Europe’s Electric Car Sales Will Beat 1 Million In 2021, But Growth Will Slow. “Government incentives are the driving force. This masks some challenges: prices must come down, range go up and more charging infrastructure is needed,” Accelerating battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in Western Europe will beat 1 million for the first time in […]
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JLR Ambitious Electric Plan Sounds Impressive, But Will It Work?
JLR Ambitious Electric Plan Sounds Impressive, But Will It Work? “They want to do everything all at once when the market has not been this bad for years and its own position is very fragile” Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) impressed investors with the breadth and quality of its long-term vision in its recent “Reimagining the […]
Renault’s Uncertain Outlook Might Ease The Way For Mercedes Deal
Renault’s Uncertain Outlook Might Ease The Way For Mercedes Deal. “Should the alliance fall apart, the Daimler group could be an alternative for Renault” When a big car manufacturer like Renault loses almost $10 billion in a year, reflecting its failing ability to compete, predators would be hovering as the share price plummeted and it […]
Stellantis Makes First Appearance In Sales Charts, Breathing Down VW’s Neck
Stellantis Makes First Appearance In Sales Charts, Breathing Down VW’s Neck. Worst performer of the month was Mitsubishi with sales off 64.5% The newly created Stellantis conglomerate made its first appearance in European sales data in January, coming in with a Western Europe market share of 22.2%, just behind perennial market leader Volkswagen’s 24.4%, according […]
Electric Cars Lead The Revolution But Don’t Write-Off Hybrids
Electric Cars Lead The Revolution But Don’t Write-Off Hybrids. “whether in terms of toxicity or environmental damage, electric cars are simply less bad” Electric cars are firmly in the fast lane in the race to dominate personal transport and reach the promised land of global zero CO2 emissions, but don’t write off new technologies currently […]
Command An Electric Scooter On An App, But Fundamentals Might Derail Them
Command An Electric Scooter On An App, But Fundamentals Might Derail Them. “companies can recover the cost of a $500 e-scooter in less than two months” Electric scooters promise a nifty new way to zoom around cities in a cheap, green and convenient way but the initial promise has been damaged by the anarchic nature […]
Ferrari Profits Slipped In 2020, But Electric Threat Looms
Ferrari Profits Slipped In 2020, But Electric Threat Looms. “Ferrari’s core business is flourishing. But faces an existential challenge and a very large opportunity in the form of electric vehicles” Ferrari, with its beautiful, high-powered and impossibly expensive dream machines, might finally be confronting a challenge that can’t be solved by a more powerful V8 […]
Global Auto Chip Shortage Should Recover By Year End
Global Auto Chip Shortage Should Recover By Year End. “Car-makers are reducing output and idling plants until the shortage eases, which we expect to take several months” The automotive semiconductor shortage was caused in part by demand by bored gamers stuck at home by coronavirus lockdowns, but likely will be over by the end of […]
Renault Strategic Plan Said To Be “Risky” And “Underwhelming”
Renault Strategic Plan Said To Be “Risky” And “Underwhelming”. “The alliance with Renault also appears to be quite unstable” Renault’s long-term strategic plan to sacrifice sales in favor of profits failed to excite investors, who wondered why the elephant in the room, the future of the crucial alliance with Nissan, wasn’t addressed. New CEO Luca […]
Chip Shortages Could Cripple Auto Makers Until 2023
Chip Shortages Could Cripple Auto Makers Until 2023. “the legacy (manufacturers) trying to launch their own EVs is like trying to plant a delicate orchid in a radioactive forest” Even the most ardent glass-half full defenders of the automotive industry might be getting a bit nervous as more existential surprises spring out of left-field. Automotive […]