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The Renault Zoe topped European electric-car sales through August 2016.
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Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, September 2016: new record?
The past week has brought a "hat trick" of good news for Canadian plug-in electric vehicle owners. The Toronto Blue Jays made the major-league baseball playoffs, the Canadian government announced a national carbon price to come by 2018, and a spectacular September almost certainly shattered monthly...
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When will plug-in electric car sales exceed hybrid sales? Poll results
The questions of whether and when sales of plug-in electric cars will resume their climb after a static 2015 are much on the minds of green-car advocates these days. It's taken as an article of faith that cars with plugs will grow as a proportion of the global market, ultimately supplanting large...
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Plug-in electric car sales in Sept: Volt steady, Leaf higher
Sales of plug-in electric cars in September chugged along steadily, with consistent sales from the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid and a stronger number for the Nissan Leaf battery-electric car. Chevrolet logged 2,031 deliveries of its Volt hatchback, likely now almost all the new second-generation...
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Tesla delivered 24,500 electric cars in Q3, holds firm on 2016 goal
Tesla delivered approximately 24,500 electric cars in the third quarter.
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How many Chevy Bolt EVs will be sold in the U.S. in its first 12 months? Poll results
The largest number of one single battery-electric car sold in the U.S. in a single year is 30,000, the total logged in 2014 by the Nissan Leaf. (Of course, we don't know Tesla's sales because the company doesn't break out its quarterly global delivery totals by country.) But those were back in the...
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Earlier this month, an application for a dealer license submitted by Tesla Motors was denied by the state of Michigan. It was the final decision in a process that kicked off in October 2014. That was when a last-minute wording change in state franchise law foreclosed the electric-car maker's ability to sell cars directly to buyers, its business model since it started. DON'T MISS: Michigan says selling Tesla electric cars in state is illegal, again That change, called "corrupt politics at its worst" by a professor of law, ensured that the sole legal way to buy cars in Michigan is to do so from...
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When will electric car sales exceed those of cars with engines? Poll results
Cars that plug in to recharge, whether all-electric or plug-in hybrid, are a very small proportion of total U.S. vehicle sales today. And the same applies to their global sales, which are less than 1 percent of a total worldwide volume now headed toward 90 million vehicles a year. So today, the...
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2017 Chevy Bolt EV: here's what can go wrong for electric-car pioneer
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will be on dealership floors within several weeks, cementing its position as the first affordable 200-mile electric car. It will beat planned 200-mile electric cars from BMW, Nissan, Tesla, Volkswagen, and other makers, and that's all to the good for plug-in car...
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European electric and plug-in hybrid sales for Jan-Jul 2016
The Renault Zoe was the best-selling electric car in Europe at the end of July.
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Renault delivered its 100,000th electric car on Friday, in Norway
A white Renault Zoe delivered in Norway is the French automaker's 100,000th electric car.
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Plug-in electric car sales for August: Volt sells at twice Leaf rate (updated)
While U.S. vehicle sales last month are expected to fall overall as data rolls in, August has traditionally been a very good month for sales of plug-in electric cars. The Chevrolet Volt, for one, kept up its pace this year, with August sales of 2,081, for an eight-month total of 14,295 Volts...
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The Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid followed July's record-setting 385 Canadian sales with 421 units in August—the first time any plug-in electric vehicle had topped the 400 monthly sales mark in Canada. At 2,098 vehicles sold through August, the second-generation Volt now recovers the Canadian annual sales record among plug-ins, surpassing last year's Tesla Model S total of 2,010 with one-third of the year remaining. August was the sixth consecutive month in which the Volt broke its previous monthly sales record. DON'T MISS: U.S. plug-in electric car sales for August: Volt sells at twice...
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Toyota now sells almost 1.5 million hybrids a year
Toyota is on track to sell 1.4 million hybrids this year, new analysis says.
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How can automakers sell more electric cars? Sierra Club report has suggestions
The Sierra Club has recommendations for automakers, dealers, and policymakers on improving the electric-car sales experience.
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Tesla opens new electric-car store in San Francisco, to serve as flagship
Tesla opens its largest North America store as part of an overall retail push.
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Electric-car shopping far too hard; dealers, carmakers can improve, says report
Dealers may be an obstacle to increased electric-car adoption, according to a Sierra Club report.
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Michigan won't let Tesla sell cars, but state fund invests in company (irony alert)
The Michigan Treasury Department increased its stake in Tesla in the second quarter.
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The second-generation Chevy Volt set a single-month Canadian plug-in electric vehicle sales record in July with 385 sales, the equivalent of about 3500 sales in the American market. That's more than August 2013, the Volt's best-ever month in the United States, when dealerships moved 3,351 units. With this achievement, the Volt not only surpassed its 320 sales in June, but outpaced the previous single-month record of 325 Tesla Model Ses sold in March. DON'T MISS: U.S. Plug-in electric car sales in July: Volt passes 100,000 with strong numbers Canada's five best single-vehicle single-month...
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Plug-in electric car sales in July: Volt passes 100,000 with strong numbers (more updates)
Last month marked a major milestone for U.S. sales of plug-in electric cars: the 100,000th Chevrolet Volt was delivered. It's the first car with a plug in any segment to reach 100,000 units, and Chevy's justified in celebrating the occasion with a press release and a bit of fanfare. Both the Volt...
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Automakers 'not even trying' to sell electric cars, Tesla says
Tesla's vice president of business development believes other carmakers aren't taking electric cars seriously.
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV to ship to dealers before end of year
General Motors has always had an aggressive schedule for launching its 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, the industry's first mass-priced electric car with 200 miles or more of range. It was revealed as a concept just 18 months ago at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, with a production version unveiled at this...
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California bought more electric cars than rest of U.S. combined in June
Sales of plug-in electric cars are not evenly distributed across the U.S. by any means. California, with its pioneering zero-emission vehicle sales requirements, has always occupied an outsize place in the sales charts. Not only is it the most populous state in the union, with 39 million residents...
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European electric and plug-in hybrid sales for Jan-May 2016
The Nissan Leaf continued to lead European electric-car sales through May.
Stephen Edelstein