EV Fan
02-17-2016, 02:21 AM
http://www.electricvehiclechat.com/sites/default/files/Charging-electric-car-NL-620.jpgAn electric car charging in the Netherlands.
The United States is no longer the biggest electric vehicle market in the world. While EV sales in Europe and China are on the rise, American car buyers have been slower to purchase plug-in vehicles—partly explained by lower gas prices.
It’s estimated that EV sales in China last year eclipsed 220,000 units, while Europe tallied about 186,000 sales. Meanwhile, US buyers purchased about 116,000 electric cars. The weak EV market in the US comes into focus when you consider that the Netherlands, a country of roughly 17 million people, added nearly 44,000 plug-in vehicles in 2015—while the US, with its population of almost 320 million, put about 116,000 new plug-in cars on the road last year.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/us-falls-behind-europe-and-china-global-plug-vehicle-market-131369.html)
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The United States is no longer the biggest electric vehicle market in the world. While EV sales in Europe and China are on the rise, American car buyers have been slower to purchase plug-in vehicles—partly explained by lower gas prices.
It’s estimated that EV sales in China last year eclipsed 220,000 units, while Europe tallied about 186,000 sales. Meanwhile, US buyers purchased about 116,000 electric cars. The weak EV market in the US comes into focus when you consider that the Netherlands, a country of roughly 17 million people, added nearly 44,000 plug-in vehicles in 2015—while the US, with its population of almost 320 million, put about 116,000 new plug-in cars on the road last year.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/us-falls-behind-europe-and-china-global-plug-vehicle-market-131369.html)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PluginCars/~4/FnKOfQ-YGtk
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PluginCars/~3/FnKOfQ-YGtk/us-falls-behind-europe-and-china-global-plug-vehicle-market-131369.html)