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Half of plug-in vehicles in the US in 2019 were mid-size cars

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Half of all plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on the road in the US in 2019 were mid-size cars. Standard sport utility vehicles (SUVs) accounted for 9% while small SUVs were another 2%. Standard sport utility vehicles (SUVs) accounted for 9% while small SUVs were another 2%.

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

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Toyota Motor Europe reported 2019 sales of 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of +5.2% The new RAV4 plug-in hybrid will be the flagship of Toyota’s hybrid lineup in Europe. A total of seven new model launches in 2019 across both brands provided additional momentum for year-on-year growth. growth on 2018.

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Hyundai NEXO FCEV and Kona electric CUV win spots in 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engines

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Hyundai has taken two out of the ten spots in the 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engine competition with the all-new 2019 NEXO FCEV fuel cell vehicle and 2019 Kona Electric CUV. The 2019 Kona Electric offers 258 miles of range. The battery system is liquid cooled and operates at 356 volts. Earlier post.) Kona Electric.

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JATO: April saw Volkswagen ID.4 become first SUV to top European BEV rankings

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European new car registrations were up by 261% in April 2021 (registering 1,029,008 units) from April 2020, but still far from pre-pandemic levels—down by 23% from April 2019, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. This is the first time since the introduction of pure electric vehicles that an SUV has led the BEV rankings.

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

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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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2019 Ford Fusion Energi, Nissan electric SUV, Feb plug-in sales, silicon battery anodes: Today's Car News

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Today, we've got a longer-range Ford Fusion plug-in hybrid, a breakthrough Nissan electric SUV, some whizzy new battery tech, and our final update on last month's U.S. plug-in electric car sales. The 2019 Ford Fusion Energi, the company's sole plug-in hybrid model this year, gets a battery-capacity boost and.

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BYD sets out EV expansion strategy for Europe; Tang SUV heading to Norway first

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BYD will initially introduce the all new, full-electric, second-generation BYD Tang compact SUV to the Norwegian market. Already one of the world’s best-selling models as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the permanent all-wheel BYD Tang EV600 features a 520-kilometer (373-mile) range based on the NEDC test cycle.

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