French car sales: November 2022 data Like most of Europe France has seen declining new car sales for most months of this year. November was a slight exception with November sales increasing 10% Year on Year to just over 133,000 units bringing the year-to-date sales to 1.37 million representing a 9% drop compared to the […]
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Yes – production commences at the Magna Steyr plant in Austria of the Fisker Ocean SUV. Fisker has started production of the long-awaited Ocean SUV. The first production example of the battery-electric Ocean rolled out of the Graz, Austria, plant where it is manufactured by Magna Steyr. The contract manufacturer and supplier that will build
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There are plenty of reports on the switch to EVs and their impact on the enrironemnt. Well here is another one just published form the folks at AutoTarder: Understanding the sustainability of electric cars To no great surprise the report say that cars and trucks are v bad for the environment and contribute 75% of
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We reported recently that the Tesla Model Y was the best seller in Germany during September and the number two seller in the UK in September it’s not a huge surprise to expect a solid Europe wide result. With Giga Berlin ramping production as Musk has mentioned in the last earning call the number of
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With just three Hydrogen refuelling station in the UK, convincing motorists to purchase a Hydrogen powered car was always going to be tough. Now it seems that Shell has seen the light and pulled the plug on all its hydrogen car refuelling stations in Britain after the low-carbon technology failed to catch on with motorists.
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Oct 19th: Tesla Q3 Results just published. Key data Revenue: $21.45 billion and 56% YoY growth. Income of $3.7 billion and 75% YoY growth. Operating margin of 17% up 262 bp. Tesla reported $1.05 in adjusted EPS, ahead of expectations of 99 cents, on revenues of $21.45 billion, lighter than the $21.96 billion expected. Net income
We reported recently on the start of the fraud trial of Nikola founder and chief con artist, Trevor Milton. – Yes he who filmed a truck heading down the freeway claiming it was Hydrogen powered then in fact it had no engine as was rolling down hill powered entirely by gravity. The jury found Milton
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After taking the number two spot in the UK the Model y has now taken the number one spot in Germany.
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As Q3 ends we have plenty of sales data to review. Some big numbers, some hits and some misses. Let’s starts with Tesla The market was expecting Tesla to deliver between 350,000 and 370,000 units. On the weekend Tesla reported over 343,000 cars delivered and over 365,000 produced. In the third quarter, we produced over
More than half a million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are on UK roads, statistics have revealed. BEV are the industry name for Electric cars. Hybrids and plug in hybrids, while electric are not 100% battery powered. The industry calls this a ‘significant milestone’. Analysis of the latest DVLA data by the RAC Foundation shows 519,266
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