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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). electric segment (BEV) and plug?in in hybrids (PHEV) posting strong gains (+76.5% Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) still account for the vast majority of alternatively?powered Source: ACEA.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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This brought the share of BEV and hybrid vehicles in Europe up to 12.4% 3 was the most frequently delivered BEV in Finland, Slovenia and Norway in December. Volkswagen Passenger Cars launched nine new electric and plug-in hybrid models in 2020. of the brand’s total deliveries, up from 2.3% Some 68,800 units of the ID.3

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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As with the EQC from Bremen and Beijing and the EQV from Vitoria, which are already on the market, the fully electric models at the Rastatt plant run on the same production line as compact vehicles with conventional and hybrid drives. In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models.

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EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

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Registrations increased in all EU Member States except in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovenia. Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles together still remain a small fraction of total sales, accounting for 1.1% Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. With an average of 118.1 A total of 14.7 of all new cars sold in the EU.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Data came from Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; China; Croatia; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Greece; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sierzchula, W.,

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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Diesel’s biggest declines took place in Norway (-32%), the UK (-30%), Slovenia (-28%), Finland (-20%) and Belgium (-20%). Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) performed well, as electrics, hybrids and plug-ins posted an increase of 31% and recorded 450,200 registrations, making up 5.4% —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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