The Volkswagen brand has reached another milestone in its electric vehicle journey. It has just delivered its 2 millionth fully electric vehicle. The milestone vehicle was a Volkswagen ID.3 produced in Volkswagen’s Zwickau factory, and then was delivered today to a customer at the company’s Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. … [continued]
Volkswagen Group has achieved another electric vehicle milestone this week. The German auto giant has just produced its 5 millionth electric drive unit. This was achieved across a handful of factories. “The Volkswagen Group has reached a milestone in producing five million electric drive units worldwide. This collective achievement by … [continued]
In January 2026, over 12,000 Australian motorists joined the electric vehicle ecosystem. Out of 87,092 light vehicles sold, 7,409 were battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 5,161 were plugin hybrids (PHEVs). That is a penetration rate of 16%. Not too shabby to start the year off. Remember that the penetration rate … [continued]
The European Commission is preparing a legislative proposal on Clean Corporate Vehicles. This is a big opportunity to boost demand for Made-in-EU electric cars. Our analysis shows that already today, 73% of electric cars registered by companies were produced in the EU. For the private segment this was 63%. Because … [continued]
BEVs reach 21% market share! EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 346,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in October, 229,000 of them being BEVs. Overall, plugin vehicles were up 36% YoY. Expect December 2025 to establish a new record score, maybe even above the 425,000 unit mark. … [continued]
57 BEV Share! In Albania!!! Here’s a super quick special report on the Albanian EV market for you all. Despite being a small market (only 933 new passenger vehicles were registered in October) and the purchasing power being among the lowest in Europe, Albania is one of the unknown EV … [continued]
I wrote a handful of articles before the US EV tax credits ended pondering what would happen to used EV prices after they were gone, and asking you readers to chime in with your thoughts. We got all kinds of interesting responses. Prices could drop considerably due to the $4,000 … [continued]
Working on 3rd quarter US electric vehicle sales reports this week (see here and here), I decided I wanted to have a closer look at the long-term ups and downs of the top selling electric vehicle models in the country. Despite covering these sales quarterly for years, I wasn’t exactly … [continued]
BEVs reach 21% market share! EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 399,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in September, which is the second best month ever for plugins, only behind the 412,000 units of December 2022. Expect December 2025 to establish a new record score, maybe even … [continued]
One of the most common concerns about electric cars from people who haven’t bought one yet (and maybe even from EV owners) is how long the battery will last. Funny enough, a new study from Swedish used car platform Kvdbil finds that EV batteries actually hold up longer than gas … [continued]
