesla colors, while looking at photos from a phone of CleanTechnica and … [continued]
Let’s say that, for some reason, you really don’t want humans to drive in cleaner, more enjoyable, more exciting, safer, better electric cars. How do you go about slowing down the transition? Below are prescriptions for three different groups (automakers, the media, and investors) that could pitch in and do … [continued]
