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Lithium-ion battery capacity for new BEVs sold in US reached a record high in 2019

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With a 1% increase in sales and increasing battery pack size, all-electric vehicles (EVs) captured a record amount of total plug-in vehicle battery capacity sold in 2019, 17.4 PHEV sales decreased 32% from 2018 to 2019, about the same as the decrease in PHEV battery capacity.

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US plug-in electric vehicle sales decline in 2019 due to softer PHEV sales; ~2% of market

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MARCH 10, 2020

Following a year of rapid growth in 2018, in which sales nearly doubled from the previous year, sales of plug-in electric vehicles in the US declined in 2019, due to lower sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Plug-in 2019 PHEV Sale

Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ —Gabriel Collins.

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ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

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JULY 28, 2020

In a recent report assessing multiple properties of plug-ion electric vehicles (PEVs) solid in the US, a team from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) estimates that the energy savings in the United States due to light-duty PEVs in 2019 was 44.8 Gasoline conversion to Btu using gross heating value 125,000 Btu/gallon.

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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APRIL 27, 2020

tonnes) registered in the European Union were fueled by diesel; the market share of gasoline in this segment was close to zero. All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% Last year, 85.0%

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DOE: all-electric vehicles have the lowest estimated average annual fuel cost of all light-duty vehicles

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The estimated annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2019 all-electric light-duty vehicles are the lowest of all the different vehicle technologies, ranging from a low of $500 to a high of $900 per year, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). All annual vehicle fuel costs are rounded to the nearest $50.

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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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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable chargeable vehicles (ECV) made up 4.4% of new passenger cars in the EU were electrically?chargeable from October to December 2019).

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Biden says he will convert Federal fleet to electric vehicles

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JANUARY 26, 2021

In remarks made at the signing of his Executive Order on Strengthening American Manufacturing, President Biden said that he would replace the federal government’s fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles made in the US. Gasoline vehicles account for 52% of the inventory (336,056 units); E-85 vehicles for 30% (194,526).

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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JUNE 27, 2020

2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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Hybrids represented 52% of all Toyota Motor Europe sales in 2019; 63% in West Europe

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Toyota Motor Europe reported 2019 sales of 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of +5.2% With more than 550,000 hybrid electric vehicles sold, representing 52% of the total mix, Toyota and Lexus offers a total of 20 hybrid models, the widest range of full hybrid electric vehicles in the industry.

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Ford to launch new generation of Mondeo hybrid models in 2019; first Mondeo hybrid wagon

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Ford will enhance the fuel-efficient Mondeo Hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle range—including the introduction of the first Mondeo Hybrid wagon variant—from 2019. The Ford Mondeo Hybrid powertrain uses an electric motor to support the specially-developed 2.0-liter

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BASF co-locates battery materials plant and recycling center in Schwarzheide

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JUNE 30, 2023

BASF has opened Europe’s first co-located center of battery material production and battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. This underlines BASF’s commitment to establishing a robust, localized battery value chain in Europe. We are happy to support this transformation with IPCEI funding.

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IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021.

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NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

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JUNE 22, 2020

A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Idaho National Laboratory has produced a detailed assessment of the current levelized cost of light-duty electric-vehicle charging (LCOC) in the United States, considering when, where, and how EVs are charged. The analysis is published in the journal Joule. from $0.08/kWh

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New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, the market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles increased to 7.2% The overall decline in passenger car registrations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the diesel and gasoline segments in particular, although together those still account for more than 80% of car sales. Source: ACEA.

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ŠKODA introduces PHEV version of flagship along with first battery-electric production model

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MAY 26, 2019

ŠKODA, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has introduced the SUPERB iV—a plug-in hybrid version of its flagship SUPERB— and the CITIGOe iV, the company’s first production battery-electric vehicle. TSI gasoline engine delivering 115 kW (156 PS) and an 85 kW electric motor. The SUPERB iV is powered by a 1.4

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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Lead author Aniruddh Mohan and colleagues wanted to develop a method that evaluated the life-cycle costs and benefits for two battery-powered ridesource fleets and a gasoline-powered one.

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Total BEV sales in California at 8.9% of 2030 goal

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Overall, total light vehicle sales in California in the first half of 2020 were 786,219 units, down 26.9% from sales in the same period in 2019 primarily as the result of weakened sales in the second quarter. Although BEV sales dropped from 52,087 in H1 2019 to 45,601 units in H1 2020, BEV market share rose from 4.9% in H1 2020.

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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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MAY 13, 2020

In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5% in Q1 2019) against the backdrop of the overall decline in passenger car registrations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Gasoline and diesel cars. compared to 2019).

