US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.
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Nissan reaches 50% thermal efficiency with next-generation e-POWER system; STARC
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Nissan announced a breakthrough in engine efficiency, reaching 50% thermal efficiency with its in-development, next-generation e-POWER system. Nissan’s e-POWER system utilizes an on-board gasoline engine to provide electrical energy to the e-powertrain battery pack. The Nissan e-POWER System. The STARC concept.
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US Auto Industry Down 3+ Million Sales (19%) Since 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
The US auto industry has been declining steadily for a few years at least. Compared to 2021, the American auto industry’s annual sales were down by more than 1 million units, or 8%. Compared to 2020, there were “only” down by 725,726 units (5%).
US Auto Industry Up 10% In 4th Quarter — But Down 16% Compared To Q4 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
The US auto industry is truly on the rebound. Seemingly not, as US auto industry sales in the 4th quarter of 2022 were 10% higher than […] In the 3rd quarter, sales increasing 1% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021, the first positive trend in a while. But was it just a lucky little blip?
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Nissan accelerates its electric vehicles strategy after realizing buyers prefer EVs
Electrek
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
As the auto industry moves toward a sustainable future, Nissan has made the strategic decision to ramp up their efforts in the electric vehicle market. more… The post Nissan accelerates its electric vehicles strategy after realizing buyers prefer EVs appeared first on Electrek.
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Nissan and Honda unite to join global software-defined EV race, play catch up with Tesla
Baua Electric
AUGUST 1, 2024
Nissan and Honda building a software-defined EV? Nissan and Honda deepen EV alliance with SDVs After confirming plans to partner up in March, Nissan and Honda are deepening their alliance. Nissan and Honda will work together to promote EV adoption with a focus on software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
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Growing Plugless Hybrid EV Market Share In Japan Has Direct Implications On The African Vehicle Market
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 12, 2023
The Japanese auto industry dictates the African vehicle market, especially in east and southern Africa, where 90% of the vehicles imported into this region are vehicles from Japan. Nissan and Mazda vehicles are also quite popular in […] Most of these vehicles are imported as used vehicles.
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Nissan: we will comply with 2035 Aussie ICE ban
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
If Australia does legislate an internal combustion engine ban in 2035 Nissan says it will be ready to comply. The Japanese brand has been an EV pathfinder in Australia, introducing the Leaf battery electric vehicle in 2012. The Nissan Ariya could be in Australia in 2023 … or not.
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Nissan Leaf’s phaseout might be good for the Japanese automaker: Opinion
Teslarati
JULY 15, 2022
Production of the Nissan Leaf will end by the mid-decade as the company plans to phase out the once revolutionary vehicle. . According to Automotive News’ sources, Nissan plans to retire its all-electric Leaf model and replace it with a different battery electric vehicle to compete with the more tech-savvy EVs in the market.
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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%
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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The Week The Global Auto Market Went Over A Cliff
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 25, 2024
Many auto companies reported 2nd quarter earnings this week and for the most part, most of the news was dismal with one notable exception. The post The Week The Global Auto Market Went Over A Cliff appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Nissan and Honda confirm new EV partnership as they look to play catch up with Tesla, BYD
Baua Electric
MARCH 15, 2024
Nissan and Honda are forming a new EV partnership after falling behind leaders like Tesla and China’s BYD. Nissan and Honda form EV partnership to keep pace Yesterday, Electrek reported that Nissan and Honda were considering partnering up to introduce more affordable EVs. It’s official.
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Tesla (TSLA) now has 4.2% of the US auto market
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
market share of the US auto market. It wasn’t that long ago that many bigwigs in the auto industry didn’t see Tesla ever being more than a niche automaker. But the company has made itself undeniable by holding a majority market share in the electric vehicle market in the US.
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Nissan announces new strategy for customer ownership experience; leveraging connected car, big data, and personalization
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
In Japan, Nissan announced a new, comprehensive strategy to transform its customer aftersales experience through innovative technology and enhanced services. Connected car technology and expanding use of big data will enable Nissan to offer new services, improve the dealership experience and increase customer retention.
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Cooperation of Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance accelerates, strengthens in 2015
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies’ leaders said today in a media update given during the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Nissan and Daimler will co-develop the vehicles.
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Tesla: As Disruptive To U.S. Car Market As Toyota, Nissan Were?
