What Falling Sales? Plugins Grew to a Record 1.7 Million Units in September!

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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 33% in September 2024 compared to September 2023. There were 1.7 million registrations, which is a new record. BEVs were up by 12% YoY (year over year), to ... [conti...

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The list of the most popular models is interesting. Not one of the "legacy car makers" is on the top 20 list:
- I'm surprised not a single European, Korean, Japanese or American maker besides Tesla is able to make the top 20 chart?
  Tesla has 2 high ranking models on the list, but as far as I can tell, everything else on that list is Chinese!
  So I can't help asking myself whether that list is reliable?
  Unfortunately, this is another one of those bullshit lists that count Hybrid as electric, which is VERY misleading and a completely false narrative, for the purpose of ICE car makers to get some of those sweet EV benefits.
  A hybrid is NOT an electric car, It's an ICE car with limited EV functionality.
  
  Don't forget that this list contains individual models. Traditional car makers have many different models and therefore less sales per car.
  If all the volkswagen cars based on the MEB platform would count as one model, it would probably be in the top 3.
  
  Thats not strictly true. Most hybrids now use a gas motor to augment the battery since commercially available batteries aren't as convenient.
  In all of them that I can think of, the gas motor never provides torque to the wheels, it runs a generator that then runs the electric motor. Same principle as diesel electric locomotives.
  Also, western idiots have been allowing the CCP to buy a functional monopoly on rare earth metal mines.
  
  On a global scale, why wouldn't it be reliable? China has the biggest EV boom and over 10% of the global population. It's not unreasonable that a global tally skews results to the Chinese or Indian market.
  Is a tired 1st gen Leaf an "EV with limited EV functionality" if the battery only has 50 miles of range now? Where do you draw the line?

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