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NIO sales continue to rise, with deliveries in May totaling 23,231 vehicles. That’s a 13.1% increase year over year. Through the first five months of the year, sales were up 34.7%, reaching 89,225 deliveries. From NIO’s first car onward, the company has logged 760,789 deliveries. Returning to May numbers, the ... [continued]
XPENG continues to have a rockin’ year. With 33,525 deliveries in May, the company saw 230% year-over-year growth. That’s the kind of growth that makes the CEO happy, right? This is also the 7th month in a row that XPENG scored more than 30,000 sales. See the chart below for ... [continued]
A pre-production version of the Volkswagen ID.Evo has been unveiled in China. This is the first model coming from Volkswagen that’s a result of its collaboration with Xpeng. As it turns out, this is also — by far — the best looking Volkswagen ID model out there, and I don’t ... [continued]
The Chinese auto market is innovating and evolving super fast. You have to be involved in hyper-innovation in the EV sector specifically if you want to see increasing sales. And if you are not doing much in the EV sector, well, good luck and most likely RIP. More than 50% ... [continued]
One of the prime ways Tesla has been able to grow its sales so much over the last decade is through it’s extreme popularity in China. Knowing some Chinese people and a little bit about the culture, my understanding is that Chinese consumers are very brand oriented — even more ... [continued]
About 22% of light-duty vehicles sold in the first quarter of the year in the United States were hybrid, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid vehicles, up from about 18% in the first quarter of 2024. Among those categories, hybrid electric vehicles have continued to gain market share while battery electric ... [continued]
Rivian emerged out of stealth with a mission to bring adventure to the world of electric vehicles in the form of a full sized electric truck and one of the very few 7-seater fully electric SUVs on the market. They designed both with premium materials that were at the same ... [continued]
XPENG’s new MONA brand has been off to a good start. It has helped to boost the company’s sales in an extremely competitive, cut-throat market. The relatively young brand now has new versions of its initial model about to arrive, and they are looking like a big hit already. The ... [continued]
The EU wants to lead the cleantech transition — for that, it needs to replace its traditional project-by-project State Aid system with automatic, bankable, output-based support. Only then will public money crowd in private investment, help scale newcomers, and lower production costs — all essential to global competitiveness. The EU ... [continued]
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was a great stimulus for new clean energy projects, EV factories, battery factories, etc. It led to massive new investments, reshoring of countless blue collar jobs, and a more vibrant economy for the fast-growing industries of the future. More broadly, as we reported last ... [continued]
A big, important BYD dealer network in eastern China has just imploded. Note that the dealer network is a completely separate company. Also, they are providing different accounts of who is to blame. The dealer network is Shandong Qiancheng Holdings Co., Ltd. (山东乾城控股有限公司). It was the main dealer network for ... [continued]
We have some news on the extremely popular Xiaomi SU7 — good & bad. We also have some news on the Xiaomi YU7 — only good news on this one. Let’s jump into it. Xiaomi SU7 — Bad & Good News The Xiaomi SU7 is selling like popcorn at a ... [continued]
The Yangwang U7 is a new “super EV” from BYD Group. It’s been highly anticipated, because it has ridiculous specs and innovation. It is now in production. Let’s jump into the details. Yangwang U7 Production Begins The Yangwang U7 has a starting price of 628,000 yuan ($87,170). Sales began on ... [continued]
We’ve published a few segments from Transport & Environment’s “The fossil fuel car trap: Europe’s transport vulnerability risk” briefing. It’s an interesting analysis tackling a problem many of us want to sweep under the rug (and others bring up obsessively). The fact is that access to the EV revolution has ... [continued]
Thankfully, North America has converged on a single fast charging standard for EVs — the North American Charging Standard, or NACS for short. With most manufacturers agreeing to use this standard in their vehicles natively in the coming years, we can look forward to a world when all fast chargers ... [continued]
Continuing our series on California EV sales in the first quarter, we’re now on to overall auto brand rankings. Why spend so much time on California? Well, if it was a country (and the rest of the US was still a country), it would be the 10th largest auto market ... [continued]
Sales of Flagship G9 and Smart Coupe SUV G6 Models to Begin in Q3 2025. Showrooms in every Baltic Country. 2 XPENG models will be available for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: the popular G9 flagship SUV, and the ultra-smart G6 coupe SUV. XPENG, a leading global smart electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer ... [continued]
Tesla may have moved its headquarters from California to Texas, Elon Musk may have done all kinds of things that go against what most Californians support, there may be strongly improving competition in the EV market, and Tesla sales may be declining in the Golden State, but Tesla still dominates ... [continued]
Building upon two years of development efforts, NIO officially launched the Smart Electric Mid-Size Sedan, the New ET5, and the Smart Electric Tourer, the New ET5 Touring (ET5T) at the Hefei Luogang Central Park, the world’s largest urban central park. Featuring more than 500 upgrades, the New ET5 and ET5T ... [continued]
We’ve looked at California’s overall EV market. We’ve looked at the state’s overall top selling vehicle models and where top selling EVs rank (hint: it’s just two models from one brand that make the top rankings). We’ve looked at the EVs that are topping their vehicle classes, including two that ... [continued]
It’s finally happening. After years of watching Argentina’s EV market linger, staying at or below 0.1% market share, the tides seem to be turning. BYD seems unstoppable lately and it seems it will enter head-on one of the least electrified markets in the world and the perennial laggard in Latin ... [continued]
EV charging stations connected to or coming out of lampposts are not a new idea. In 2014, 11 years ago, I visited the Berlin headquarters of a startup called ubitricity that was working on this in Germany. The company has progressed in various places, and I’ve heard of others working ... [continued]
The award winning Kia EV9 is a moderately good seller for Kia in the USA. It’s a large vehicle, which Americans love, but that also means it’s not cheap. That said, if you do need (or really, really want) a three-row SUV, this is about as good as it gets ... [continued]
The disproportionate impact of fuel costs on low and middle income populations High and volatile fuel prices are a key driver of vulnerability in the five European countries considered, disproportionately impacting the middle and low-income groups. Low-income individuals are more likely to drive older, less fuel-efficient vehicles, which consume more ... [continued]