The Tesla Model 3 zipped to the top of electric vehicle (EV) sales in France for the first quarter of 2022, as plug-in vehicles outsold gas-powered cars in the country for the first time — reports MarketScreener. Overall car sales in France were down 17.3% during Q1 2022, posting their tenth straight month of declines with […]
Toyota’s Chief of Global Design, Simon Humphries, said in a recent interview with Automotive News that diversity is the key to Toyota’s new electric vehicle (EV) design strategy and will allow the veteran automaker to achieve its goal of selling 3.5 million all-electric cars by 2030. “Globally, there is an incredible diversity of customers, and their […]
The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling battery electric vehicle (BEV) in Europe for 2021, and also broke into the top 20 best-selling cars overall, according to data from JATO Dynamics covering 28 European markets (via InsideEVs). A total of 141,429 Tesla Model 3 vehicles were registered in Europe during the year (up 64% year-over-year), putting […]
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, in a recent interview with Automotive News Europe Managing Editor Douglas A. Bolduc, said the company expects sales to grow tenfold, from 29,000 cars in 2021 to 290,000 by 2025. Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath sees tenfold sales growth by 2025https://t.co/gHJS8z2Q26 — Automotive News (@Automotive_News) January 15, 2022 Since Polestar plans to […]
Tesla has a solid chance at surpassing BMW in luxury vehicle sales in the U.S. for 2021, with new-vehicle registrations for the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) surging towards the end of the year, especially in November and with the end-of-quarter delivery push in December — reports Automotive News. Tesla's November registrations surged, narrowing luxe race https://t.co/kIyCiuVUlp […]
Tesla’s Model 3 electric sedan was the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) in Germany for December and the year 2021 as a whole — reports Tesmanian. According to data from Germany’s Federal Bureau of Motor Vehicles (KBA), the Model 3 took the crown for most EV sales in the country in 2021 with a whopping 35,262 units […]
Porsche sold 301,915 cars across the globe in 2021, up 11% year-over-year (YoY) from 2020 and a new all-time high for the company (via Roadshow by CNet). Porsche sales in the U.S. were a record 70,025 cars, and deliveries in the carmaker’s biggest market, China, were up 8% YoY to 95,671 units (also a new […]
According to CnEVPost, Tesla delivered a record 40,500 all-electric Model Y crossovers in China during December 2021 and a total of 169,853 units for the entire year, making it the country’s number one best-selling new energy SUV for both the month and the year as a whole. The BYD Song trailed behind the Tesla Model […]
The Tesla Model 3 was the number one best-selling electric vehicle (EV) in Canada for 2021, with a total of 12,800 units sold, while the Model Y came in third place — reports Motor Illustrated. The Model 3 has now claimed the title for two years in a row, with sales of the all-electric sedan […]
Volkswagen on Wednesday announced global delivery numbers for the year 2021. The German automaker handed over more than 263,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to customers across the globe this past year, almost doubling the numbers from 2020 with a 97% increase year-over-year (YoY). Volkswagen also delivered 106,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), up 33% as […]
BMW Sales Chief Pieter Nota last week told Automotive News that the company’s electric vehicle (EV) sales were seeing significant growth and that the German automaker plans to double global EV deliveries to 200,000 units this year. EVs were a “big growth driver” for BMW in 2021, during which the luxury car brand made an all-time […]
According to Automotive News, Tesla is steadily moving in on the top U.S. luxury car brand spot currently held by BMW, which claimed the title for the third year in a row after delivering 336,644 luxury sedans and crossovers during 2021. Tesla, on the other hand, exceeded analyst projections and delivered a whopping 936,000 vehicles in […]
Tesla delivered a record-breaking 308,600 cars in the fourth quarter of 2021, and a market forecast-beating 936,000 cars in the year as a whole, the electric vehicle (EV) maker announced on Monday. The numbers represent an 87% growth in deliveries for Tesla year-over-year as compared to 2020. In a recently published story, Automotive News explores just […]
Ford Motor Co.’s home state of Michigan was the veteran automaker’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market in the U.S. for the first 10 months of 2021, with one in every five EV registrations in the state being a Mustang Mach-E — reports Automotive News. The legacy automaker managed to register 1,235 Mustang Mach-E crossovers in […]
According to data from research firm JATO Dynamics, the Tesla Model 3 absolutely dominated electric vehicle (EV) sales in Europe in November 2021 reports Tesmanian (use coupon code TESLANORTH10 to save 10% off car mats and more). Tesla registered a total of 10,739 Model 3 vehicles in Europe last month, making it the best-selling EV […]