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 27, 2013
In its decade of existence, electric-car startup Tesla has accomplished many things the auto industry didn''t think it could do. But could Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] be as disruptive to the existing industry as were Toyota and Nissan, the two largest Japanese car importers during the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties?
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Nissan announces Green Program 2016; targeting cumulative sales of 1.5M zero-emission vehicles across Alliance; new fuel cell electric vehicle with Daimler, new Nissan PHEV
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Nissan Motor Co., announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). This new plan will focus on three areas: reduction of carbon footprint; shift to renewable energy; and an increase in the diversity of resources used by Nissan. million zero-emission vehicles across the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2021
The United States is the third-largest electric vehicle (EV) producer behind China and Europe; a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the gap has widened. Cumulative electric vehicle sales and production from 2010 through 2020, in major regions (based on EV-Volumes, 2021). Source: The ICCT.
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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not
EV Central
DECEMBER 9, 2023
Even as it considers launching Australia’s cheapest battery electric vehicle, Mitsubishi Australia is warning a slow roll-out of renewable energy will impact the uptake of EVs in Australia. That forthcoming legislation is one reason MMAL has imported a Japan-market ek X EV electric kei to test for market suitability.
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Tesla bull calls battery cost declines “good deflation” that could boost EV sales
Teslarati
AUGUST 9, 2021
To support its observations, ARK Invest used the 2022 Nissan Leaf EV’s price as an example. A few years ago, Nissan announced that the 2016 Leaf SV and SL variants would come standard with its 30kWh battery pack for an EPA-rated 107 miles of range. An increase in electric vehicle sales could lead to growth in the EV market.
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EVs dominated the UK car market in December
Push EVs
JANUARY 9, 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. full battery electrics (BEVs), and 6.5% year on year. comprised 32.9% BEV, and 7.7%
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17.7% of Porsche USA Sales Electric, 4.8% of Volkswagen USA Sales Electric — Crushing BMW, Ford, Nissan, & Chevrolet Figures
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 16, 2021
I wrote a piece last week on US electric vehicle sales in the 2nd quarter of 2021. The unfortunate thing for those of us who would like to see Europe-level EV sales as quickly as possible is that non-Tesla EV sales in the US are quite pitiful. Of course, some pure-Tesla fans are happy about […].
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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 20, 2010
Nissan's new electronic vehicle, the Leaf. (AP Nissan began accepting reservations for its eagerly anticipated Nissan Leaf today. Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. By Dana Hull.
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US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 17, 2023
The US auto industry is bouncing back compared to the past couple of years, but it’s still significantly below its. continued] The post US Auto Sales Down 8% in Q3 2023 vs. Q3 2019 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Tesla Now 8th Best Selling Auto Brand In USA — US Auto Sales Up 9%, But Down 11% vs. 2019
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 23, 2023
It’s time for another quarterly report on US auto sales. Like a few other major news outlets, I track total quarterly sales of the US auto industry, but I also conduct a thorough analysis of the trends of each automaker.
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Renault-Nissan and Daimler Announce Strategic Cooperation; Equity Exchanges, Common Small Vehicle Platform, Powertrains and Light Commercial Vehicles
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2010
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG today announced a broad strategic cooperation that also involves equity exchanges that result in giving the Renault-Nissan Alliance a 3.1% stake in Nissan. Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The result of the equity exchanges. Click to enlarge.
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210 Groupe Renault, Brilliance form JV for LCVs in China in three segments with three brands; accelerating electrified powertrains
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2017
The Chinese LCV market is reaching upwards of 3 million units annually. We see China not only as the biggest car market worldwide, but also as a trend setter for the auto industry. We see China not only as the biggest car market worldwide, but also as a trend setter for the auto industry.
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BYD offers discounts for Song and Seal as China's auto price war intensifies
CN EV Post
MARCH 9, 2023
(Image from BYD's Weibo) As the price war intensifies in China's auto industry, BYD has also started offering discounts for its two models, even though the official prices remain unchanged. This is a limited-time marketing campaign valid from March 10 to March 31, BYD said. percent from 5,043 units in January.
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US Auto Sales: Tesla Had Highest % Increase from Q2 2019 to Q2 2021, 5th Highest Volume Increase
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 12, 2021
Another quarter has wrapped up and we have more grand trends in the US auto industry. In the charts and text below, I’m comparing Q2 2021 (the second quarter of 2021) with Q2 2020 and also with Q2 2019. Naturally, year-over-year changes are interesting, but given how unique last year was, I think it’s more […].
