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Norway’s Plugin EVs Take 90% Share In December — Even Facing One-Off Headwinds

CleanTechnica EVs

Norway, the world’s leading region in the transition to electric transport, saw plugin electric vehicle market share hit 90% in December, with the full year 2021 plugin share of 86.2%.

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Mazda’s MX-30 With Rotary Range Extender: Why I’m Looking Forward To It Next Year

CleanTechnica EVs

A recent article at Motor 1 tells us that Mazda’s MX-30 PHEV with a rotary engine is likely to land in about a year. Normally, we don’t write about PHEV at CleanTechnica these days, this is going to be a very special plugin hybrid because it doesn’t follow the usual plugin hybrid formula.

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Could Honda's Future 1.0-Liter Be World's Most Efficient Engine?

Green Car Reports

liter gasoline engine, it broke new records for fuel efficiency. Found under the hood of the original Insight hybrid, it still has the highest gas mileage of any EPA-rated non-plugin. It also took International Engine of the Year in 2000, and won that competition''s sub-1-liter class seven times. The last time Honda made a 1.0-liter

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Italy’s Plugin Vehicle Sales Near 12% In November As Car Market Declines

CleanTechnica EVs

As internal combustion engines (ICE) keep their downward trajectory, a new normal seems to be taking place: fewer overall sales, more electrified ones. Italy’s EV market maintained a fast pace of growth in November, while overall car sales continued their decline — in tune with most other European countries.

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BEV Demand Increasing, ICEV Demand Decreasing Across Europe

CleanTechnica EVs

Full electric vehicle (BEV) demand is increasing; internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), conventional hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demand are decreasing throughout Europe. Put simply, […].

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Stellantis production affected by cyberattack on Chinese supplier

Teslarati

Stellantis has been working hard to transition from producing internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. Earlier this month, Stellantis unveiled the 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger , featuring a battery electric motor and gas engine. The legacy automaker is a shareholder of Leapmotor after investing €1.5

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Germany April 2021

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1-2 win for Volkswagen The German plugin market scored over 50,000 units last month, with both technologies rising fast (+413% for BEVs and +380% YoY for PHEVs) , with last month plugin share ending at 22% (10% BEV), in line with the yearly tally of 22% (10% BEV), so this market is firmly in The Disruption Zone. 4 e-Up and ID.3

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