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% The support measures introduced by various countries to stimulate car demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic disadvantaged conventionally-powered vehicles. in July-September 2019 to 75.4% In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9%

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Volvo Cars to introduce 3-cylinder FWD PHEV in 2018, BEVs & 48V mild hybrid in 2019; Modular Electrification Platform

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Volvo Cars will introduce a front-wheel drive (FWD), 3-cylinder engine variant of its Twin Engine plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system in 2018, followed by its first production battery-electric vehicles and a new 48V mild hybrid system in 2019, according to Mats Anderson, Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hits 200,000 global sales

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APRIL 12, 2019

It also has been Europe’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle for continuously over the past four years (2015-2018). Developed from a fully electric vehicle, the Outlander PHEV has an architecture consisting of a front electric motor, a rear electric motor and no gearbox. liter gasoline engine.

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BMW iX3 to introduce Gen5 BMW eDrive technology; NMC-811 batteries

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

The battery-electric BMW iX3, the production of which will commence in 2020, will offer a range of more than 440 km (273 miles) (WLTP) with a net-battery size of 74 kWh. Both the drive system and the high-voltage battery unit featuring pioneering battery cell technology have been completely redeveloped.

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PSA Group outlines electrification solutions for future hybrid and electric vehicles; 4 EVs, 7 PHEVs by 2021

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MAY 25, 2016

PSA Group is consolidating the development of its models on two global modular platforms—CMP and EMP2—allowing it to offer a wide range of internal combustion, electric and plug-in hybrid gasoline models from 2019. Four electric models will be introduced by 2021, the first of which will reach the market in 2019.

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KBA: Alternative drives accounted for around 25% of new vehicle sales in Germany in 2020; 13.5% with electric drive

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). E-mobility has arrived in the middle of mobile society. VW held a 17.4%

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Nissan Serena’s e-POWER system named RJC Technology of the Year

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), available in the Serena minivan ( earlier post ), has been named Technology of the Year for 2019 by the Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC). Serena e-POWER. liter engine. km/L (62 mpg US, 3.8 l/100 km), Nº 1 in its class.

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Nissan Power Powered Minivan

UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. to design the vehicles from the ground up.

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RMI report finds substantial emissions reductions possible with smart EV charging

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MARCH 8, 2022

A new report from RMI has found that optimized charging of electric vehicles, which involves automatically and strategically shifting when an EV charges, could significantly reduce transportation sector emissions, and could potentially result in an average of 800 pounds of CO? saved per vehicle annually.

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IHS Markit: GM announcement latest sign that peak gasoline demand from light vehicles has already come and gone

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

IHS Markit places the global peak for oil demand (gasoline and diesel) from LVs in 2019 when the demand averaged 29.1 Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. million barrels per day (MMb/d).

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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Other automakers are collectively investing $200 billion in their new electric models. General Motors, the researchers said, spent $1 billion developing its first electric car, and another $1.2

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BMW unveils i8 Roadster, 2019 i8 Coupe; optimized eDrive tech increases power and range

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW unveiled the first i8 Roadster, along with the 2019 i8 Coupe. Optimized BMW eDrive technology delivers more power—total output increased to 369 hp (+12 hp)—and a refined high-voltage battery with increased capacity and range. kWh (net energy capacity: 9.4

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Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. billion through 2019. billion through 2019. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota launches new RAV4 PHEV in Japan

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JUNE 9, 2020

Toyota has launched the new model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) through dealerships in Japan. The fifth generation RAV4 was released in April 2019. It also achieves an all-electric driving range of 95 kilometers (59 miles), and a hybrid fuel economy of 22 km/L (51.7

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Volvo Cars to eliminate diesel engines from the new S60 sedan

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MAY 16, 2018

All new Volvo models launched from 2019 will be available as either a mild gasoline hybrid, plug-in gasoline hybrid or battery electric vehicle. Our future is electric and we will no longer develop a new generation of diesel engines. The new S60 represents the next step in that commitment.

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SCS Global Services, Electrify America and Verra announce first validation of carbon-offset project for EV chargers

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JULY 23, 2020

SCS Global Services (SCS), Electrify America and Verra announced the first validation of a carbon-offset project under a new methodology for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. The methodology, entitled VM0038 , Methodology for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems v1.0,

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California cumulative PEV sales at 13.4% of 2030 goal; true ZEVs at 7.6%

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Rather than only true ZEVs, the numbers in the Executive Order and previous interpretations by the agencies indicate the goal is to be achieved by both BEVs that run only on electricity and combustion PHEVs that run on both electricity and gasoline. For the year as a whole, Tesla had 73% of all BEV sales in the state.

