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Electric Vehicle Sales Double Every Year

Benji Jerew — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:16:46 +0000

Since 2010, the number electric vehicles on the world’s roads has doubled every year, but can it keep the pace? Depending on who you ask, there are, more or less, one billion cars in the world, not including trucks, buses, etc, by the end of 2011. About the same time, by the end of 2011, […]

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Could Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Sales Slow if Gasoline Falls Below $3.00/gal?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:42:29 +0000

Every year, the short cycle of gasoline prices goes up and down, “winter blend” gasoline prices typically up to 15¢ cheaper per gallon than “summer blend” prices. Do sales of hybrid and electric vehicles reflect this trend? Currently, the national average is $3.25/gal, a far cry from the 99¢/gal I recall from a decade ago, […]

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Electric Vehicle Sales “Disappointing…” to the Opposition

Benji Jerew — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 16:29:06 +0000

If you pay attention to some media outlets, and even the President of the United States, you might be led to believe that electric vehicles aren’t doing nearly as well as expected. Of course, if you say that we expect to have one million electric vehicles on the road, in the United States, by 2015, […]

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Electric Vehicle Future is Bright and Clean

Benji Jerew — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:36:55 +0000

Aside from the rousing success of Tesla Motors, the number of manufacturers producing electric vehicles is growing every year. Sales numbers reflect this, continue to rise, and not at a miniscule pace! Electric vehicle sales, including pure electric vehicles [Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model S], plug-in hybrid electric vehicles [Toyota Prius Plug-In, Volvo V60 PHEV], and […]

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Electric Vehicle Pricing Wars: Chevy Volt Joins the Fray

Benji Jerew — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:39:30 +0000

Chevy Volt may have been ahead of the game when it started, but as more plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles have hit the market, sales haven’t been increasing as fast as General Motors would like. With so many electric vehicles on the market today, competition is stiff, and the sales numbers so far this year […]

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