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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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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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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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Tesla Solar Sales Declined for 4 Straight Quarters, Then Tesla Stopped Publishing the Numbers

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 05:20:12 +0000

I have to put my hands up — when Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016, I supported the decision. Yes, Elon Musk was chairman of both companies. Yes, it was his cousins who were CEO and CTO, and had founded the company based on a suggestion from Elon Musk at Burning ... [continued]

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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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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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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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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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Uruguay EV Sales Report: 300% Growth in a Record February Brings BEV Market Share over 15%

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:55:51 +0000

Uruguay has consistently been the second most advanced country in Latin America as far as electrification goes, and it has at times competed with Costa Rica for #1. Being a very small market (with fewer than 100,000 vehicle sales a year), it is subject to high seasonal variability and, as ... [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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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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EVs Take 27.3% Share In Germany — Volkswagen ID.7 Still Leading

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:14:40 +0000

February saw plugin EVs take 27.3% share in Germany, up from 19.3% share year on year. BEVs were back to decent volume compared to 2024, though only modestly ahead of February 2023 figures. PHEVs have stepped up modestly. Overall auto volume was 203,434 units, down some 6% YoY. The best-selling ... [continued]

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EVs Take 33.9% Share In The UK — Tesla Takes Two Of Top Three

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:28:38 +0000

February’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 33.9% share in the UK, up from 24.8% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 42% YoY, with PHEVs close to 20% growth. Overall auto volume was 84,054 units, almost flat YoY. The UK’s leading BEV brand in February was Tesla, with two of ... [continued]

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EVs Take 96.2% Share In Norway — Nissan Ariya Best-Seller

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:52:08 +0000

The February auto market saw plugin EVs take 96.2% share in Norway, up from 92.1% year on year. BEVs continue to squeeze out other powertrains, though diesels and HEVs are now outperforming PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 8,949 units, an increase of 21% YoY. The best-selling BEV in February was ... [continued]

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EVs Take 61.1% Share In Sweden — Volvo XC40 Revival

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:04:08 +0000

February saw plugin EVs take 61.1% share in Sweden, up strongly from 51.8% in February 2024. Most of the increase came from BEVs’ strong volume growth, while PHEVs were also up. Overall auto volume was 19,608 units, up by some 4% YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best-selling BEV in ... [continued]

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BYD New Energy Vehicle Sales Jump 161%

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:12:34 +0000

BYD continues to roll in rockin’ form. If you only look at recent months, February sales may look poor in relation to October, November, and December sales. But that’s how things go in the Chinese auto market — the end of the year is very strong and the beginning of ... [continued]

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Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — January 2025

José Pontes — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:54 +0000

Plugin vehicle registrations were up 18% year over year (YoY) in January, to over 1.2 million units, with BEVs being the driver of growth (+24% YoY) compared to PHEVs (+8%). Share-wise, 2025 started with plugin vehicles getting 19% share of the global auto market (12% BEV). The global market was ... [continued]

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EVs At 22.5% Share In France — Citroën e-C3 On Top

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:39:11 +0000

February’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 22.5% share in France, down from 26.3% year on year. BEVs were effectively flat YoY, whilst PHEVs lost share. Overall auto volume was 141,568 units, roughly flat YoY. The Citroen e-C3 was France’s best selling BEV in February. February saw combined EVs at ... [continued]

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USA Electric Vehicle Sales Up 478% in 2024 vs. 2019, Fossil Fuel Vehicles Down 12%

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:18:53 +0000

Following our report on Q4 auto sales in the US, including pure electric vehicle (EV) sales versus fossil fuel vehicle (FFV) sales, we’ve got a new, much bigger report — well, it’s the same size and type of report, but it’s for full-year sales rather than 4th quarter sales. Like ... [continued]

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US Electric Vehicle Sales Up 480% vs Q4 2019, Fossil Fuel Vehicle Sales Down 9%

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:39:09 +0000

It’s time for another look at how the US auto industry has changed in recent years, in this report focusing in on the 4th quarter and extending from 2024 back through 2019. Let’s dive in and see how things have changed across the industry first, before narrowing down to the ... [continued]

