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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% The freak volume in December 2022 resulted from one-off pull-forward effects ahead of new policies and auto taxes applying from 2023 onwards. BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x

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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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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 ! The EL7 is 4.9

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. In the last five months, zero-emission vehicles have made up over 50% of its overall car sales , up from 31.2% Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. It Pays To Drive Electric in Norway. in 2018 and 42.4%

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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Shipping is responsible for an estimated 100 crore tonnes of CO2 per year, and 10% of that is shipping oil. of electricity comes from sources that emit no CO2. Support taxing of fossil fuels and using the subsidies to support the shift to Electric Vehicles, with the right incentives and political will change can happen very quickly.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. Their Envi division however will be picked by someone at the liquidation sale. You seriously want to reduce CO2 emissions?

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025. In 2020, 70 per cent of new vehicle sales in Norway were EV. Volkswagen predicts more than 70% of the Volkswagen brand’s European sales will be EVs by 2030, up from a previous target of 35%. and China, it expects half of its sales to be EVs by that time frame. .