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U-M study: When, where, how electric delivery vehicles are charged has big impact on GHGs

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JULY 13, 2021

Though EVs represent a small fraction of delivery vehicles today, the number is growing. In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040. —Maxwell Woody, lead author.

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New battery-electric MINI to be variant of core 3-door model

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JULY 25, 2017

The BMW Group announced that the new battery-electric MINI will be a variant of the brand’s core 3-door model. This fully electric car will go into production in 2019, increasing the choice of MINI powertrains to include gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines, a plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) and a battery electric vehicle.

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Volkswagen Zwickau car factory now producing only electric models

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JUNE 27, 2020

The end of production of the Golf Variant concludes the Volkswagen Zwickau plant’s 116-year history of building combustion engine vehicles. liter gasoline engine—left the assembly line on Friday at the Zwickau car factory. The trend towards electric mobility will continue to pick up speed. Today is a historic day for us.

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Ford extends Transit Plug-In Hybrid Van trial to Cologne

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

This will extend to a third European city research into the use of plug-in hybrid electric vans that run solely on electric power for most city trips. liter EcoBoost gasoline engine that charges the on-board compact liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack as required to offer a total range of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles).

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Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Recent US Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a paper by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner.

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Strategy Analytics: Overall UX of BEVs does not match price point

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APRIL 15, 2021

To meet the goal of transitioning fleets and car buyers to all electric, governments and automakers have a substantial challenge ahead, the market research company said. Consumers will not pay more for a vehicle that looks and feels like a less expensive one, simply because it is a BEV.

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Škoda showcases MQB-based plug-in hybrid VisionS concept at Geneva; production PHEV in 2019, followed by BEV

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MARCH 2, 2016

Based on Volkswagen Group’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB), this is Škoda’s first vehicle to feature six seats across three rows. We have therefore fitted the VisionS with electric motors and plug-in technology. By 2019, we will offer the first Škoda with this technology. A purely electric vehicle will follow shortly after.

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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Wu et al.

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Lithium-ion battery capacity for new BEVs sold in US reached a record high in 2019

US plug-in electric vehicle sales decline in 2019 due to softer PHEV sales; ~2% of market

Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

ANL estimates US energy savings due to light-duty PEV use at 44.8T Btu in 2019, up 47% from 2018

ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

DOE: all-electric vehicles have the lowest estimated average annual fuel cost of all light-duty vehicles

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

Biden says he will convert Federal fleet to electric vehicles

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

Hybrids represented 52% of all Toyota Motor Europe sales in 2019; 63% in West Europe

Ford to launch new generation of Mondeo hybrid models in 2019; first Mondeo hybrid wagon

BASF co-locates battery materials plant and recycling center in Schwarzheide

IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

NREL, INL team assesses levelized cost of light-duty EV charging in US in 2019

New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

ŠKODA introduces PHEV version of flagship along with first battery-electric production model

Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

Total BEV sales in California at 8.9% of 2030 goal

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

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

Volvo Cars to introduce 3-cylinder FWD PHEV in 2018, BEVs & 48V mild hybrid in 2019; Modular Electrification Platform

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hits 200,000 global sales

BMW iX3 to introduce Gen5 BMW eDrive technology; NMC-811 batteries

PSA Group outlines electrification solutions for future hybrid and electric vehicles; 4 EVs, 7 PHEVs by 2021

KBA: Alternative drives accounted for around 25% of new vehicle sales in Germany in 2020; 13.5% with electric drive

Nissan Serena’s e-POWER system named RJC Technology of the Year

UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

RMI report finds substantial emissions reductions possible with smart EV charging

IHS Markit: GM announcement latest sign that peak gasoline demand from light vehicles has already come and gone

Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

BMW unveils i8 Roadster, 2019 i8 Coupe; optimized eDrive tech increases power and range

Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

Toyota launches new RAV4 PHEV in Japan

Volvo Cars to eliminate diesel engines from the new S60 sedan

SCS Global Services, Electrify America and Verra announce first validation of carbon-offset project for EV chargers

California cumulative PEV sales at 13.4% of 2030 goal; true ZEVs at 7.6%

U-M study: When, where, how electric delivery vehicles are charged has big impact on GHGs

New battery-electric MINI to be variant of core 3-door model

Volkswagen Zwickau car factory now producing only electric models

Ford extends Transit Plug-In Hybrid Van trial to Cologne

Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

Strategy Analytics: Overall UX of BEVs does not match price point

Škoda showcases MQB-based plug-in hybrid VisionS concept at Geneva; production PHEV in 2019, followed by BEV

MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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