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The Rise of Electric Vehicles in the Irish Second-Hand Market
The Rise of Electric Vehicles in the Irish Second-Hand Market The move to electric vehicles (EVs) has been ongoing in the automotive industry around the world for some time and has gathered considerable pace in recent years. Ireland is no exception, with a complete replacement of fossil fueled engines now all but inevitable. Electric vehicles promise a cleaner, more sustainable...
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How Electric Cars Work and Some Common Misconceptions
Electric cars, commonly referred to as EVs and PHEVs, are becoming increasingly popular as people seek environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional fossil fueled cars. The stock of electric cars has increased exponentially in recent years and many of the early vehicles are now appearing on the second-hand car market as quality, used vehicles. As with the traditional used-car market,a car...
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Everything you need to know about buying an Electric Car
With all of the mainstream car manufacturers now offering electric vehicles, there has never before been a wider range of options to choose from. Everything from city runarounds to luxury and sports cars are now available in electric options. If you are considering making the switch, some careful research will help you to make the right choice. Start with the...
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Sony partners with Honda to make Electric Cars
Sony Honda Partnership The Japanese electronics giant Sony will join forces with Honda to develop electric cars by 2025. Sony announced last Friday that they were teaming up with Honda for the electric car project. This is the latest partnership of its type between a major car manufacturer and a tech giant. Demand for battery-powered electric vehicles is rapidly growing...
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Electric cars are outselling diesel cars for the first time in Europe
Electric car sales on the rise Electric vehicles (EV) and especially plug-in hybrids are now outselling regular ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars throughout Europe. According to Jato Dynamics, Sales of Tesla, Renault Zoe and the Dacia Spring, for example, are eclipsing diesel cars proving how popular these EV’s are with motorists across the continent. Although, there has been a rapid...
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Second-hand car prices on the increase
Why are the prices of second-hand cars skyrocketing? The price of used cars are going through the roof and while this is good for the seller, it is a much bigger expense for used-car buyers out there. Why the increase? Well, as most of us are aware by now, there are huge supply chain and production issues in the car...
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Tesla is now valued at more than one trillion dollars
Latest European car sales figures prove Tesla’s growing dominance Tesla’s massive deal with Hertz has now made the autonomous electric car company more valuable than the next nine car makers. The order for 100,000 cars is the single biggest order of electric cars by any company to date and could be worth as much as $5.9b to Tesla. Tesla was...
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Global Electric Vehicle Battery Market Doubles
Highest xEV battery growth rate year-on-year According to SNE Research, the total global battery capacity for passenger xEVs (buses and trucks are excluded) registered in July amounted to 20.7 GWh. This was a massive increase of 113% more than the same period in 2020. CATL remains the number one manufacturer in the xEV battery market with 6.1 GWh (up 236%)...
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Hertz places massive order for 100,000 Tesla electric cars
Hertz orders 100,000 cars from Tesla Hertz, the rental car company has confirmed that it is expanding its electric car fleet and has put in an order with Tesla Motors for 100,000 new cars. This has certainly been good for Tesla’s share value which is going through the roof. The acquisition will see Tesla Model 3 cars being made available...
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New car registrations increase during first 10 months of 2021
New Car Registrations 2020 Figures released by SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) show that new car registrations have risen by 18.9% since January with electric car sales also increasing in the same period. There were 2,646 new car registrations during October which was a 15.2 per cent increase on October 2020. Registrations were also up by 21.4 per...