Sweden: Plug-in car share hits record-high in June
Sales of plug-in hybrid and electric cars in Sweden have reached a record high this June. This increased the annual plug-in share of the total market feasibly so far this year.
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Norway: Hyundai Kona EV sales hit triple the year’s target
Hyundai’s all-electric model Kona is hotly expected. In Norway where reservations opened first, Hyundai has sold close to 7,000 Kona Electric already – more than three times the number of EVs they had expected to sell in a whole year.
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EU carmakers spend 7x more on EV production in China than at home
Transport & Environment has analysed investments of European carmakers and found that they spend 7 times more on electric car production in China than they do at home. This is down to failed EU policies, T&E suggests.
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Half of all BMW sales from plug-ins in Norway & Malaysia
BMW has published their global sales data for the first 5 months of 2018 and shares of electric and hybrid cars are on the rise and grew by 41% worldwide. In countries like Norway and Malaysia, electrified cars even make for almost 50 percent of all sales.
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Nissan sells 100,000 Leaf electric cars in Europe
Nissan says it has reached another milestone for its bestselling electric car as the Leaf has found buyer no. 100,000 in Madrid. Over a third of all Leaf electric cars sold in Europe are now the latest model that was released only this February.
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More than 3M plug-in vehicles worldwide says IEA
The International Energy Agency IEA says there are now over 3 million plug-in vehicles on the roads worldwide, 54% more than last year. The biggest markets were China and the USA but the Nordics beat them when it comes to marketshare.
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Electric car sales in France recovered in April
After 2018 showed a slight declined in plug-in sales in France compared to a record-setting 2017, the trend is pointing upwards again. All plug-in car segments increased, some by more than 40 percent in April with Avere having the exact data.
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Every 2nd Volvo sold to be purely electric by 2025
The Swedish brand is advancing its transition into a premium plug-in label fast as Volvo aims for fully electric cars to account for half of its total sales by 2025. This builds on their plans that new models released from 2019 will be electrified in some form.
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Almost half of all Toyota sales in Europe are hybrids
Toyota Motor Europe has presented its Q1 results, which position hybrid vehicles firmly on the map. Almost half of all European Toyota drivers opted for a semi-electric drive, in Western Europe it was the majority of buyers even.
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France: March marks record recovery for EV sales
After a slight decline in plug-in sales in previous months, France has fully recovered at the start of spring with sales across all segments on the up. To be precise, EV sales in particular have reached a high that was hitherto unseen.
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Norway: Over half of all car sales were plug-ins in March
March marks yet another record month in Norwegian plug-in sales as the country registers a total of 8,034 electric cars and plug-in hybrids. PEVs thus took a marketshare of 55.8 percent, with most of them being all-electric, pointing at yet another record.
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Sales record: Germans bought 3,792 electric cars in March
The German KBA has issued the latest sales date for electric and hybrid cars and March has broken the record in every respect. 3,792 electric cars were sold in Germany in that month alone, more than in any other month and 73.1% more than in February.
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Production record: Tesla Q1 results
Tesla has increased production in Fremont by 40 percent in Q1 compared to last year’s Q4 as they build 34,494 electric cars. The Model 3 is now becoming a bestseller in the U.S. with output increasing fourfold in the last three months and more to come.
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BMW i3 sales hit 10,000 unit milestone in UK
BMW says it has sold the 10,000th of its electric car i3 in Great Britain. The Bavarian’s first all-electric model went on sale with a left-hand drive in 2014 and sales have since increased by about a thousand units every year.
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Norway’s EV share at over 5 percent and rising
Norway firmly remains on top of global EV sales with electric cars now making up 5.1 per cent of all sales. Throughout 2017, 42.5% more BEV were sold compared to 2016 and there are 142,490 all-electric cars and vans on Norwegian roads to date with more being added every month.
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Every second plug-in was sold in China in 2017
The latest Electric Vehicle Index by McKinsey establishes China as the leader in electric mobility. In 2017, almost every second PEV sold was registered in China, where more than 600,000 plug-in cars found buyers.
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EV sales in China this February
Overall, 29,150 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in China this February, marking an increase of 76% compared to last years numbers. 65% of the plug-ins were purely electric and domestic brands built all bestselling PEVs.
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Netherlands: EV sales more than double in January
Sales of electric and plug-in hybrid cars have been on the up in the Netherlands this January. Compared to the same month last year, PEV sales grew by 126 percent overall, with sales of all-electric cars undergoing a massive recovery.
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Delivery delays for Tesla Model S and Model X
Due to high demand, the Tesla Model S and Model X orders have been further delayed by up to 4 to 5 months. This means if one were to order a Tesla today, they’d likely wait until June.
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Tesla Model S beats premium carmakers in Europe
A total of 16,132 Model S were sold in Europe during 2017, meaning Tesla has been outselling the continent’s established premium manufacturers such as Mercedes or BMW with their S-Class or 7 series respectively. And by a couple of thousand units.
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Number of PEVs has passed 3 million globally
By the start of 2018 the number of vehicles with electric motors, range extenders or plug-in hybrid systems have reached a global 3.2 million units, according to a ZSW survey. China is leading with around 1.2m NEVs driving around the country.
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BMW wants to sell 140,000 plug-ins throughout 2018
The BMW Group delivered over 100,000 electric and plug-in vehicles in 2017 and is thus targeting 140,000 electrified vehicles this year. In some markets sales of PEVs accounted for 10 – 25 percent of all BMW sales. PEV deliveries in January increased by over a third.
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EV sales in China up 480% this January YOY
Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales in China have increased by 480 percent this January compared to the same month last year. The majority of the new energy vehicles that got a license plate were all-electric cars, according to CAAM.
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This January saw sales of pure electric cars decrease by almost a quarter in France compared to the beginning of 2017. PHEV however managed to double their numbers and the decline in BEV had one little big reason, Renault’s Zoe.
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi sells over half a million EVs
Since 2010, the Alliance of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi have accumulated 540,623 electric vehicle sales worldwide. The Nissan LEAF remains the world’s best-selling EV with more than 300,000 pure EVs sold since its launch in December 2010.
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Mitsubishi cracks 100,000 sales with Outlander PHEV
Four years after its launch in October 2013, Mitsubishi announces that its Outlander PHEV has passed the milestone of 100,000 sales in Europe. The plug-in hybrid now accounts for more than 10% of the European sales in Mitsubishi.
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Plug-ins take 2.7% market share in 2017 in China
More than 777,000 plug-in vehicles were sold in China last year, making it the world’s biggest market for new energy vehicles. PEVs now hold a marketshare of 2.7 percent with all-electric cars being the clear winners.
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EV sales in France cross 40,000 unit milestone in 2017
The French have cracked two thresholds of e-mobility this year. First, more than 40,000 plug-in vehicles made it into private garages and secondly, PEVs now account for almost 1.5% of all sales.
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Renault to open first EV-only showroom in Sweden
France’s prime carmaker teams up with Swedish Bilia to launch their first showroom for electric mobility in Europe. The ‘Electric Vehicle Experience Center’ will open in Täby close to Stockholm next month.
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All time high of EV registrations in Germany in December
An exact 3,412 newly registered electric cars mean a new record month for Germany according to our counts. PEV sales in December 2017 defied all festivities and further included 7,099 hybrid cars of which 2,876 carry a plug.
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