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EV prices nipping at gas-powered vehicle heels with discounts and cheaper options
Baua Electric
JANUARY 9, 2024
Who says electric vehicles are too expensive? A new RWD Model Y , starting at $43,990, brought the average down even further as Tesla’s cheapest electric SUV in the US. With an average transaction price of $50,051, Tesla is slightly below the industry average and within $1,300 of the average gas-powered vehicle.
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April 2023 – Good month for Volkswagen in the UK
Push EVs
MAY 17, 2023
The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% Full battery electrics grew strongly in both share, and in volume. Overall auto volume was 132,990 units, up 11.6% full battery electrics (BEVs), and 6.5% YoY overall market growth, BEVs grew volume 59% to 20,522 units, and PHEVs grew 33%, to 8,595 units.
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Target for 50 percent export share: Piyush Goyal tells automakers | Autocar Professional
Baua Electric
JANUARY 5, 2024
At a time when global automakers are looking beyond China towards India for a reliable and best cost base, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said the Indian auto industry should target to increase their share of exports to at least 50 percent. lakh worth of components in 2022-2023.
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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.
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How Much Has Nissan Spent on Electric Cars? $5.6 Billion.And Counting
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Bringing a new car to market costs a lot of money -- around $1-2 billion per platform on a new volume vehicle.
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Apple veteran launches fleet management platform for Teslas and all other EVs
Teslarati
APRIL 7, 2022
Electric vehicles such as Teslas work great as fleet vehicles. Longtime Tesla owner and Apple veteran David Hodge , who is also behind the creation of the Nikola App for EVs, recently launched a new service that is specifically designed to cater to the growing and impending need to manage fleets of electric vehicles.
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Personal: One in a Million
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
And I’m one those million since they’re counting plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) as well as full battery electrics. I think that’s fair since on a good day my 3 ½-year-old Chevrolet Volt has a 61-mile all-electric range, roughly comparable to a used Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500e. On top of that, I’m currently running at 80+% electric miles.
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The time has come: Fisker has filed for bankruptcy
Baua Electric
JUNE 18, 2024
In the statement, Fisker blamed “market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently.” It had sought investment from a “large automaker,” thought to be Nissan, but those talks fell through. The chapter 11 filing came late Monday night in Delaware, where Fisker is incorporated.
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LEAF – Made in the UK
Revenge of the Electric Car
MARCH 18, 2010
Nissan Leaf Electric Car to be Made in the UK. “Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced today that it would build its new energy efficient electric car, the Nissan Leaf, in the UK. Government ministers backed the move by Nissan. Tags: Production News Nissan Leaf.
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Stellantis CEO struggles to sell Jeeps in the golden era of SUVs
Baua Electric
JULY 27, 2024
Also Read : Stellantis ready to fight for place in Europe’s EV market, CEO says The setbacks have come thick and fast for Tavares, 65, who only three months ago won shareholders’ blessing for a €36.5 The transition that we are going through is immensely challenging,” Tavares said, referring to the broader auto industry.
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ICCT study assesses EV promotion and uptake in top 25 metropolitan areas in US
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2015
The figure compares the areas’ new electric vehicle share (on the vertical axis) with the electric vehicle promotion activities (horizontal axis) and the public charger infrastructure (the size of the circles). of new automobile sales in 2014, about 40% more than the nationwide electric vehicle share. Source: The ICCT.
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Tesla Model Y wins UK bestseller spot in March
Push EVs
APRIL 13, 2023
The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.4% of the auto market in March, down from 22.7% BEVs saw fractional market share growth YoY, and a new volume record, whilst PHEVs saw a slight decline. Overall auto volume was 287,825 units, up some 18% YoY, though still some 19% down from March 2019 levels.
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New: EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales Scoreboard
EV Adoption
DECEMBER 5, 2021
We are excited to announce the launch of the new EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle Sales Scoreboard, beginning with sales data from Q3 of 2021. The Nissan LEAF, now in its 11th year of availability in the US, is seeing a rebound in sales with a Q2 increase of 64%. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT.
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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden
Push EVs
APRIL 7, 2023
Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took almost 60% of the auto market in March, up from 55.6% of the market, up from 31.8% Overall auto market volume was 30,261 units, up some 5% YoY, though still below historical seasonal norms. of all passenger auto sales! full electrics (BEVs), and 18.3%
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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. The ratio of marketing and expectations to intake of real-world information is still steep.
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