Diary of a Journey
I have been involved in a number of discussions on CleanTechnica, recently, about the range required for an EV to do longer journeys, and to be considered more than just a “city car”, for local runs. […]
Internal Combustion Blues Vs EV Bliss
30 Year Wait I had been interested in the idea of having an electric vehicle, (EV), for about 30 years, but before the existence of relatively lightweight lithium-ion batteries, when heavy lead-acid batteries were all that […]
Europe Electric Car Sales Led By Renault Zoe, BMW i3, & Nissan LEAF
The European electric car market had over 16,000 registrations last month, up 20% over February 2016, with YTD numbers up 38% year over year (YoY). The market is set to surpass 300,000 units (on track for 310,00) by […]
Europe Electric Car Sales — Renault Zoe Starts The Year In Full Swing
The European EV market had some 19,000 registrations last month, up 31% year over year (YoY), with the Renault Zoe starting the year in the leadership position again. #1 Renault Zoe – With the ZE40 version […]
Best Selling Electric Car In Europe Is Renault Zoe (2016 Electric Car Sales)
The European EV market had approximately 30,000 registrations last month, down 11% over the same month last year. This sales slip, however, had to do with the incentives-derived sales rush of the last quarter of 2015. Last month, […]
Europe Electric Car Sales — BMW i3 #1 Again
This article is also being published on CleanTechnica, the EV Sales blogspot, and our Electric Car Sales page. The European EV market had more than 18,500 registrations last month, 5% down over the same month last […]
Europe Electric Car Sales — BMW Slides Into #1 YTD
This article is also being published on CleanTechnica, the EV Sales blogspot, and our Electric Car Sales page. The European electric car market had more than 17,000 registrations last month, 1% down compared to October 2015. This sales […]
France Electric Car Sales — July 2016
There were around 1,800 electric car (including SUV & van) registrations in France during the month of July 2016, according to the most recent estimates from the EV Sales blog. That represents a roughly 12% year-on-year decrease from […]
Germany Electric Car Sales — July 2016
Germany’s electric vehicle incentives are now in full effect. How has this affected sales of plug-in electric cars in the country? Apparently, not all that much, going by the July 2016 sales estimates for the German market that […]
Norway Electric Car Sales — July 2016
Update #2: There were discrepancies in data sources and we corrected the article to indicate a different EV market share (for July & for the year through July). Estimates for electric vehicle sales in Norway during […]
Netherlands Electric Car Sales — July 2016
Plug-in electric sales in the Netherlands during July 2016 were down year over year by around 65% (as compared to July 2015), going by the most recent estimates from the EV Sales blog. Altogether, only 774 plug-in vehicles […]
Electric Car Sales In France During June 2016
Estimated June 2016 electric car sales figures for the French market have been released by the EV Sales blog, revealing that electric car sales have been pretty much stagnant in France when seen from a year-on-year perspective. Altogether, there […]
Electric Car Sales In The Netherlands During June 2016
Estimated electric vehicle sales figures for the Netherlands during the month of June 2016 were recently unveiled on the EV Sales blog — showing that the sales drop that followed the end of plug-in hybrid sales […]
Electric Sales Figures In France During May 2016
Sales figures for electric vehicles (all-electrics + plug-in hybrids) in France during the month of May 2016 were recently released (estimates anyways) by the EV Sales blog. So, what do they show? They show that there were over […]
Electric Vehicle Sales In Germany During May 2016
How are electric vehicle sales in Germany going? Sales during May 2016 were apparently the worst in 15 months — with an 18% year-on-year decrease (as compared to May 2015) being observed. The electric share of […]