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52% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2025 Sales Report

José Pontes — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:58:34 +0000

BEVs represented over a third of the total Chinese car market in March. March signals the end of the low season in the Chinese EV market — due to the timing of the New Year celebrations. This year, plugins scored almost a million units in the last month of the ... [continued]

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A Tale of Two Countries: Bolivia’s EV Sales Are Booming Through A Gasoline Crisis, Whereas Ecuador’s EV Sales Are Also Booming Despite An Electricity Crisis

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 03:41:31 +0000

Many, many times have I read the argument against EV adoption in developing countries based upon our (supposed) inability to manage a decent grid, the existence of widespread blackouts, and the resultant energy insecurity. According to this argument, people subject to these blackouts will never change their trustworthy ICEVs for ... [continued]

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RBW Electric Cars Trumps Tesla With Sporty Roadster & Powertrain Partnerships

Tina Casey — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:50:02 +0000

The UK startup RBW Electric Cars has big plans for the US, including new made-in-the-USA Roadster and GT models and electric powertrain partnerships with other automakers, too.

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The Auto Brands Electrifying Fastest in USA — Sales Charts (EXCLUSIVE)

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:57:25 +0000

As they say, everything’s relative. Well, not everything — if it was, the word “relative” wouldn’t exist. But sometimes we want to or need to understand things in absolute terms, and other times we want to or need to understand things in relative terms. I have to say that I ... [continued]

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Auto Brands Leading the US EV Revolution — CHARTS

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:11:21 +0000

Which auto brands and auto groups are now ruling the US pure electric vehicle (EV) market? How much competition is there at the top now? Let’s roll into the numbers and charts and see. First of all, yes, despite Tesla losing sales year over year for two years in a ... [continued]

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Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Continue to Dominate US EV Market — But …

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:45:02 +0000

We just looked at overall electric vehicle sales in the United States in the 1st quarter of 2025 compared to the 1st quarter of the previous four years. Overall, the sales trend is great. Sales of fully electric vehicles (EVs) were up 200% compared to Q1 2021. While Tesla still ... [continued]

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Non-Tesla US EV Sales Up 472% vs. 2021!

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:54:42 +0000

US electric vehicle sales continue to grow. 100% electric vehicle (EV) sales were up 200% in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2021. They were up 66% compared to Q1 2022, up 12% compared to Q1 2023, and up 11% compared to Q1 2024. That said, there are very notable changes ... [continued]

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US EV Sales Rise As Tesla Sales Fall

Steve Hanley — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:31:44 +0000

The EV revolution in the US is building momentum despite determined opposition from the current administration.

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As Tesla EV Sales Dip, Lucid Looks To Expand And Tesla Enters Saudi Arabia

Tina Casey — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:51:19 +0000

The California startup Lucid Motors aims to boost its EV sales footprint with a newly expanded footprint for its operations in Arizona, along with a second factory in Saudi Arabia.

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Why Analyst Forecasts Dropped for Tesla (TSLA) Throughout Q1

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:45:00 +0000

When I was working on my recently article on Tesla’s long-term quarterly sales trends, I popped over to Troy Teslike’s account to see if there was anything notable I should consider for the model-specific sales split. The most interesting thing I found there, though, was this post, and particularly the ... [continued]

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New EV Battery Swapping Stations Are Optimized For Thailand Tourists And Logistics Hubs

Tina Casey — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:34:54 +0000

Thailand has just received the first of many EV battery swapping stations, aimed at accelerating EV uptake in key tourist and logistics hubs.

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EVs At 27.1% Share In Germany — VW Group Strong

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:46:04 +0000

March saw plugin EVs at 27.1% share in Germany, up from 18.0% year-on-year. BEV volume increased by some 35% YoY, from a low baseline, while PHEVs grew 66%. Overall auto volume was 254,497 units, down 3.5% YoY. March’s best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7. March’s sales saw combined EVs at ... [continued]

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Estimating the Growth of Electric Vehicles, A 2024 Update on S-Curve Modeling

Letters to the Editor — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 01:25:43 +0000

The transition to electric vehicles has certainly been filled with drama. Tesla and European sales both dropped in 2024, while the Chinese EV market saw a meteoric rise which triggered a fresh round of tariffs. This turbulence makes it difficult to look into the future. But a few short years ... [continued]

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Cute, Quirky IONNA EV Charging Consortium Ain’t Here To Play

Tina Casey — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:08:26 +0000

The IONNA EV charging consortium has a golden opportunity to provide EV drivers with public fast charging alternative to Tesla Superchargers, and they are not letting the brand reputation grass grow under their feet.

