Volkswagen e-Golf Is Ecstatic In Norway, Clear #1
After covering France (#2), Netherlands (#3), and Germany (#4) electric car sales, it’s time to cover the big dog — the #1 electric car market in Europe. Norway, here we come! It’s a very different...
View ArticleTop 25 Electric Cars In Europe (May Registrations Roundup)
I love looking at the Dutch, French, German, and Norwegian electric car sales data, but looking at the bigger European picture is where the real fun is. Throwing everything together from the different...
View ArticleQuickest Electric Car To 60 MPH? (Top 17 List)
Originally published on Gas2. What’s the fastest electric car on the market? I think you can guess, but what about #2–17? First of all, let’s get a little perspective in here. A car’s quickness is...
View ArticleEurope Electric Car Sales — Zoe #1, Model S #2, Outlander PHEV #3 In June
Europe electric car sales are in for the month of June from Jose Pontes*. It’s a really interesting market. More interesting than North America, China, or any other, imho. Individual country markets in...
View ArticleEV Owner & Lessee Survey
I’ve been long planning to do an EV owner and lessee survey like this, so I am super eager to see the results. (I’m going to have a hard time not watching them obsessively as they come in.) But the...
View ArticleMitsubishi Outlander PHEV Nearly Knocked Off The Podium In Netherlands!
Well, the Netherlands is certainly turning out to be one of the most interesting electric vehicle markets in the world. It is #2 in terms of electric cars’ percentage of total new car sales, but the...
View ArticleNorway Electric Car Sales = 23% Of The Market (Again)
The numbers for Norway electric car sales are “in.” Official numbers are not provided for several models that share a base name with gasmobiles, so José Pontes has made estimates for them, and we’ll...
View ArticleAudi A3 e-tron & VW Golf GTE (Same Car) Lead Germany Electric Car Sales
It’s no surprise to see that German car companies continue to top the electric car sales table in Germany, but after test driving the Audi A3 e-tron myself, I have to admit that I’m surprised to see it...
View ArticleRenault Zoe Crushing It In France
The Renault Zoe is still top dog in France. Actually, it’s absolutely crushing it. The homegrown Zoe has 42% of the electric car market in France from January through July, and took 36% in July. No...
View ArticleRanking Automakers On Their Electric Commitment (Top 10 List)
This is going to be a fun one. 😀 No matter how this ranking turns out, people are going to have differing opinions, sometimes very strong ones. But that’s the nature of subjective rankings, especially...
View ArticleElectric Car Charging Capabilities — Comparison of 27 Models
Something not often recognized by non-EV drivers is that the charging capabilities of current electric cars vary greatly. Numerous models are simply not capable of charging on “fast chargers,” which...
View ArticleVolkswagen E-Golf Crushing Competition In Norway
I’ve finally got what seems to be official and complete data on electric car registrations in Norway. Woohoo! (In case you haven’t been following along for years, public data on electric car...
View ArticleKia Soul EV Takes #1 In Germany!
I love covering Germany’s electric car sales, partly because it’s a large electric car market, partly because the leaders change so much, and partly because it gets several electric models before other...
View ArticleNissan LEAF #1 In Norway Again
My trip to Florida for the EV Technology & Transportation Summit has delayed this report a bit, but I squeezed it in before the end of the month. The exciting bit of the story is that the Nissan...
View ArticleFrench EV Sales Numbers For September 2015
The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably worth taking a...
View ArticleGerman EV Sales Split For February 2016
The top position for electric vehicle sales in Germany for the month of February 2016 was, surprisingly, held by the Audi A3 e-tron, with 210 units sold during the month in the market. This was...
View ArticleEuropean Electric Car Sales In April
Editor’s Note: I’m happy to announce that José Pontes of EV-Sales.blogspot.com and EV-Volumes.com has joined our writing team! José will be writing regular pieces on sales in big EV markets, where he...
View Article15 Interesting Europe Electric Car Charts
The European Alternative Fuels Observatory recently reached out to let me know about the fascinating electric car data it aggregates and organizes for the European market. Its website is a treasure...
View Article15 Electric Car Reviews
Originally posted on CleanTechnica. Note: Jump down to “Renault Twizy” if you want to skip my general notes on electric cars and how I got into them. I have to admit — it’s been great fun and a lucky...
View ArticleZipcar’s London Fleet Expanded To Include 50 New Volkswagen Golf GTE PHEVs
As part of a new partnership with Westminster City Council and Volkswagen UK, Zipcar’s London fleet will now include 50 brand-new Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrids, according to an email sent to...
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