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ACEA: plug-in vehicles take 6.8% market share in Europe in Q1 2020; HEVs at 9.4%

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in Q1 2019) against the backdrop of the overall decline in passenger car registrations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. for the first quarter of 2019). With the exception of Cyprus and Lithuania, all EU markets have faced double-digit drops so far this year. Alternatively-powered vehicles (APV). compared to 2019).

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ACEA report finds growth of charging points not keeping pace with rising demand for electric vehicles in Europe

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The country with the most infrastructure, the Netherlands, has more than 1,000 times more charging points than the country with the least infrastructure (Cyprus, with 38 charging points). of all cars sold in Europe in 2019 were electrically-chargeable (+2.4 of all cars sold in 2019 were natural gas-powered (-0.3

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Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

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in July-September 2019 to 75.4% With the exception of Cyprus, all EU markets saw declines in demand for gasoline cars during the three-month period, including the four major markets. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) remained the bestselling alternatively-powered vehicle type in the EU, posting an increase of 88.8%

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