We uncovered a new and relatively informative website. The European Commissions view of alternative vehicles statistics at the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO) website. Eafo.eu The site details sales of BEV and PHEV that Battery and Plug-In Hybrid electric cars by country by year and seems to be updated monthly. The site is an European […]
Toyota has regained its crown as the world’s biggest car company by sales after releasing figures for the first nine months of the year. The Japanese carmaker sold 7.49M in the first three-quarters of 2015, beating Volkswagen’s 7.43M and General Motors’ 7.2M. In the first six months Toyota sold 5.02M vehicles compared to VW’s 5.04M.
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Based on sales figures from a website called EV-Sales the clear leader in Electric Cars is the combined Renault Nissan partnership. Renault and Nissan hold cross ownership and operate as a strategic partners while marketing through distinct and separate brands. The table below shows total EV unit sales until end of April 2015 and does
To invest over $400 million on new manufacturing equipment According to the SFGate Tesla can expect state aid worth $35 million on the purchase of $415 million of tooling and manufacturing equipment for its plant in Freemont as the company gears up for increased production. This year Tesla expects to build about 21,500 cars. The
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The jury at Car of the Year 2014 or CotY 14, as they say has trimmed the initial long list to a short list that contains two electric cars: The BMW i3 and Tesla Model S. For this voting phase, each juror selected seven candidates in a simple vote, and the ones with most votes
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Tesla Model s Test Drive The Model S is currently scheduled for UK delivery in Spring 2014. The UK is right hand drive, unlike the rest of the world, or at least most of the rest of the motoring world. The design chaps at Tesla have to produce RHD models for us Brits, the Japanese
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Europe has sluggish car sales – apart from the UK most market are hurting So when we learn that the BMW i3 is selling well in Europe that’s big news. According to Automotive News, the German automaker has over 8,000 reservations for the i3 and is considering a production boost above that of the 10,000
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Everybody wants more for less. That is apparently why more and more value seeking consumers are turning to pre-owned smart cars. There are some good reasons that pre-owned smart cars are moving quickly from area car dealers. One of the biggest is that the innovative, distinctive looking vehicles are being embraced since an approved used
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Interesting video care of Wired. Tesla can’t ask the dealer to handle the usual pre-delivery inspection as they don’t have dealers. So they do it themselves at the factory. This makes total sense. Once the car leaves a production facility fixing a problem is time-consuming and expensive if it has to be returned to the
At last week Goodwood festival of speed Mercedes showed off an electric blue SLS This is a stunning example of what an electric car can be. And it has a price tag. Yes you can order an SLS EV just £350 K. The car was in the main Mercedes stand and drawing a huge amount
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