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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

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Norway’s auto market saw plugin EV volume explode to take 87.6% BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. Norway’s popular BEVs (Tesla Model Y, VW ID.4,

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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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Norway saw plugin electric vehicles take 76.3% The January auto market was highly anomalous due to the new year’s introduction of tighter auto emissions and tax increases, which had pulled sales forward into December. For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway.

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EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

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million new cars were registered in 2019 in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and about 38% of these were SUVs. CO2/km, which is about 7 % above the 2020 target of 147 g CO 2 /km. Data about newly registered vans show a stable trend. In 2019, average emissions of new vans were 158.0

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EVs market share continues to grow in Norway

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Overall auto sales recovered to close to seasonal norms in February, from the historic low of January. That low came as a hangover effect of new tax policies active from January 1st, which had pulled-forward a large number of auto sales into November and December. million tons of CO2 in climate damage ! tons of CO2 per year.

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JATO: European new car CO2 emissions highest average since 2014; shift from diesel to gasoline and SUVs rise

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The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The total value of CO2 emissions was on a steady decline from 2007, but started to slowdown in 2016 as the fall reduced from -4.1 At the same time, the sales growth of diesel cars fell from +7% to +1%.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km—0.5 in 2018 to 1.3%

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Ernst & Young: Electric Cars Are Coming Sooner Than Expected

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Plug-in vehicle sales have surpassed a 10% market share in California, and Tesla is now estimated to have an impressive 1.7% In Norway, the […]. Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris A steady stream of news items indicates that the transition to electric vehicles will take place faster than many people think.

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