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Renault 2021 Global Sales at 1,751,089 or -6%
Markets outside of Europe now represent 44% of Renault’s sales (+2 pts vs 2020). The New Renault Duster launch registered sales: 41,000 units in Russia (+31% vs 2020), 22,000 units in Brazil (+15% vs 2020), 6,200 sales in Mexico (+55% vs 2020) and 9,100 sales in Colombia (+34% vs 2020). In India, the new Renault Kiger sold 29,000 units. This is 30% of Renault sales there. Renault claims this “upselling strategy” for this market is working. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, results, sales
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, Renault sales
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Volvo Car 2021 Global Sales +5.6% at 698,693
However, Volvo delivered 64,436 retail vehicles in December, a decline of -18.1% compared to the same month in 2020. “The result was significantly influenced by continued component supply shortages, which affected production and consequently deliveries to customers,” Volvo said. Almost 40% of all new Volvo cars sold in December were Recharge models, with fully electric cars comprising 7.4%. Continue reading
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Tagged 2021 Volvo Car Sales, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, geely, Ken Zino
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Washington Diddles. India Puts Billions into Securing EV Jobs
This is not an isolated occurrence. Electric vehicles, the so-called hydrogen economy and connected cars are the future of the planet and high paying employment. Virtually all major industrial nations are promoting policies and incentives to become major forces where no automaker dares to go alone. Except the dis-United States it seems. Even Senator Manchin’s next Maserati that he drives to his yacht will likely be an EV. Built where? The question facing Washington politicians of his ilk is simple: Do you care about the people in your district? Continue reading
Nissan to Sell Renewable Electricity to Japanese Employees
The program will first be made available to employees living in the Kanto region at the start of fiscal year 2022 at the end of March. This moves an automaker into an energy segment that is now dominated by public utilities and Big Oil. It could be the beginning of a trend. It also could be the beginnings of massive political and lobbying battles. Continue reading
Mustang Mach-E SUVs Delivered to ‘Customers’ in China
The locally-produced Mach-E is being sold via Ford BEV’s tiny network of 25 direct-to-customer stores located in major Chinese metropolitan markets Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, changan ford, china, Ken Zino
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Nikola to Pay $125 Million to SEC on Fraud Charges
The SEC’s order says that “before Nikola had produced a single commercial product, Milton embarked on a public relations campaign aimed at inflating and maintaining Nikola’s stock price. Milton’s statements in tweets and media appearances falsely gave investors the impression that Nikola had reached certain product and technological milestones.” Continue reading
Blink Charging to Supply EV Chargers to GM Dealerships
Working with ABM, which delivers turnkey EV charging installations, Blink has already started shipping chargers to selected GM dealerships and currently has orders on hand to supply GM dealers in the U.S. and Canada with additional charging stations over the next several months. Continue reading →