tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post1118409060405172927..comments2024-03-24T15:03:03.162+00:00Comments on EV Sales: Germany April 2020José Ponteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13927229481945352747noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-71836520347420995222020-05-23T15:54:30.977+00:002020-05-23T15:54:30.977+00:00Sure, if the decision is only between buying a pur...Sure, if the decision is only between buying a pure combustion vehicle or a hybrid, the latter is *obviously* preferable. My point is that it doesn't validate Toyota's bullshit argument that we should focus on (plug-less) hybrids instead of EVs...antriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-81946495908590561212020-05-22T16:52:54.414+00:002020-05-22T16:52:54.414+00:00@antrik @jose
90 million road vehicles were sold ...@antrik @jose<br /><br />90 million road vehicles were sold last year. Out of that 2.5 million are PEVs (including heavy vehicles) and another 3 - 3.5 million are HEVs (both full & mild). That leaves another 84 million gasser/diesel.<br /><br />All those 84 million are neither going to wait for PEVs nor that many PEVs can be made just like this.<br />So a part of them going to HEV instead of buying ICE is much better.famlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-52334365245137421282020-05-21T20:58:03.517+00:002020-05-21T20:58:03.517+00:00That battery size argument is just one of the many...That battery size argument is just one of the many bullshit arguments Toyota uses to discredit BEVs, because they missed the train and now all BEV sales go to competitors.<br /><br />*If* the whole world decided to go for some form of electrification overnight, and we had to decide how to best use the limited supply of batteries, then maybe that argument would have some merit... But that's not really the case. The current BEV battery shortage is simply a result of auto makers not being committed until recently to order a sufficient amount of batteries.<br /><br />Furthermore, BEV and HEV batteries are not really exchangeable -- so it's not like there is an actual trade-off between building more BEVs or more HEVs.<br /><br />And last but not least, even if the battery shortage means BEV transition may take a few years more, HEVs produced today will be around a lot longer -- so the fact that they can provide some savings faster, doesn't necessarily mean it's better in the long run... Instead, most people can just delay new car purchases by a few years, until there are enough BEVs for everyone. Keeping an older car for a few more years, and then switching to a BEV, is better than getting a HEV today, that will keep polluting for 15 - 20 years.antriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-2622188028374565462020-05-21T20:42:09.214+00:002020-05-21T20:42:09.214+00:00Note that AIUI that June date is only for start of...Note that AIUI that June date is only for start of taking actual orders (configuration) -- AFAIK there is still no word on when deliveries start... Though hopefully not too long after that.antriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-15332682911091143712020-05-21T14:05:17.582+00:002020-05-21T14:05:17.582+00:00Yes Jose, BEV is much better and I am driving Niss...Yes Jose, BEV is much better and I am driving Nissan Leaf MY-2013 with 84 mile / 135 km range and that easy covers my daily 65 km trip and occasional 100 km trip to airport/bus station for drop/pickups. It has 115 MPGe / 54 km/l equivalent that no hybrid or gasser or diesel can match.<br /><br />There are 1,4 billion vehicles worldwide and 90 million are sold every year. Even if a part of them like 10 - 20 % goes hybrid (both petrol & diesel), we can cut oil consumption by few %age points and reduce pollution drastically. Toxic emissions weakens our lungs and coronavirus hits there. Post corona world will certainly buy more electrified vehicles.<br /><br />Still Toyota is better than almost all legacy automakers by selling more than 1 million HEVs every year.<br /><br /><br />famlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-65867107891313262442020-05-21T07:23:58.173+00:002020-05-21T07:23:58.173+00:00Toyota is now milking everything it can from its H...Toyota is now milking everything it can from its HEV technology, introducing it in developing countries, and making models HEV-only in more mature markets, which is good, an efficient is better than a pure ICE.<br /><br />Sure, a PHEV is even better, and better still is a BEV.<br /><br />But for many people wary of "that EV-thing", it will be a nice introduction to the technology, and the latest Toyota results in Europe are showing it, with most of its sales now coming from HEVs, the brand is climbing positions in the European ranking, placing their Hybrids as an alternative to regular diesel vehicles. José Ponteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927229481945352747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-77243714767316678132020-05-20T15:42:23.046+00:002020-05-20T15:42:23.046+00:00Toyota revealed next generation MY-2021 Sienna (mi...Toyota revealed next generation MY-2021 Sienna (minivan) & Venza (crossover) and both will have only full hybrid (FHV) with 2,5 liter 4 cylinder engines. No more V6 gasser.<br />Sienna gets 50% more mileage (13 km/l) than outgoing version with V6 engine.<br />Venza gets 70% more mileage (16 km/l) than previous MY-2015 version with V6 engine.<br /><br />FHVs use only 1,5 KWh battery.<br />They made a strong statement that instead of using 40 - 90 KWh battery in a single BEV, its better to distribute that battery in 30 - 60 FHVs and get 50 - 70% more mileage. Perhaps they can migrate even other vehicle with hybrid options to dedicated hybrids. Other models are RAV-4, Highlander, Corolla, Camry, Avalon and from Lexus: NX, RX, ES, LS, LC. Prius is already a dedicated hybrid.<br /><br />Of course Toyota did not mention about plugin version. If they can apply it in RAV-4, then they can migrate the same to Venza & Sienna as well. So Toyota may go all in on hybrids followed by plugins to compete with the BEVs. It all gets interesting.famlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-87242261396681254532020-05-20T14:39:12.969+00:002020-05-20T14:39:12.969+00:00Congrats and thanks Germans for standing by PEVs d...Congrats and thanks Germans for standing by PEVs despite Pandemic. <br />Another 4 weeks for the launch of VW ID.3. Hope all goes well.<br />Despite the petrol/diesel plugins, BEVs managed to take the Top-3.<br />Recovery is on the way and we can see higher sales in coming months.famlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-41745352053534572802020-05-20T12:03:33.132+00:002020-05-20T12:03:33.132+00:00From the posted data, carmaker standings are:
1st...From the posted data, carmaker standings are:<br /><br />1st Volkswagen Group with 17162 vehicles<br />2nd Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance with 7398 vehicles<br />3rd Daimler with 5248 vehicles<br />4th BMW Group with 4447 vehicles<br />5th Tesla with 3420 vehiclesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-63529491633582713872020-05-20T11:41:01.589+00:002020-05-20T11:41:01.589+00:00YoY rates.YoY rates.José Ponteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927229481945352747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-55017490810703656792020-05-20T11:40:30.399+00:002020-05-20T11:40:30.399+00:00EQC - 23 units in April, 300 in 2020. EQC - 23 units in April, 300 in 2020. José Ponteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13927229481945352747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-70185403099070544932020-05-20T08:42:12.457+00:002020-05-20T08:42:12.457+00:00hi jose, do you have the April MTD and YTD sales f...hi jose, do you have the April MTD and YTD sales figures for EQC?sandeepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399793419425111085.post-24937317786938673172020-05-20T08:23:54.051+00:002020-05-20T08:23:54.051+00:00@José how did you arrive at PHEVs growing five tim...@José how did you arrive at PHEVs growing five times faster than BEVs? A rough extrapolation from the numbers you posted suggests BEV share grew by some 2.5% in April 2020 over April 2019, while PHEVs grew some 4%...antriknoreply@blogger.com