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EVs Take 28.9% Share Of The UK – Tesla Top BEV Brand

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:30:32 +0000

March saw plugin EVs take 28.9% share of the UK auto market, up from 22.9% year-on-year. BEVs grew volume by 43% YoY, while PHEVs grew 38%. Overall auto volume was up some 12% year-on-year, at 357,103 units. Tesla was the UK’s leading BEV brand in March. March’s sales totals saw ... [continued]

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EVs Take 93.2% Share In Norway – Tesla Model Y Juniper Best Seller

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:37:28 +0000

March saw plugin EVs take 93.2% share in Norway, up from 91.5% year-on-year. PHEVs saw a large pull forward ahead of an April 1st tax tightening, and thus temporarily took share from BEVs. Overall auto volume was 13,304 units, up some 36% YoY, though from a low base. The new ... [continued]

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Long-Term Tesla Quarterly Sales Charts & Graphs — They Sting!

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 03:57:09 +0000

One of the big stories of the week has been Tesla’s poor Q1 2025 sales numbers, with the brand dropping 13% year over year (after already having a YoY sales drop in Q1 2024). This is especially painful for a company that was supposed to be growing 50% a year ... [continued]

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EVs At 60.7% Share In Sweden — Volvo XC40 Again Leads

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:19:18 +0000

March’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 60.7% share in Sweden, up year-on-year from 58.1%. BEV share was flat YoY, while PHEV share was slightly up. Overall auto volume was 24,204 units, fractionally up YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best selling BEV. March’s sales totals showed combined plugin EVs ... [continued]

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Kia EV3 Is Crushing It In The Netherlands

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 03:58:19 +0000

We publish several in-depth EV sales reports every month, including several focused on European markets. In fact, I don’t think there’s another place on the web that covers EV sales around the world more thoroughly than CleanTechnica. However, we been neglecting the Dutch market for a while. As I was ... [continued]

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Global EV Sales — 1.2 Million Units in February, 49% Growth YoY

José Pontes — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 03:18:57 +0000

EVs Now 19% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 49% in February 2025 compared to February 2024. There were 1.2 million registrations. More good news is that BEVs pulled further ahead of plugin hybrids, growing 58% YoY to 814,000 units compared to plugin hybrids growing 35% ... [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report — In 2025, BEV Sales Jumping 49% (Excluding Tesla)

José Pontes — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:39:35 +0000

Another great month for Volkswagen Group. Some 240,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in February, rising 17% year over year (YoY), which is a particularly positive sign when considering that the overall market was down 3% in February, to fewer than one million units. Interestingly, BEVs are the ones ... [continued]

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BYD Commercial Truck Sales Up 1169%!

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:52:45 +0000

Following up on BYD’s passenger electric vehicle sales growth (which put it solidly ahead of Tesla in BEV sales, not to mention overall plugin vehicle sales), let’s take a look at BYD’s commercial electric vehicles sales in March and the 1st quarter as a whole. BYD’s March Commercial EV Sales ... [continued]

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BYD’s BEV Sales Rise to 24% More Than Tesla’s — GRAPHS & CHARTS

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:20:15 +0000

Well, it has happened. For the third time, and the second quarter in a row, BYD’s full electric passenger vehicle (BEV) sales have scored higher than Tesla’s BEV sales. In fact, in the 1st quarter of 2025, BYD had 23.7% more BEV sales globally than Tesla! In unit terms, BYD ... [continued]

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BYD Sales Up 58% — CHARTS

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:30:11 +0000

BYD’s March, and thus Q1, sales numbers are in. Overall, in the 1st quarter, BYD passenger plugin vehicle sales rose 57.9%. Its pure BEV passenger vehicle sales rose 38.7% year over year, while its plugin hybrid sales rose 75.7%. In volume terms, PV sales were up by 361,690 units, BEV ... [continued]

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Which Electric Models Are Growing Sales Fastest In USA?

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:50:38 +0000

We publish a lot of EV sales reports every month. We publish on China EV sales, Europe EV sales, EV sales of several European and South American countries, and world EV sales. We also publish on US EV sales quarterly. However, full US EV sales data takes a long time ... [continued]

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Hyundai Coasts Into Another EV Sales Record While Tesla Hits Brick Wall

Tina Casey — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:10:44 +0000

Hyundai racked up another increase in EV sales for Q1 2025 in the US, lead by its popular IONIQ 5 electric compact crossover SUV.

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EVs Take 24.4% Share In France — Renault 5 Unassailable?

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:18:56 +0000

March’s auto sales saw plugin EVs take 24.4% share in France, a drop from 27.9% year-on-year. The YoY baseline was elevated by a pull-forward ahead of incentive cut-offs, so the YoY comparison is temporarily skewed. On a normalized basis, BEVs continue to climb, albeit slowly. PHEVs are down YoY due ... [continued]

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US Carmakers Crush It On Q1 EV Sales (Except You-Know-Who)

Tina Casey — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:59:51 +0000

Ford and GM celebrated strong Q1 EV sales results on April 1, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk spent his Q1 energy failing to sell voters on his pick for Wisconsin State Supreme Court.

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XPENG Scores 331% Sales Growth!

