Limited special edition now available to order Exclusive paintwork and striking exterior and interior details The ID.3 GTX FIRE+ICE reimagines the iconic 1990s Golf special edition Fire and Ice02 designed in collaboration with BOGNER FIRE+ICE Just a year after the world premiere of the show car, Volkswagen is launching a limited special edition … [continued]
Last year’s tariff increases from the EU on Chinese BEVs weren’t exactly a surprise. What was a surprise was that plugin hybrids weren’t affected by the rising tariffs, which caught most Chinese OEMs by surprise. Previously, they had been betting in launching BEV models in Europe, with the PHEV market … [continued]
EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 305,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in May. That’s up 34% year over year (YoY), its fastest growth rate since August 2023. The 2025 growth rate is also accelerating, now at +24% YoY, or 1.4 million units, which means that after … [continued]
May saw plugin EVs at 28.5% share in Germany, up from 18.5% year on year. BEV volume increased by 45% year on year, while PHEVs grew 79%. Overall auto volume was 239,297 units, almost flat YoY. May’s best-selling BEV, for the 5th consecutive month, was the Volkswagen ID.7. May’s sales … [continued]
April saw plugin EVs take 28.8% share in Germany, up from 18.4% year on year. BEVs volumes have recovered from their incentive-cut trauma, and PHEVs are also up. Overall auto volume was 242,728 units, flat YoY. The best-selling BEV in April remained the Volkswagen ID.7. The April auto market saw … [continued]
Plant in Saxony produces six e-models of the Group brands Volkswagen, Audi and Cupra Almost every second registered electric car of the Volkswagen Group worldwide comes from Zwickau The anniversary vehicle is an ID.3 GTX Performance01 Plant Manager Danny Auerswald: “One million e-cars produced is a strong achievement by the workforce. Despite … [continued]
February saw plugin EVs take 27.3% share in Germany, up from 19.3% share year on year. BEVs were back to decent volume compared to 2024, though only modestly ahead of February 2023 figures. PHEVs have stepped up modestly. Overall auto volume was 203,434 units, down some 6% YoY. The best-selling … [continued]
February’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 22.5% share in France, down from 26.3% year on year. BEVs were effectively flat YoY, whilst PHEVs lost share. Overall auto volume was 141,568 units, roughly flat YoY. The Citroen e-C3 was France’s best selling BEV in February. February saw combined EVs at … [continued]
Volkswagen released worldwide sales data today. A decent portion of the news release, which admittedly was not very long, was about the brand’s EV business. The company noted that it has delivered around 500,000 units of the ID.3 since it was released, a big event I recall Steve Hanley attended … [continued]
Some 268,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in November, a 2% year drop over year (YoY). Interestingly, BEVs and PHEVs had different behaviors, with the former growing 1% YoY to 185,000 units while PHEVs remained stuck in red, falling 9% in November to 83,000 units. As such, November saw … [continued]
