Renault electric car sales grew last month by 27% (year-over-year – including the inclusion of the Twizy). In total, Renault delivered about 2,200 cars and nearly 290 Twizy (all numbers preliminary). Growth is fueled by Renault ZOE, which at nearly 1,850 sales not only represents about 84% of Renault’s all-electric car sales, but is moving
The British plug-in electric car market was above 1% market share in October and noted probably its 38th consecutive month of growth year-over-year. The bad news is that 1,828 registrations is just 7% up – the slowest pace of expansion over the last three years. Interesting is that all-electric cars went up by over 48%
People working in automotive development labs today see cars which will hit the road in a couple of years time and know their internal combustion counterparts cannot compete: they see the tipping point today. For most of us, it is still a future event. Today’s electric vehicles need to become more affordable. They need longer
Renault, thanks to having one of the most popular pure electric cars in Europe – the ZOE – increased its BEV car sales in September by 25% year-over-year. Most of the total 2,149 (1,665 for ZOE) car sales worldwide obviously come from Europe (over 97%) where the company makes its home. With an additional 169
A SURVEY of teenagers and learner drivers has found that the next generation of motorists see electric vehicles (EVs) as their car of choice by 2026. Their view is supported by futurologist Dr Ian Pearson, who forecasts that EVs will be the new normal in just over 10 years. The views of 800 young people
Nearly 21,000 plug-in hybrids and EVs sold in 2015 so far, as new tiered Plug-In Car Grant to be brought in for 2016 After the announcement that the UK’s Plug-In Car Grant (PICG) is to be replaced by a new tiered system, sales of both plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles have soared. So far
Monthly sales of new plug-in cars reached their second highest point ever, with 3,912 registrations in September 2015. This figure is only topped by the 6,100 registrations made during March earlier this year, and brings the total number of plug-in cars registered to almost 40,500. With just under 4,000 new plug-in cars sold, the traditionally
Interest in alternative fuels up by a quarter since Volkswagen ‘dieselgate’ scandal Interest in hybrid and electric cars has rocketed since the Volkswagen diesel scandal, according to analysis by Carbuyer. Traffic to electric and hybrid car reviews has increased by almost a quarter since news of the scandal broke. And those users are viewing far
Renault To Increase ZOE Production
Renault believes in the strong potential growth for ZOE electric car sales, and as such is gearing up for increased production. The Flins factory (in France) is already producing about 120 ZOE a day (up from 90 in the Spring, when the Superbonus was launched in France). Now the company says that production will expand
READ MORE