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:37:00 +0000

I thought NIO had a good sales month and quarter, but boy, oh, boy — XPENG tore it up! The Chinese smart EV company scored 33,205 deliveries in March 2025, 268% more than in March 2024. But, wait, you said 331% growth. Indeed. Looking at the quarter as a whole, ... [continued]

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NIO Sales Increase 40%

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 03:09:23 +0000

NIO’s sales continue to grow. The company had 15,039 sales (deliveries) in March 2025. That’s 26.7% more than in March 2024. 10,219 of those deliveries were NIO brand vehicles, while the remaining 4,820 deliveries were ONVO brand vehicles. NIO brand vehicles are “premium smart electric vehicles,” while ONVO brand vehicles ... [continued]

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Paraguay EV Sales Report: EVs Reach 2.4% Market Share in 2024

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:25:03 +0000

If there’s one mysterious country in South America, it’s Paraguay. Its history is out of the realm of reality. The first country to effectively stabilize in South America after Independence, becoming a “Perpetual Dictatorship” from 1816 under the paternalistic, isolationist, and all-together eccentric Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Karai Guasu (“Great ... [continued]

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Tesla Challenges Lucid For EV Sales In…Saudi Arabia?

Tina Casey — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:50:27 +0000

The US firm Lucid Group aims to ramp up EV sales in the US and Saudi Arabia, too, offering up more competition for Tesla in the luxury market.

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Debunking Electric Vehicle Misinformation Is So Much Fun!

Carolyn Fortuna — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 13:07:09 +0000

Electric vehicle misinformation is rampant in the media, but it doesn’t show the reality of the electric vehicle marketplace. New data from the UK shows an increase in retailers stocking used electric vehicles, signs of market confidence, and many other revealing statistics that debunk myths about EVs. Auto Trader, ChargeUK, ... [continued]

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Brazil EV Sales Report: In February, For 5 Months In A Row, EV Sales Surpassed 10,000

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:51:46 +0000

EV sales in February grew by 55% year over year in Brazil. The country broke record after record. In 2024, it sold more than 100,000 EVs, making it one of the few countries worldwide to have reached that number. In February 2025, it sold over 10,000 EVs for the fifth ... [continued]

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Will Tesla’s Pivot To MAGA Crash The Company? Has Musk’s Reach Exceeded His Grasp?

Carolyn Fortuna — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:38:46 +0000

Let me start by saying that I love my Tesla Model Y. It’s a great car: reliable, inexpensive to drive, comfortable, speedy, high tech. But I’ve been heartbroken over the turn of events of the company, to the point that I put on one of the “I bought this car ... [continued]

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The 25 Best Selling Electric Cars & Trucks in California — CHART

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:35:16 +0000

Funny thing — I wrote about California’s overall electric vehicle market and stats as well as market leaders, and I wrote about electric vehicles topping the charts in various vehicle classes, but I neglected to produce and share probably the most obvious chart of all from this market. That would ... [continued]

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10 Electric Vehicles Beating Gas Competitors in California

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:59:50 +0000

I covered some of the biggest California EV sales stats and stories yesterday. Naturally, they revolve around Tesla, as Tesla accounts for more than 50% of EV sales in California, and is the second highest selling auto brand in the state overall (only behind Toyota). However, there are several other ... [continued]

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50% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — February 2025 Sales Report

José Pontes — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:56:27 +0000

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in one of the slowest months of the year — due to the Chinese New Year celebrations — with plugins scoring 686,000 sales (in a 1.39-million-unit overall market). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were the fastest growing ... [continued]

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California Electric Vehicle Sales Rose to 22% Share in 2024, Dominated by (a Declining) Tesla

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:02:19 +0000

California dominates the US electric vehicle scene. It has about 5 times more electric cars on its roads than any other state, and it’s also the #1 state in the nation in terms of electric cars per capita. California accounted for 31.1% of US EV (ZEV) sales in 2024. By ... [continued]

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Another Leading US Bank Downgraded Tesla Stock

Tina Casey — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:09:48 +0000

Well Fargo piles on as BMW and other EV makers cut into Tesla's EV sales advantage, contributing to an 8-week losing streak for Tesla stock, and counting.

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Where Does Tesla Face the Most Sales Risk: China, USA, or Europe?

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:34:39 +0000

For more than a decade, the #1 EV story was Tesla’s growth story. It was extremely hard to believe that Tesla sales growth would stop anytime soon. And maybe it won’t in the bigger picture of this decade. However, there were signs a year and a half ago that Tesla ... [continued]

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Florida is #2 State for Electric Car Sales (Probably)

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:21:36 +0000

For whatever reasons (which we can conjecture about at the end), Florida has become #2 in the country for EV sales. California is #1, of course, and has about 5× as many EV registrations as Florida, while #3 Texas is just a bit behind Florida. The most obvious these are ... [continued]

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Get ‘Em While You Can! Desperation Over Tesla EV Sales Is On Display On The White House Lawn

Carolyn Fortuna — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:52:53 +0000

The scene was something out of Barnum and Bailey — and why not? The cast of characters are consummate showmen, torn out of the pages of the carnival and snake oil circuit. C’mon down! Tesla EV sales have plummeted around the world as their CEO sucks the toes of autocrats ... [continued]

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