3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (187+ words) Sept 11 (Reuters) – Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a sixth consecutive month in August, with ​Europe leading the growth, data ‌from UK-based research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Friday. Sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles show growing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported rising global sales for the fourth straight month, as robust exports ​continued to cushion the impact of sluggish ‌domestic demand. Total sales climbed 17.8% from a year earlier to 440,293 vehicles in August,…...

2+ week, 40+ min ago   (372+ words) By Rachel More and Christina Amann DRESDEN, Germany, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s workers, management and political leaders must work together to minimise the impact of job and capacity cuts at Europe’s biggest automaker ​and boost its competitiveness, the state leader of…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (645+ words) LETCHWORTH, England, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Electric vehicle sales accelerated across much of Europe in July, as high oil prices, subsidies and availability of more affordable models encouraged consumers to ditch their combustion-engine cars, data provided to Reuters showed. EV sales have…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) BERLIN, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Sebastian Lechner, the CDU state chairman of Lower Saxony, ​is calling for the ‌European Union to quickly impose import tariffs on Chinese hybrid cars, a letter seen by Reuters on Friday showed. • “It ‌is ​precisely these hybrids…...