18 Jan 2022 | Electric Car Sales Just Overtook Diesel In Europe

Episode 1346,   Jan 18, 2022, 05:00 PM

Today’s big EV stories:
• France: More Than 315,000 Plug-In Electric Cars Were Sold In 2021
• Battery electric car sales finally overtook the diesel institution in Europe
• Kia reveals new Niro
• Chinese Battery Maker CATL Launches Battery Swap Service for Electric Cars
• NIO Announces its First EV Firmware Updates Outside of China
• VW to expand BEV production in China
• Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Roll Out FSD Beta in Canada in 2 to 4 Weeks
• Tesla inks deal to get key battery component outside China
• New York Times ad warns against Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving”
• Can Anyone Satisfy Amazon’s Craving for Electric Vans?
• Rimac Technology Officially Becomes Its Own Entity

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FRANCE: MORE THAN 315,000 PLUG-IN ELECTRIC CARS WERE SOLD IN 2021

- The French car market closed the year 2021 with over 1.65 million new registrations

- the plug-in electric segment expanded significantly to over 315,000 units (up 62% year-over-year).

- Passenger BEVs: 162,106 - up 46% Passenger PHEVs: 141,234 - up 88%

- more than 780,000 plug-ins were sold in France since 2010, including almost 500,000 all-electric cars.

- The three top all-electric passenger models are:  Tesla Model 3: 24,911 Renault ZOE: 23,573 (plus 2,127 commercial versions) Peugeot e-208: 17,859 (plus 1,090 commercial versions)


BATTERY ELECTRIC CAR SALES FINALLY OVERTOOK THE DIESEL INSTITUTION IN EUROPE

- Battery-electric car sales overtook diesel for the first time in Europe, the Financial Times reported Sunday.

- This is an important milestone, as diesel has been the default choice for European car buyers for decades. Registrations of new "electrified" vehicles—including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric cars combined—pushed past diesel in September 2020, but this is the first time battery-electric models have outsold diesels on their own, the report said.

- In December 2021, more than one fifth of new cars sold across 18 European markets were all-electric, while diesel cars (including diesel hybrids) accounted for less than 19% of sales, according to the report, which is based on data compiled by the Financial Times and independent auto analyst Matthias Schmidt.

- 176,000 battery-electric vehicles were sold in Western Europe that month, compared to around 160,000 diesel cars, the report said. That total is also an all-time record for European EV sales, and is more than 6% higher than the comparable figure for December 2020, according to the report.


KIA REVEALS NEW NIRO

- Kia has unveiled the all-new Niro, which will go on sale later this year. The Niro will be offered with a hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric powertrain, like its predecessor. It features a new exterior design that follows the styling of the new Sportage, while the interior is similar to that of the EV6.

- the new Niro has a larger body that provides more interior space and storage capacity. It’s 65mm longer, 20mm wider and 10mm taller than the outgoing Niro. The wheelbase has also grown by 20mm.

- So far, we only have information on the Hybrid.


CHINESE BATTERY MAKER CATL LAUNCHES BATTERY SWAP SERVICE FOR ELECTRIC CARS

- At its first online launch event, Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), launched on Tuesday a new service for electric vehicles called EVOGO featuring modular battery swapping.

- Comprised of battery blocks, fast battery swap stations and an app, EVOGO will be first launched in ten cities

- Choco-SEB is compatible with 80 percent of BEV platform-based vehicle models currently available on the global market, and all BEV platform-based models to be released within the next three years around the world.

- With a footprint equivalent to three parking spaces, a standard EVOGO battery swap station can house up to 48 Choco-SEBs and allows one-minute swapping for a single battery block, ensuring fully charged batteries for customers at any time without a long wait. Moreover, EVOGO offers a variety of swap stations to suit the climates of different regions.

- the swap stations can match all vehicle models by different OEMs that use Choco-SEBs, allowing a freer choice of vehicle models for battery swaps.


NIO ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST EV FIRMWARE UPDATES OUTSIDE OF CHINA

- NIO began shipping its ES8 SUV to Europe for the first time last year, beginning with Norway.

- Now NIO has pushed out its first over-the-air firmware update for its vehicle in Norway, including the ability to change the vehicle's system language to English or Norwegian. It's the first time that NIO pushed an over-the-air firmware update (FOTA) to its electric vehicles outside of China.

- The available English language settings in NIO's vehicle's will help support its expansion outside of China, as the company looks to take on Tesla and its domestic rival XPeng in the global EV market.

- Aspen 3.0.5 NO has new features to improve user experience in cold weather, including a manual battery warmup feature and extending the duration of cabin preconditioning system, according to NIO. It also includes other user experience (UX) enhancements, such as a power assistant that helps drivers find nearby EV charging facilities

- Following NIO's expansion to Norway, NIO said it plans to launch models in more European and North American countries. Each region will come with software and update services tailored to the local language and market, according to NIO.


VW TO EXPAND BEV PRODUCTION IN CHINA

- VW is significantly expanding its production capacities for electric cars in China. Together with the third MEB plant in Anhui, the annual production capacity will increase to up to 900,000 units in 2023, as VW China now reveals.

- Until now, the production capacity of the plant in Anhui was not known. As the existing plants in Anting (by SAIC-VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) are known to be designed for 300,000 units per year each, the third plant in Anhui will also come up to this production capacity.

- Production capacity for MEB cars in China is already well above demand. Last year VW was able to deliver 70,625 ID. models in China. However, it must also be mentioned that VW only started deliveries of the ID.4 and later the ID.6 during the course of the year – towards the end of the year, deliveries increased after a slow start.


ELON MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL ROLL OUT FSD BETA IN CANADA IN 2 TO 4 WEEKS

- Elon Musk said Sunday that Tesla will roll out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software in Canada within the next month.

- The Tesla CEO first predicted in a tweet in December 2020 that the FSD beta would be extended to Canada "very soon."

- Musk tweeted in November 2021 that FSD beta would maybe go live in Canada the following month but there were "no guarantees."

- The timeline update on FSD release in Canada follows Musk's announcement in early January about Tesla raising the price of FSD software from $10,000 to $12,000.


TESLA INKS DEAL TO GET KEY BATTERY COMPONENT OUTSIDE CHINA

NEW YORK TIMES AD WARNS AGAINST TESLA’S “FULL SELF-DRIVING"


RJ Scaringe (@RJScaringe) / Twitter

- Love when these quality inspectors come to check on production ramp!

· Original Source : https://twitter.com/RJScaringe


CAN ANYONE SATISFY AMAZON’S CRAVING FOR ELECTRIC VANS?


RIMAC TECHNOLOGY OFFICIALLY BECOMES ITS OWN ENTITY


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