Electrification and Vehicle Technology


December 19, 2024

Some Solid Vehicle Demand Mix in Europe

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of November, which was in line with typical MoM seasonal trends. Importantly, the data included ongoing healthy…

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November 22, 2024

Some Reasonable European Auto Trends

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of October, which was somewhat better than typical MoM seasonal trends. Importantly, registrations included some further healthy hybrid…

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October 22, 2024

Solid September Seasonality from European Registrations

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of September, which was right around MoM seasonal patterns. Specifically, European vehicle registrations increased 48% MoM (~20% of…

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September 20, 2024

Summer Auto Data Points Raise Questions

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of August, which was basically in line with typically weak MoM seasonal trends. At the same time, registrations…

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August 29, 2024

Some Summer European Vehicle Data to Consider

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released new car registration data from the region for the month of July, which was somewhat below seasonal trends. Registrations also included some weaker battery electric vehicle (BEV)…

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July 18, 2024

European Vehicle Registrations Still Solid

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of June, which was somewhat above seasonal trends including some healthier hybrid electric vehicle trends. More to the…

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June 21, 2024

Some Mixed European Vehicle Registrations

By Steven Fox

Yesterday, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of May, which was somewhat below seasonal trends including some weaker battery electric vehicle (BEV) registration trends that should…

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May 28, 2024

High Anxieties Around Clean Tech

By Steven Fox

Last week, we attended the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Las Vegas, which highlighted healthy commercial interest from fleet operators, port authorities, and a range of enterprises, including electric utilities and energy companies, in…

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May 22, 2024

Solid Auto Demand Indicators from Europe

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of April, which were somewhat above seasonal trends including a bit healthier battery electric and hybrid electric vehicle…

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April 18, 2024

Mixed March European Registrations

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of March, which was somewhat below seasonal trends including weaker electric vehicle registration trends that should be measured…

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April 4, 2024

The Big Promises of Software Defined Revisited

By Steven Fox

Last week, we sat in on a Reuters virtual panel on “Navigating the Future of Software Defined Vehicles in Automotive Innovation” with senior managers from Amazon Web Services (AMZN; $184.27; NR), Stellantis (STLA; $27.24; NR),…

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March 21, 2024

Some Healthy European Auto Data

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of February, which was somewhat above seasonal trends. Overall, European car registrations (15-20% of global demand) declined only…

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February 20, 2024

Some Early Year Auto Facts to Consider

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of January. Overall, European car registrations (15-20% of global demand) declined 3% MoM from December or right around…

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January 22, 2024

Not All Bad News on the Electric Vehicle Front

By Steven Fox

We think there are some positives worth focusing on amongst all the electric vehicle (EV) hand wringing of recent weeks. For example, recent updates from direct current fast charging (DCFC) network operators EVgo (EVGO; $2.72;…

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January 18, 2024

A Mixed Bag of Year-End European Auto Data

By Steven Fox

This morning, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released car registration data from the region for the month of December, which was slightly below seasonal trends. Specifically, European vehicle registrations in December (~20% of global demand)…

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