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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

Green Car Congress

Conversely, registrations were up by a huge 36% in Romania, due to the Government’s scrappage scheme in Q4-18, which led to an increase in vehicle deliveries in Q1-19. This was mirrored in Norway, where nearly twice as many zero-emission cars were sold than in February 2018, and the Tesla Model 3 and VW e-Golf were the two best-selling cars.

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Ashwoods Launches Hybrid Drive Retrofit Kit for Light Vans and Stop-Start Retrofit Kit

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The company has also developed a retrofit stop/start engine system, which can further reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 5-10%. Ashwoods is also heading a consortium including Citroen, LifeBATT and SevCon to develop a new generation of hybrid drive trains scalable from 25 kW up to 150 kW, in a £1.8-million Click to enlarge.

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

And the genesis behind this thought: Share significant investments needed to transition to zero-emission vehicles and build scale in the face of uncertainty over the penetration of EVs. lakh crore to Rs 2 lakh crore to shift to a zero-emission future.

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UK vans get CO2 database

Green Cars News

The database makes for interesting reading, with the Ford Fiesta Van coming out top of the results with CO2 emissions of only 110g/km for their 1.4 The Citroen C2 1.4 HDi Enterprise comes second with emissions of 113g/km. Duratorq diesel panel vans. The database can be viewed via www.businesslink.gov.uk/vanfueldata. vanfueldata.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Citroen C5 X PHEV – sleek and stylish plug-in hybrid will be created as a sedan, wagon and SUV. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. Under consideration for Australia. It could kick off with a sleek electric ute.