Little smart electric drive Is Electric King In Italy (February 2014 Electric Car Sales)

Following up on the Germany electric car sales update, I’m moving on to Italy. Italy is a much smaller market at this point. Germany had 544 plug-in car sales in February, while Italy had only 67. […]

BMW i3 Dominates Germany Electric Cars Sales In February, Inches Below VW e-Up! YTD

Not surprisingly, the homegrown BMW i3 took the top spot in German electric car sales in February. It surged above its distant cousin, the Volkswagen e-Up!, but remains a handful of sales below the e-Up! in […]

US Nissan LEAF Sales Increase 118%, LEAF Holds #1 Spot In US Electric Car Sales

Following its market-leading position in January US electric car sales, the Nissan LEAF took #1 again in February. (Though, it was just a little above our estimate for Tesla Model S deliveries*, and if Tesla wasn’t […]

Belgium Electrified Vehicle Sales (January 2014)

Wrapping up January 2014 electrified vehicle sales, below are the totals for Belgium. What’s the general story in Belgium? Well, it’s basically that Belgians buying electrified vehicles aren’t cautious about the money they are spending. Three […]

Ranking European Countries On 2013 Electrified Car Sales

I recently wrote a long piece on ABB Conversations regarding electrified vehicle sales in 17 European countries—with a chart for each one. It was a lot of fun and very interesting, but it also made me […]

Cleanest Car In US? Top-Selling Nissan LEAF

The 2014 edition of the Nissan LEAF is the cleanest production vehicle in the whole of the US, according to the Automotive Science Group (ASG). The rankings figure in the entire wheel-to-well lifetime environmental impact of […]

Tesla Ends 2013 Strong, But All Anyone Wants To Talk About Is Its “Gigafactory”

Originally published on CleanTechnica. I joined Tesla’s 4th quarter 2013 financial results conference call last night (yesterday afternoon California time). I actually didn’t even think to report on it since there wasn’t really anything unexpected in […]

France Electric Car Sales Dropped In January 2014 (Charts)

Electric car sales in France actually shrunk a bit in January 2014 compared to January 2013. Check out the details below as well as some information on why sales shrunk. Here’s another country-specific EV sales update. […]