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100% Electric Vehicles = 17% Of New Car Sales In Europe In January

José Pontes — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 03:47:31 +0000

The European passenger plugin vehicle market scored 244,000 registrations in January, a progression of 18% YoY. Positively, BEVs (168,000 units, +37% YoY) continued to grow despite the drop in EV incentives in certain markets. On the other hand, plugin hybrids (PHEVs) were down, dropping by 5% year over year (YoY) ... [continued]

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Geely & Xiaomi Shine In China — January EV Sales Report

José Pontes — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:45:57 +0000

After the December EV sales peak in China, the year started with an expected sales slump, but it was smaller than expected. Year on year (YoY), while the overall market dropped a significant 12%, to close to 1.8 million units, plugins started 2025 with a 11% rise, to some 774,000 ... [continued]

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EVs At 25.1% Share In Germany – Volkswagen ID.7 Best-Seller

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:33:06 +0000

January saw plugin EVs at 25.1% share in Germany, up from 17.3% year-on-year. BEV volume shot up over 53% YoY, though from an anomalously low baseline, while PHEVs grew 23%. Overall auto volume was 207,640 units, down 2.8% YoY. January’s best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7. January’s sales saw combined ... [continued]

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EVs Take 30.3% Share of The UK – Volkswagen Leading Brand

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:19:45 +0000

January saw plugin EVs take 30.3% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.0% year-on-year. BEVs grew volume by 42% YoY, while PHEVs grew 5.5%. Plugin growth comes despite overall auto volume down 2.5% year-on-year, at 139,345 units. Volkswagen was the leading BEV brand in January. January’s sales figures ... [continued]

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EVs Take 96.9% Share In Norway – Toyota BZ4X Best-Seller

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:28:30 +0000

January saw plugin EVs take 96.9% share in Norway, up from 93.9% year on year. BEVs alone took almost 96% of the market. Overall auto volume was strongly up on seasonal norms, at 9,343 units, up 82% YoY. The Toyota BZ4X was the best-seller. January’s auto sales saw combined EVs ... [continued]

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EVs At 51.6% Share In Sweden — Volkswagen ID.7 Best Seller

Dr. Maximilian Holland — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:27:40 +0000

January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 51.6% share in Sweden, down slightly YoY from 52.5% in January 2024. BEV share was fractionally up YoY, while PHEV share was slightly down. Overall auto volume was 19,632 units, up some 14% YoY. The Volkswagen ID.7 was the best selling BEV. January’s ... [continued]

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The Automakers Selling the Most EVs in the World Are …

José Pontes — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:53:10 +0000

Following up on our stories about the best selling plugin vehicles in the world and the automotive brands that sell the most plugin electric vehicles in the world, we’re now closing out the 2024 World EV Sales Report series with a look at the automotive groups or alliances that sell ... [continued]

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BYD #1 In World In Plugin Vehicle Sales In 2024

José Pontes — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:41:31 +0000

In the last stage of the 2024 race, BYD had another record month, this time with 483,000 registrations. That doubled Tesla’s result, which nevertheless wasn’t all that bad for the US brand — at 201,000 deliveries, it was its best result in 18 months. Below the two galactics, Wuling was ... [continued]

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World EV Sales Report — 17.2 Million Plugins Were Sold in 2024!

José Pontes — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:03:28 +0000

The Tesla Model Y was #1 again, in a year that saw plugins reach 22% share of the global market. The last months of 2024 brought a record-fest for world plugin vehicle sales, and December was one of them, with over 1.9 million registrations! With plugin registrations jumping a significant ... [continued]

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23% Plugin Vehicle Share in Europe — EV Sales Report

José Pontes — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:20:18 +0000

While the overall automotive market had a (barely) positive year (+1%), December saw promising signs — it was up 4% compared to December 2023. With 13 million passenger cars registered in 2024, this was the best year since the pandemic, but nevertheless, it was still down 2.9 million units compared ... [continued]

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