Originally published on EV Obsession. Plug-in hybrids appear to be gaining significant market share in Norway, possibly at the expense of all-electric vehicles, going by the May 2016 sales figures recently compiled by the EV Sales blog. Year-on-year sales growth for plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) during May 2016 in Norway was … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. As part of a new partnership with Westminster City Council and Volkswagen UK, Zipcar’s London fleet will now include 50 brand-new Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrids, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession. The new Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) can … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Hmm, what could have happened for Volkswagen to fall off of a “top 10 automotive brands” list and be replaced by Tesla? Such a huge mystery! The list I’m referring to is BrandZ (h/t Sebastian Blanco). And, honestly, the biggest surprise for me is that Tesla wasn’t already … [continued]
We cover electric car news obsessively and enthusiastically. In fact, it’s quite hard for us to keep to 10 or fewer electric car stories a day. Nonetheless, there are some key underlying themes that don’t tend to change much, so I thought it might be worthwhile to step away from the news … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Volkswagen BUDD-e concept car was awarded the Interior Design of the Year Award at the recent Automotive Interiors Expo 2016 show in Stuttgart, Germany, according to reports. The Volkswagen BUDD-e concept was first introduced only a few months ago — at the CES show … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Reminder: Monthly US EV sales reports are now published here — the current month’s report as well as reports from previous months (but just one previous month so far). Chevy Volt rose to #1 again, after many, many months trailing other popular electric vehicle models on … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Volkswagen brand has become the face of auto-industry corruption, arrogance, and entrenched interest. The only motivating factor for the higher-ups at the company in recent years seems to have been profits — with no sense of responsibility for the truth, for public health, or … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The European Alternative Fuels Observatory recently reached out to let me know about the fascinating electric car data it aggregates and organizes for the European market. Its website is a treasure trove of fun electric car sales charts and tables. I just picked out 15 … [continued]
Editor’s Note: I’m happy to announce that José Pontes of EV-Sales.blogspot.com and EV-Volumes.com has joined our writing team! José will be writing regular pieces on sales in big EV markets, where he has been working hard to aggregate sales data for years. He will also report from some EV/car events for … [continued]
The Volkswagen e-Golf will be getting a battery-pack size upgrade in the near-future, according to recent reports. The model’s lithium-ion battery-pack capacity will be increased from 24.2 kilowatt-hours (kWh) to 35.8 kWh, reportedly. This will translate to an increase in range, leading to a total (real-world) range of around 200 … [continued]
