Battery Electric Vehicle News / Enjoying the Transportation Revolution

Martyn1981

I've been seeing loads of items on this for a few days now, but was waiting to see if it was true or not. Given the large number of 'stories' all with similar claims, it would seem to at least have legs. So, Tesla announced new pricing for the TMY in China, 1 to 2 months before deliveries start. It seems that they have cut prices by 30%, and that they may have taken around 100,000 orders within 10hrs before their system failed to update (I think the update reference is a reflection of the estimated delivery date of around 2 months, which would not, of course, have remained true for very long).

Tesla’s Shanghai-made Model Y gets rousing reception as Chinese buyers rush to place orders for competitively priced SUV

Tesla's Model Y SUV sales surge in China thanks to sharp price markdown

JKenH

MG will return to the sports car segment with an electric coupe

I wouldn’t say no.

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/01/04/mg-electric-sports-car-emotion/

JKenH

New electric cars 2021: what’s coming and when?

This is not an exhaustive list of all the new EVs we might expect, and doesn’t include the Chinese contingent, but but gives an indication of the huge choice that will be available to new car buyers. It is too early to predict which will succeed and which won’t but the customer will be spoilt for choice. The EV cake has got bigger this year and will grow even more next year but with so many choices the cake will inevitably end up being sliced more thinly. 

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-electric-cars-2021

ASavvyBuyer

Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway in 2020

OSLO (Reuters) - The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with German auto-maker Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the top battery-vehicle producer, new data showed on Tuesday.

michaels

So best selling car in the UK in December - that would be a BEV, as would be the 4th best selling!
16.5% BEV (not BEV+Plugin) market share in December.
https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/

JKenH

michaels said:

So best selling car in the UK in December - that would be a BEV, as would be the 4th best selling!
16.5% BEV (not BEV+Plugin) market share in December.
https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/

Not just private buyers either.

The SMMT also noted that most (68%) of these registrations were for company cars – indicating the importance of the sector in helping the new car market switch to BEVs and hybrids ahead of the 2030 petrol and diesel new car ban.

The BVRLA also said the EV figures show the importance of the Government’s work with business fleets to set up grants and tax incentives and invest in a robust public charging network.

Chief executive Gerry Keaney added: “The latest BVRLA data shows that the fleet sector continues to lead the charge towards zero-emission motoring, with battery electric vehicles responsible for 21% of company car registrations in the three months to October 2020.”

https://fleetworld.co.uk/fleet-demand-down-31-1-in-2020-but-ev-revolution-gathers-pace/

Martyn1981

More on the massive shift to BEV's in the UK in 2020 up from 2019. I wonder what 2021 will bring, will we push up slowly and steadily from the annual figure of 6.6%, or perhaps start somewhere closer to where we ended the year. Either way it's all good, and making 2030 plans/targets seem fine.

New UK EV Record – Almost Quarter Of UK Auto Sales Now Plugins!

The UK’s plugin electric vehicle market hit new highs in December 2020, at 23.4% share, up from 6.6% in December 2019. The Tesla Model 3 was the UK’s best selling auto of any kind in December, with 5,798 vehicles delivered. 2020’s overall plugin volumes grew 2.4x over 2019, despite the UK auto market being almost 30% down in volume.

December’s combined plugin share of 23.4% was strongly weighted towards pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at 16.5%, with plugin hybrids (PHEVs) contributing 6.9%. The full year contributions were more evenly weighted, with BEVs at 6.6% and PHEVs at 4.1%, for a 2020 total of 10.7% plugin share. This is up 3.5x from the 3.1% plugin share of full year 2019.

NigeWick

Martyn1981 said:

More on the massive shift to BEV's in the UK in 2020 up from 2019. I wonder what 2021 will bring, will we push up slowly and steadily from the annual figure of 6.6%, or perhaps start somewhere closer to where we ended the year. Either way it's all good, and making 2030 plans/targets seem fine.

It will likely depend on how quickly production is ramped up. Tesla sales are likely to just about double this year with Shanghai reaching full capacity and Austin & Berlin coming on line.

JKenH

Tesla Superchargers are already open to other cars

https://www.zap-map.com/tesla-superchargers-are-already-open-to-other-cars/

EricMears

JKenH said:

Tesla Superchargers are already open to other cars

https://www.zap-map.com/tesla-superchargers-are-already-open-to-other-cars/

I couldn't see how to actually use a Tesla Supercharger with a non-Tesla car in that ZapMap link or in the 'further info' link on it (which seemed only to refer to non-rapid 'destination chargers')  so tried Googling.
This link :-
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/13/non-tesla-electric-cars-can-now-charge-for-free-on-some-european-tesla-superchargers
was slightly helpful but refers only to chargers within the EU  (Please don't start another Brexit thread here !) .  It also seems to suggest that for a non-Tesla to use a supercharger,  the other manufacturer would need to have made some form of arrangement with Tesla as Superchargers don't seem to accept RFID cards or payment cards.