Not exact matches
Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of
electric cars: Last year,
sales of
electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S.
figure.
In the first quarter, nearly 20,000 vehicles were sold by BMW i and BMW iPerformance, although two of the most important
sales drivers were only released in March and therefore did not affect the
sales figures of
electric cars and plug - in hybrids in the first quarter.
Final
electric range and CO2 emissions
figures will be published closer to the
car's on -
sale date.
Coda Automotive, the start - up Los Angles
electric car company, said it started to sell its $ 37,250
car in March but has been mum about
sales figures.
As of April 2015, for example,
sales of
electric cars had dropped by 3.4 % over last year's
figures and gas was averaging $ 2.66 a gallon.
But it's not going to last forever, and
electrics and hybrids are dinged, not demolished, thereby, as you can see from the
sales figures listed here: http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-
sales-scorecard/ By the way, there's a good chance that the next
car we buy will be some sort of plug - in.