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Passenger car registrations in Europe rise in September for the first time this year

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In September 2020, the EU passenger car market registered the first increase of the year, according to figures from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). last month to reach 933,987 new cars sold across the European Union. Over the first nine months of 2020, demand for cars contracted by 28.8%

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2%

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ACEA map: Affordability of electric cars, correlation between market uptake and GDP in the EU

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The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Across the EU, 3.0% and Italy 0.9%). and Italy 0.9%).

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New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

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of total EU car sales, compared to a 2.4% share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The number of diesel cars registered in the European Union over the second quarter of the year fell by 53.4% in Spain and 48.8% of the EU car market.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. United Kingdom ?

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EU new car registrations down 9.7% in February year-on-year

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In February, new car registrations totalled 888,878 units in the EU, down by. compared to February 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association. In the first two months of 2012, the EU recorded 1,858,066 new cars, or 8.3% less than in the same period a year earlier.

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ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

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A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 Among the EU’s four major markets, Spain has the oldest van fleet (13.0 million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years. years), followed closely by Italy (12.6

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