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EV Sales Forecasts For Europe, Tesla, & More — CleanTech Talk

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In part two of this interview with Rodney Hooper of RK Equity, I started off by asking about his forecasts for EV market share in Europe. of vehicle sales in Europe this year (well above his US forecast of 15% by 2025). He expects that plugin vehicles will account for 18.5%

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IHS Markit forecasts 18% drop in global vehicle sales YoY to 73.3M units under extended lockdown scenario

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IHS Markit is projecting an 18% drop in global new vehicle sales year-on-year under an extended lockdown scenario to 73.3 Regionally, that breaks out to: -26% US vehicle sales decline YoY to 12.6 17% Europe vehicle sales decline YoY to 17.1 14% China vehicle sales decline YoY to 21.8 million units. million units.

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Cabot Corporation to open new battery application technology center in Europe

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The new technology center will focus on technical collaboration with customers in order to accelerate application innovation for Cabot’s battery materials product lines within Europe. The EMEA Technology Center is expected to commence operations by April 2023, with a planned expansion to be completed in 2024.

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Lithium & EV Battery Forecasts For Europe, US, & China, 2025–2030 — Part 1

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In this first part of a two-part interview for CleanTech Talk, Rodney Hooper of RK Equity talks lithium and EV battery production and supply forecasts for 2025–2030 in Europe, China, the US, and globally. Listen via the embedded SoundCloud player below, or via your preferred podcasting network (see options below).

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BloombergNEF: electrics to take 57% of global passenger car sales, 81% of municipal bus sales by 2040

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BloombergNEF (BNEF) is out with an aggressive forecast that projects electric vehicles taking up 57% of the global passenger car sales by 2040—slightly higher than it forecast a year ago—and electric buses with 81% of municipal bus sales by the same date.

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IDTechEx forecasts global production of electric LCVs to exceed 2.4M units annually by 2030

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In a new report, “ Electric Vans 2020-2030 ”, UK-based IDTechEx forecasts that global production of electric LCVs will exceed 2.4 European Light Commercial Vehicle Sales 2018. Forecast eLCV share of total global LCV market revenue. million units annually by 2030. Source: IDTechEx Electric Vans 2020-2030, ACEA.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars tripled global sales of xEVs in 2020; 7.4% of sales

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We more than tripled sales of our plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars. Our internal forecasts for 2020 indicate that we will have achieved the European CO 2 targets for passenger cars last year. Based on our current knowledge, we expect to meet the CO 2 targets in Europe again in 2021.

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