Nor surprising, considering that China accounted for 50 percent of the world's
electric car sales last year.
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.
Elon Musk's
electric car startup finally made the cut after growing
sales a whopping 73 %
last year.
These policies have boosted
sales of
electric cars to Chinese consumers to 188,000
last year, easily ahead of the U.S., where 116,000 were sold.
Consider this: Roughly half of all
electric cars sold globally
last year were in China, which saw a 73 - per - cent increase in EV
sales over 2016.
Sid Rajeev, Vice President, Head of Research at Fundamental Research Corp., notes, «The Commodities Research Unit («CRU») Group estimates
electric car and plug - in hybrid vehicle
sales could reach approximately 14.2 million by 2025, up from 0.77 million
last year, reflecting a compound average growth rate of 38 per cent per year from 2016 to 2025.»
Since the launch of the Drive Clean Rebate for
electric vehicles in March, New York state has seen a 74 percent increase in
sales of
electric cars over the same period in 2016, according to a press release published
last week by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Electric car sales have increased in the last year, but experts disagree over how significant the role of electric cars is in reducing greenhouse gas em
Electric car sales have increased in the
last year, but experts disagree over how significant the role of
electric cars is in reducing greenhouse gas em
electric cars is in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
However, Norway saw a doubling of
sales last year, with a total of 4,009
cars, and the number of
electric cars on Norwegian roads is now around 11,000.
BYD's ambitious plans include 350,000 total
sales this year (double the number of
cars delivered
last year), a new pure -
electric model, and entry into the U.S. market next year.
Last December, Al Castignetti, vice president for
sales, told Automotive News about the dealers» «need to go out and find the
electric -
car buyer in your market.»
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the state has seen a 74 % increase in
electric car sales over the same time period
last year, resulting from the Drive Clean Rebate initiative launched on 21 March 2017.
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Aside from inventing the category, the Chevy Volt has been treated as a showcase of GM's
electric car prowess that has given rise to the similarly named 2017 Chevy Bolt EV which
last month surpassed the Volt's year - to - date
sales.
The PHEV's
sales do not hold a candle to the regular hybrid, but
last year it finished fourth among plug - in electrified
cars including all -
electric and plug - in hybrids.
Also, while data from the HybridCars.com Dashboard indicates there were 13 pluggable vehicles that earned retail customers in June of 2013, the
last full
sales month before this article was written, Autobytel is adding a 14th, the 2013 FIAT 500e, to its list of
electric cars, since it should be reaching real - world drivers in July.
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.
More Nissan Leaf
electric cars were sold in Norway than in the U.S.
last year, in spite of the fact that Norway has a population that is less than one - sixtieth of the U.S. Norway has the most Tesla Model S reservations of anywhere in Europe; cummulative
sales of EVs topped 10,000 in 2012, and
electric vehicle
sales also were 5.2 % of total vehicle
sales.
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.
In California,
electric vehicles made up the highest percentage of new
car sales last year.
Battery prices fell 35 per cent
last year, and
electric car sales rose by 60 per cent.