Well, the news of the month so far has been BYD unveiling 1,500 kW “flash charging” for passenger electric vehicles. Apparently, though, it’s hard to keep secrets in the Chinese EV industry and BYD’s top competitor has been working on the same thing. In particular, the Zeekr 001 will be … [continued]
Germany is the biggest auto market in Europe. With some giants of the auto industry based there — Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, Mercedes — one can think it’s just Germans buying German cars, but the market is huge, and there’s a lot of opportunity for other brands as well, especially as … [continued]
Pre-sales of the new and improved Zeekr 001 have begun in China, and, wowza, this is a package and a half. The electric car can scoot from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.83 seconds. That’s right — 2.83 seconds. It also has a rated range on a full charge … [continued]
Zeekr has made the all-electric Zeekr 001 even more desirable with the introduction of the exclusive Sport Edition, limited to 250 units Based on the Zeekr 001 Privilege AWD model, the Sport Edition is enhanced by 22- inch gloss black wheels, orange brake calipers, carbon fibre rear spoiler and door … [continued]
This is the fifth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one: A segment/city cars, part two: B segment/subcompacts, part three: C segment/compacts, and part four: D segment/midsizers), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this … [continued]
March’s auto market saw plugin EVs at a 58.1% share in Sweden, down YoY from 59.9%. Plugin volumes were down YoY for BEVs, but up slightly for PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 23,891 units, down some 21% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was March’s bestselling BEV. March saw combined EVs … [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]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over 750,000 sales last month, up 36% year over year (YoY) and a new record. That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 4.6 million units. Share-wise, with August showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 39% … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over 658,000 sales last month, up 31% year over year (YoY). That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 3.9 million units. Share-wise, with July showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 38% market share! Full electrics … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over 700,000 sales last month, up 28% year over year (YoY). That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 3.2 million units. Share-wise, with June showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 38% market share! Full electrics … [continued]
