A closer look at the best-selling plugin vehicle OEMs Following the feedback of some readers, this is a more detailed look at the top plugin OEMs in the world, divided across four different articles. In this is the first one, we’ll have a look at SAIC, Leapmotor, Changan, Chery, and … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring a little more than 1 million sales (in a 1.9-million-unit overall market). That’s up 38% year over year (YoY), and the second best month ever, while the overall market is down 1% YoY. Looking deeper at the … [continued]
There is a lot of positive solar and EV news from around the world. Here’s today’s quick roundup, covering news from Nevada to Florida to the Netherlands to China. Before the lists of stories, here are a few highlights: In Sloan, Nevada, Nextracker has opened a new 60,000-square-foot facility — … [continued]
There has been a lot of activity and therefore a lot of attention given to the nascent electric motorcycle and electric bus sectors in Kenya. But there is also quite some activity in the electric car space in Kenya. Several official dealerships are now bringing in brand new models of … [continued]
In part one of this series, we noted that the Dacia Spring is by far the most affordable battery-electric vehicle on sale in Europe, typically starting under €20,000. But, where are the Dacia Spring’s competitors? Since legacy auto brands are not offering any affordable BEVs to compete with the Spring, … [continued]
The Dacia Spring is the by far most affordable battery-electric vehicle on sale in Europe, typically starting under €20,000, but where are its competitors?
The SAIC-GM-Wuling collaboration has been doing well in China and launching some pretty cool small affordable EVs, riding on the success of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV. One of the iterations of the Hongguang Mini EV, the Wuling Air, has a right-hand drive model that is built in Indonesia. It … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored more than 776,000 sales last month, up 22% year over year (YoY), which is this market’s second record month in a row. And expect the last quarter of the month to continue this record streak. The September … [continued]
Some estimates say around 15 million EVs will be sold globally this year. In terms of volumes, China leads, and in terms of market share, Norway is still the leader when it comes to registrations of EVs as a share of new vehicle sales. Sweden is also stepping up. Last … [continued]
Zimbabwe’s national statistics agency, Zimstat, recently released its Transport Statistics Report for the 2nd Quarter of 2023. The report says as of June 30, 2023, light motor vehicles (up to 2,300 kg) accounted for 76.5% of the 1,583,700 registered vehicles in the country. Zimbabwe has a population of approximately 16 … [continued]
