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Last year, the 96,000 plug-in electric cars sold in the U.S. represented a bit more than half a percent of the total market of 16.5 million vehicles. Market share is a good statistic: It's useful, and easy to track. But we need to piece together the relationships between vehicle price, type, and market share, to gain a fuller sense of the electric-car landscape. Context, context, context! W. Edwards Deming--the late American statistician revered in Japan for his philosophies about product quality--famously said, "There is no substitute for knowledge". He meant that while it's important to...
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Gas-Sippers Fuel Ford's Growth (Well, Partly)Something funny is happening at Ford. Despite very heavy competition from a host of automakers, Ford is gaining market share at a brisk pace -- and it's doing so thanks in part to the success of eco-friendly, tech-heavy cars and crossovers. From January through May of this year, Ford gained nearly...
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U.S. Car Buyers Like Hybrids, Europeans Go For Diesels; Why?
If you’re a car buyer in the U.S. looking for a high gas-mileage car, the chances are you’re going to choose a hybrid car for your next vehicle. In Europe, however, hybrid cars are generally shunned by car buyers in preference of high gas-mileage diesel cars. But why do U.S. car buyers...
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Toyota Leads In Hybrid, Electric Patent Filings, But Is It Really Ahead?
Here’s an interesting question for you: which automakers are currently leading when it comes to electric and hybrid car development? Like us, you might have the inclination to chose Toyota or perhaps Nissan. After all, the Renault-Nissan alliance has already spent over $5.6 Billion on...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield -
Expecting A BMW-Engined Toyota Or BMWs With Toyota Hybrids? You Shouldn’t
Earlier today, our sister site MotorAuthority covered a story detailing a new green-engine partnership between BMW and Toyota for European-built BMW and Toyota cars. But while the partnership will give Toyota full access to BMW’s range of clean diesel engines and give BMW the chance to use...
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5.2 Million Electric Vehicles Will Be On World's Roads By 2017
President Obama may be aiming to get 1 million plug in vehicles on the roads of the U.S. by 2015, but a recent study by Pike Research predicts that by 2017 there will only be 5.2 million plug-in vehicles worldwide. In total, more than 14 million hybrid and plug-in electric cars will be on the roads...
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With several big electric vehicle launches due over the next few years and order books filling up quickly, we're sure to start seeing more of them on the roads. Research agency Pike Research has announced that combined sales of full-electric (battery electric, or BEV) vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will take off over the next five years to hit 3.2 million units by 2015. These large numbers are partly down to the assumption that China will be a massive adopter of electric vehicles in the years to come. EVs are being championed over there to compensate for the poor air...
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Coda Automotive Aims For Perfect Sales Cadence To End 2010
The end of 2010 is seen by many in the automotive industry as the first hurdle for many budding electric car companies. By the end of 2010 both Chevrolet and Nissan will have plug in vehicles on the market, both at prices that will outcompete much of the competition. For the smaller automakers...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
