Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California’s EV adoption rate exceeds the global trends according to the International Energy Agency showing that the global EV market share jumped from 4.11% in 2020 to 8.57% in 2021. In the US overall, more than 652,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in 2021. Hyundai: 3,122 Kona EV, 686 Ioniq Electric (2.1%).

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 4, 2022

The intention is to make the company’s two electric car offerings more attractive to consumers, especially those that are looking for an affordable alternative to a gasoline-powered car. Same car, less cost. Road Test: 2020 Bolt EV. Take Two: 2020 Bolt EV. Road Test: 2020 Bolt EV. Photos by Chevrolet.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 6, 2022

A Quick Look at What Is on the Electric Horizon. Lexus EV Sports Car. If you’ve been napping the past couple months and missed these concepts, you may have missed a glimpse of the future of electric vehicles. Kia is ready to go big with its next EV–the EV9. Faraday Future FF 91. Polestar Precept. Polestar 02.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2021

Tallying up US auto sales for Q1 2021 at long last, I was only slightly curious to see how they compared to Q1 2020 (and perhaps that’s why it took me so long). Clearly, with the US in lockdown for part of Q1 2020, it was just a poor quarter to compare to and this […].

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 6, 2021

We use our own model built from intelligence of the UK market to forecast registrations of battery electric cars and vans. We’re predicting at least 200,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) will be registered in the UK in 2021. The figure does not include plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 9, 2023

The European fully electric car market saw many new models in 2020 and the start of 2021. This was a result of the new EU regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). I’ve been trying to explore and test drive as many of these as possible. Here’s a quick summary of 13 of these EV […]

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

This is saying something, as she has ridden in or driven many of the 800+ cars I have reviewed for Clean Fleet Report over the past 10 years. Case-in-point is the all-new GV60 EV, which followed its cousins, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2020), and the Kia EV6 ( 2021). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all Genesis models.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Source: Hyundai Kia-owner Hyundai certainly isn’t in a big rush to go carbon neutral. But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. It has set its target as the far-away date of 2050.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

This is sad, but completely unwarranted as some of the best vehicles Clean Fleet Report reviews are sedans—and the 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited is one of those. But you are rewarded for a light touch on the accelerator pedal, as it runs in electric mode when cruising on the highway, and much of the time when driving in town.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

Hyundai debuted the Palisade in 2020 to nearly unanimous reviews and praise for its design, features and value. Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy AWD with the 3.8-liter Clean Fleet Report drove the Palisade Calligraphy with the second row Captain’s Chairs, making it a seven-passenger cabin.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The only choice For the all-wheel drive version, which Clean Fleet Report had for a week, the transmission is part of the Honda Real Time AWD with Intelligent Control. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific, and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2023

Tesla hits the UK with its strongest ever May, helping lift the plugin electric vehicle market share to 23.1%, up from 18.3% Overall market volume was 145,204 units, some 17% up YoY, though still below the pre-2020 norms. year on year. BEVs have grown well, whilst PHEVs have remained mostly flat. The Tesla Model Y […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 4, 2023

Full electrics grew share at a decent rate, while plugin hybrids retreated slightly. Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% share, up from 55.1% year on year. The Tesla Model Y was June’s bestselling vehicle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

First, before getting into the automaker comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 versus the second quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, […] No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Here are three reasons why your next car should be an electric vehicle (EV). One of the biggest myths those of us working in the EV industry encounter day after day is the belief that electric cars are simply too expensive to even consider buying. Ford F-150 Electric. Fast, Smooth, & Clean. Ford F-150.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 8, 2023

The UK’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 39.4% Full electrics alone took almost a third of the market. Overall auto volumes were up 18% year on year in December, but still down compared to pre-2020 norms. share of new sales in December, a new record, up from 33.2% year on year. The Tesla […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

October saw Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reach 59.4% Full electrics alone took 35.5% Overall auto volume was 22,383 units, 12% up YoY, though still some 25% down on pre-2020 seasonal norms. October’s best selling full electric was the Volvo XC40. […]. of the auto market, up from 50.1%

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 1, 2022

imagine telling what happened in the past two years to our past selves of June 2020 — they would […]. #TheEVFutureIsNow Yep, the EV disruption many of us were dreaming of for years is finally happening, and the proof is that despite all the stuff happening right now — pandemic(s), war, inflation, material shortages, etc.,

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline. With a plug-in option the Escape can drive all-electric (for more than 40 miles we found). Clean Fleet Report ran a few test loops to get a feel for real world fuel economy and electric range.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Germany’s plugin electric vehicle share broke new records in November, gaining 39.4% Overall auto volumes were 260,512 units, up some 31% YoY, though still down around 10% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. The Tesla Model 3 was the bestselling full electric. of the auto market, up from 34.4%, year on year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 12, 2022

US auto sales were up 1% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, but they were down 13% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2020 and down 21% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019, which we use as a bit of a control year since it was before […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

With the overall auto market now in recovery mode (+9% YoY) — yet still 17% below January 2020, the last normal month — the French plugin passenger car market hit the accelerator. This was all thanks to pure electrics (BEVs) jumping 43%, to 14,649 registrations, or 13% share.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2023

Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. BEV grew share slightly, but PHEVs lost half their share YoY, due to recent policy changes. March’s combined plugin […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2023

Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share reached 55.7% Full electrics grew share strongly, whilst plugin hybrids lost share slightly. Overall auto market volume was 20,588 units, down some 6% YoY, and down 35% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. The bestselling full electric vehicle was the Volvo XC40. […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 29, 2022

With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It dropped 1% last month, with approximately 159,000 plugin vehicles registered in April.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Despite an artificially inflated November 2020 (CO2 fleet mandates + fiscal changes), the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market managed to stay in positive territory last month (+7% YoY), with 10,613 plugin registrations logged in November, a new year best.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2022

The German automotive market has opened the gates to plugin vehicles, with December close to setting a record month, ending some 1,000 units below December 2020 with 81,188 registrations. 36% plugin vehicle share in December!

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% This, however, is still down by almost 25% from the pre-2020 seasonal norms. The Fiat 500 was October’s best selling full electric. […]. of Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, in October, up from 30.4% This in the context of overall auto market growth of 16.8%

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% Full electrics grew slightly whilst plugin hybrids shrank. Overall auto volume was 131,994 units, up some 15% YoY, but still 21% below pre-2020 seasonal norms. share of new sales in January, flat from 20.4% year on year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 72% in November 2021 compared to November 2020. There were 721,000 registrations (or 11.5% share of the overall auto market), establishing a new global record for PEV sales.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2023

The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% Full battery electrics grew strongly in both share, and in volume. YoY, though still down from the roughly 170,000 pre-2020 seasonal norm. share of sales in April 2023, up from 16.2% year on year. Overall auto volume was 132,990 units, up 11.6%

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Clean Fleet Report spent a fun week in the Jetta GLI 2.0T Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience. While modern touchscreen technology is nice, Clean Fleet Report is a big fan of knobs and switches for the radio and climate controls.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 20, 2022

When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The UK auto market, Europe’s third largest, saw plugin electric vehicle share of 18.3% from 9.76% in August 2020. The Volkswagen brand dominated all electric market share at 15.4%. in August 2021, up 1.9x Overall auto market volume was down 7.6% from long term seasonal norms, at 68,033 units.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

plugin electric vehicle share in October, down year on year, from 89.3%. Full electrics grew share by 7.5% YoY, and above the pre-2020 seasonal norm of 11,635 units. Norway’s auto market saw 86.4% YoY, but were outweighed by a drop in plugin hybrids. Overall auto volumes were 12,558 units, up 8.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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