Industry News

  • Charging points for LDVs expand to over 200 million and supply 550 TWh in the Sustainable Development Scenario

    EVs require access to charging points, but the type and location of chargers are not exclusively the choice of EV owners. Technological change, government policy, city planning and power utilities all play a role in EV charging infrastructure. The location, distribution and types of electric vehi...
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  • How Biden Plans to Build 500 EV Charging Stations

    President Joe Biden has proposed spending at least $15 billion to begin rolling out electric vehicle charging stations, with the goal of reaching 500,000 charging stations nationwide by 2030. (TNS) — President Joe Biden has proposed spending at least $15 billion to begin rolling out electric vehi...
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  • Singapore EV Vision

    Singapore aims to phase out Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and have all vehicles run on cleaner energy by 2040. In Singapore, where most of our power is generated from natural gas, we can be more sustainable by switching from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicl...
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  • The size of the global wireless EV charging market between 2020 and 2027

    Charging electric vehicles with electric vehicle chargers has been a drawback to the practicality of owning an electric car as it takes a long time, even for rapid plug-in charging stations. Wireless recharging is not faster, but it may be more accessible. Inductive chargers use electromagnetic o...
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  • Ford will go all-electric by 2030

    With many European countries enforcing bans on the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles, many manufacturers are planning to make the switch to electric. Ford’s announcement comes after the likes of Jaguar and Bentley.  By 2026 Ford plans to have electric versions of all its models. Thi...
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  • Europe BEV and PHEV Sales for Q3-2019 + October

    Europe sales of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrids (PHEV) were 400 000 units during Q1-Q3. October added another 51 400 sales. Year-to-date growth stands at 39 % over 2018. The September result was particularly strong when the re-launch of popular PHEV for BMW, Mercedes and VW and...
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  • USA Plug-in Sales for 2019 YTD October

    236 700 plug-in vehicle were delivered in the first 3 quarters of 2019, an increase of just 2 % compared to Q1-Q3 of 2018. Including the October result, 23 200 units, which was 33 % lower than in Oct 2018, the sector is now in reverse for the year. The negative trend is much likely to stay for th...
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  • Global BEV and PHEV Volumes for 2020 H1

    The 1st half of 2020 was overshadowed by the COVID-19 lockdowns, causing unprecedented declines in monthly vehicle sales from February onwards. For the first 6 months of 2020 the volume loss was 28 % for the total light vehicle market, compared to H1 of 2019. EVs held up better and posted a loss ...
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