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Europe EV Sales Report — In November, 25% of New Cars Had a Plug
Some 268,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in November, a 2% year drop over year (YoY). Interestingly, BEVs and PHEVs had different behaviors, with the former growing 1% YoY to 185,000 units while PHEVs remained stuck in red, falling 9% in November to 83,000 units. As such, November saw … [continued]
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The Case For And Against EV Incentives
The incoming administration has pledged to eliminate the EV incentives contained in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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US Electric Car Sales Up 474% Since Q3 2019, Fossil Car Sales Down 15%
I just published our big quarterly report on US auto sales trends in the past 5 years, including brand-specific trends. However, I’ve done something else this quarter for the first time. I’ve crunched the numbers to determine changes in electric car sales and changes in fossil fuel car sales across … [continued]
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MAGA Battle Blows Up 2025 Electric Vehicle Outlook, Or Not
Regardless of uncertainty over Trump’s electric vehicle policy, Ford is leaning on commercial fleet electrification to boost sales in 2025 and beyond.
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Xiaomi Wants To Become A Top 5 Automaker Globally
Xiaomi sales have been absolutely stunning in 2024, but the company’s CEO, chairman, and founder wants to go far beyond this and make Xiaomi the 5th largest automaker in the world! In its first 9 months, the company sold a stunning 130,000 electric vehicles. Can it increase that many times … [continued]
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Why Isn’t Hyundai Motor Group Circling the Drain?
Paul Wildman and I have collaborated on articles charting the difficulties of the top three car makers: Toyota, Volkswagen, and Stellantis; and the effect of these difficulties on their respective national economies: Japan, Germany, France, and Italy. Recently, I suggested to Paul that we look at Hyundai/Kia, as they do … [continued]
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Lilium Lives!
A couple of months ago, I wrote about Lilium running out of money. It seemed the dream had died. After 9 years and nearly 1,000 “preorders,” Lilium just couldn’t make it financially. It’s hard to get off the ground as a startup and reach profitability, even more so in an … [continued]
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The Right to Consciousness
Picasso’s Guernica bursts forth in a jumble of body parts, animals crying out in pain and heavy layers of historical context, created to tell the story of a physical battle. The original oil painting is 11.5 feet tall by 25.5 feet long and can be seen in person at the Reina Sofía Museum, Spain’s national modern and contemporary art center in Madrid.
2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts
It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and … [continued]
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Andy Palmer Says “Hybrids Are A Road To Hell”
Hybrids are a road to a dead end according to Andy Palmer, a former Nissan executive who convinced Carlos Ghosn to develop the LEAF.
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