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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

Green Car Congress

On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. Electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs)—battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles—accounted for 1.5% of total EU car sales in 2017. by 2025 and 5.4%

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

As a result, cars made in China outsold cars made in Italy, Korea, Morocco, and Romania, while also closing the gap between cars made in Turkey and the UK. The volume of plug-in hybrid cars made in China fell by 62% last month, with these vehicles making up just 3.4% in February last year.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.

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