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April 2023 – Good month for Volkswagen in the UK

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The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% April’s combined plugin result of 21.9% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Most of the auto market’s volume growth, in fact, came from plugins. All other powertrains combined, only grew by 4% in volume YoY, and all non-plugins lost share. year on year. comprised 15.4%

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April 2023 – Great month for the Volkswagen ID family in Germany

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The German auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.5% Full electrics, however, saw increased share, though were outweighed by a halving of plugin hybrid share, a result of recent policy adjustments. April’s combined plugin result of 20.5% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). share in April, significantly down from 24.3%

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May 2023 – Germans love the domestic Tesla Model Y

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The auto market in Germany saw plugin EVs take 22.9% Full electrics gained share, but were outpaced by the losses in plugin hybrid share, due to recent policy changes. May’s overall plugin result of 22.9% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Please join in the conversation in the comments below. share in May 2023, down from 25.3%

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

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Norway increased its plugin electric vehicle market share to 91.1% This is the first time Norway has seen 3 consecutive months with combined plugin share staying above 90% (see graph below). This is the first time Norway has seen 3 consecutive months with combined plugin share staying above 90% (see graph below). year-on-year.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

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Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. I had to pay an extra $100 for registering my Nissan LEAF this year, but the car has never been out of Topeka. It’s theoretically supposed to make up for loss of gas tax revenue, but it’s just not fair,” said Schwanke. “I

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Nissan Includes PHEVs in its long-term development program. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Theres a company in Guernsey (a UK island) which does conversions (the Mk1 shape), but I want a current shape model and a 60 mile range is just fine. The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range.

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