More than 907,000 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in December, leading to a total of 6.5 million for 2021, according to Inside EVs. “December’s result is about 59% higher than a year ago (nearly 571,000, reported by the same data source—EV-Volumes—at the time). The most important thing however is the new record market share of roughly 15% according to the report.” It represents the largest increase over the previous record of 11.5% in November. (Source: Inside EVs) Read the original story…
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