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BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce adopt Tesla’s NACS charging port

Teslarati

BMW is the latest of many automakers to officially adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), meaning future electric vehicles (EVs) built by the company will include Tesla’s charging port and get access to the vast Supercharger network. With six fully electric BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce models now available in the U.S.

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15% Of Auto Sales In Europe Were Fully Electric Vehicles In November

CleanTechnica EVs

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. More than 221,000 plugin vehicles were registered in November — which is +33% year over year (YoY). This performance is even more impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continued to fall off a cliff — down […].

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Euro NCAP tests BMW i3 and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV safety

Green Cars News

Tests of two of the latest electrified cars have yielded strong results; with the new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV car achieving five stars while BMW’s new fully electric i3 scored a four stars. While on the face of it, that leaves the BMW i3 behind its rival, the Nissan LEAF which has a five star sa[.].

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13% of Auto Sales in Europe Were Fully Electric Vehicles in October

CleanTechnica EVs

Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. More than 184,000 plugin vehicles were registered in October — which is +26% year over year (YoY). This performance is even more impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continues to fall off a cliff — down […].

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21% of Automobiles Sold in Netherlands in September Were Fully Electric!

CleanTechnica EVs

32% Plugin Vehicle Market Share in the Netherlands in September.

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GKN trials EV with two-speed transmission and front-axle torque-vectoring

Green Car Congress

It is readily adaptable for use in front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive applications extending from entry-level electric city cars to plug-in hybrid luxury SUVs and fully electric all-wheel drive hypercars.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

In December, BEVs ran fast (168.912 units, +223% YoY), but PHEVs are were even faster (+347%, 112,260 units), so in the final 2020 numbers, while plugin hybrids ended below (46% vs 54% share) fully electrics, they recovered a massive 10% share regarding the previous year. Last month Best Seller was the VW ID.3,

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