January 24th, 2021 | by Carlo Ombello
The year of coronavirus has just ended on a high note for EV markets throughout Europe. With traditional car sales down everywhere by double digit percentages, electric cars have taken charge, offering a taste of things to come. This is also true for Italy, where December monthly EV sales skyrocketed to over eight times last year's levels!
January 22nd, 2021 | by Johnna Crider
The Wall Street Journal has published an article detailing how Volkswagen's plan to beat Tesla "short-circuited," and pointed out that this plan involves spending almost $50 billion. Unfortunately, the new ID.3, the article noted, didn't arrive as initially intended and advertised
January 20th, 2021 | by Jose Pontes
The German automotive market has opened the floodgates to plugin electric vehicles, with December setting yet another record sales month. Nearly 83,000 plugin vehicles (PEVs) were registered in December, resulting in an amazing 27% market share
January 9th, 2021 | by Jose Pontes
The Netherlands had an amazing 30,860 plugin registrations in December, a 34% increase over the previous all-time record, set in the same month of last year, which itself was beating a 4 year old record
January 8th, 2021 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Germany, Europe's largest auto market and the 4th largest in the world, achieved 26.6% plugin electric vehicle share in December. This is a stunning ascent from the 4.0% share seen in December
January 6th, 2021 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
The UK's plugin electric vehicle market hit new highs in December 2020, at 23.4% market share, up from 6.6% in December
January 6th, 2021 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Norway, the auto market most advanced down the path to electromobility, has seen new records broken in December, with 87.1% market share for plugin electric vehicles. Over two thirds were pure electric vehicles, and non-hybrid combustion vehicles fell to just 7.5% market share
January 5th, 2021 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Sweden has just hit a massive 49.4% plugin electric vehicle share in December 2020, over 4× the share of December 2019 (11%). The Volkswagen ID.3 sold 2,564 units in December, and also took the year's top spot for full electrics
January 2nd, 2021 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
France's plugin electric vehicle market share hit a new record of 19.2% in December 2020, up 5.6× from December 2019. The full year result was 11.2% plugin share, with local favourite Renault ZOE the year's top selling plugin once again
December 31st, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Ever since Tesla's original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable
December 31st, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Volkswagen ended e-Golf production about a week ago, but unlike many other discontinued EVs (electric vehicles), the e-Golf is being replaced with a newer EV in the same class: the
December 29th, 2020 | by Jose Pontes
Despite the overall automotive market being in the doghouse, -14% year over year (YoY), Europe's passenger plugin market is on fire, having score a record 166,000 registrations in November (+198% YoY). That placed last month's plugin share at 16% share — 8% full electrics (BEV)
December 29th, 2020 | by Alex Voigt
It is my daily work to analyze the German automotive industry, attempting to understand what is truth and what is a lie. Like in life, there are always different shades of grey between the two, but if you separate the colors carefully, all that you have left is finally black and white
December 23rd, 2020 | by Jose Pontes
The German automotive market has opened the floodgates wide open for plugin vehicles. November was yet another record month, and this time with a 24% increase over the previous record, set in October
December 19th, 2020 | by Jose Pontes
November saw the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market stay at full charge, with 9,910 registrations representing the market's best score ever if we exclude December months, which are prone to incentive-derived year-end rushes
December 13th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Last week, I published an article about 4 electric vehicles that could bring on the ICEpocalypse in the USA (ICE stands for internal combustion engine, which is what runs a gasoline or diesel vehicle). How about Europe
December 4th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Europe's third largest auto market, the UK, saw plugin electric vehicle market share of 15.9% in November 2020, up significantly from a relatively strong 5.8% in November
