12% Of Car Sales Were Electric Car Sales In Norway In November
You may have caught my story the other day pointing out that the top-selling car in Norway two months in a row was an electric car (the Tesla Model S in October and the Nissan Leaf […]
Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt Switch Places At #1 For 6th Time In 2013
At the beginning of October, I noted that the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt had just switched places at the top of the monthly US plug-in car sales for the 5th month this year. They […]
100% Electric Car Sales Grow 361% In 2013 (YTD)
I would say that the strong growth of 100% electric car and plug-in hybrid electric car US sales is really no longer a story — they’ve been growing strongly month after month without a break. However, […]
Tesla Model S Germany Sales Not Off To A Hot Start
The Tesla Model S’s great success — high sales, great reviews, near universal acclaim, etc — apparently doesn’t extend everywhere. Recent reports from the International Business Times indicate that sales have been rather underwhelming in a […]
BMW i3 Production Boost On The Way?
Even though it hasn’t even been released yet, the BMW i3 already appears to be quite the success — with 8,000 preorders already placed, most of the 10,000 vehicles that were intended to be produced in […]
Ford Hybrid & EV Sales Continue To Surge
Breaking away from the fold, Ford’s US hybrid and electric car sales actually surged in September 2013 (compared to September 2012) despite Labor Day “falling in August” on the auto industry sales calendar (for who knows […]
Toyota, GM, & Honda Hybrid & EV Sales — Up Or Down?
As I just wrote in my overall US hybrid and electric car sales monthly wrap-up, August and September 2013 were funky months on the automobile industry calendar. Basically, because the last day of the calendar is […]
Leaf & Volt Switch Places At #1 For 5th Time This Year
I just published a full wrap-up of US electric vehicle sales up till the end of September. However, a few specific stories seemed worth highlighting in separate posts. For example, this constant changing of places at […]
100% Electric Car Sales Up 447.95% In US In 2013
August and September 2013 were funky months in the US auto industry. Basically, the reason for this is the auto industry’s funky calendar. The “last day” of the previous month on the auto industry’s calendar is […]
Who Drives Electric Cars? + Electric Cars Growing Rapidly (Infographic)
The Wall Street Journal (which I just railed on the other day for a horrible post about solar energy) has actually published a pretty interesting infographic on who drives electric cars. Granted, I saved myself the […]
Electric Car Sales & Hybrid Car Sales (August 2013 US Sales Summary)
As you can see in the table above, 100% electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs), and conventional hybrid electric cars continue to do better and better. 100% electrics were up 457.48% in August 2013 compared […]
1st Tesla Model S Delivered In Europe
Tesla’s nearly universally lauded Model S is now finally available in the European market! The first deliveries of the award-winning EV began earlier this week. The first man on the continent to get his Model S […]
BMW Aims For “Meaningful” EV Sales
BMW had a pretty fanciful unveiling of its first electric car, the BMW i3, last week. It was fun. But beyond that, it also seemed to convey a true seriousness about a transformation to electric vehicles. […]
EV & Hybrid Sales Are Up 80,000 Cars In 2013 (August US Sales Update)
The numbers are in for “mass-market” 100% electric vehicle (EV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and conventional hybrid electric vehicle sales. Well, the numbers are in from everyone but Tesla and Fiat. (The Tesla Model S […]
Nissan Leaf Sales Inch Past Chevy Volt Sales (2013 US Sales Rivalry Update)
Nissan and GM (or the consumer who buy their electric vehicles) couldn’t make this sales rivalry more interesting. In June, the Chevy Volt inched ahead of the Nissan Leaf in 2013 sales. It was 9855 vs […]