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

Green Car Congress

The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 The effects of WLTP and the lack of availability of many key versions affected registrations in Q4, which is not surprising given that by late November less than two in three versions available in Europe were homologated. million registrations. market share.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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Since this legislation was introduced, a number of companies have faced heavy fines, including British Airways, which in 2018 was fined £183 million for poor security arrangements following a cyberattack. Most organizations delete data after a certain period. Resistance to change can also come from the highest levels.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally. The report includes updated population estimates from 1950 to the present for 235 countries or areas, based on detailed analyses of all available information about the relevant historical demographic trends.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea.

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