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2017 sales of BMW Group electrified vehicles top 50,000 units

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The BMW i3 is the best-selling compact battery-electric vehicle in the Premium Segment worldwide since 2014, with the sales curve showing a clear upward trend. Sales of our electrified vehicles continue to develop extremely well, with all nine of our electrified cars playing their role in this success. on the same period last year.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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Global clean energy investment was $67.8 BNEF includes equity raising by specialist electric vehicle companies in its clean energy investment totals, and this element was a conspicuous bright spot in the latest quarter. billion, down 15% on 3Q 2017, while the purchase of small-scale solar systems of less than 1MW totaled $13.5

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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Bosch, a leading supplier of technology for diesel engines, recently provided an overview of trends it sees in the diesel engine marketplace globally. This statistic increases to two-thirds of all new registrations if the data are restricted to passenger cars, according to Bosch. United States.

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Volkswagen Group China, JAC and SEAT sign new deal advancing e-mobility in China

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Spain-based SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Under the agreement, all parties will leverage their technology and product strengths to develop a battery electric vehicle platform for production at JAC Volkswagen.

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JATO: new diesel car volume in Europe in October dropped 9.9%; 41.4% market share lowest in 10 years

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New vehicle sales in Europe in October 2017 increased 5.6% Despite a turbulent 2017, results for the first ten months of the year show an overall increase in registrations of 3.6%, with 13.18 Growth was driven by increased demand for gasoline, electric and hybrid vehic—and the ongoing strong performance of SUVs.

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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

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LADOT will equip all of its new e-buses with software to improve bus performance by measuring bus efficiency, ridership, and bus arrival-departure timing. All data transmitted pertains only to the vehicle, no passenger information is collected. In 2020, LADOT executed the purchase of 159 electric buses.