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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Green Car Congress

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. For cars, the data show a 12% decrease in average cO 2 emissions, compared with 2019. g (12%) lower than in 2019 and represented the first decrease observed since 2016.

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Battery Electric Cars Climbed to 9% of Sales in 2021, Driven by EU CO2 Targets

CleanTechnica EVs

One in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running. Battery electric vehicles had a 9.1% in 2019 — before the current EU CO2 standards, which […]. market share, according to ACEA data for 2021. That’s up from 1.9%

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

Green Car Congress

The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

While the overall automotive market is still in red (-4% YoY), in December, Europe's passenger plugin market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 registrations (+264% YoY!), of 2019 (2.2% Open the Gates! (23% adding an amazing 115,000 units to the previous record, set in the previous month.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

Green Car Congress

According to the most recent GHG inventory from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US GHG emissions in 2019 (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector) were 13% below 2005 levels. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.),

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Blink Charging

As one MIT report found, on average, “a fully electric vehicle emits about 25 percent less carbon than a comparable hybrid car.” Blink is now engaged with more than 4,000 automotive dealers in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific to purchase, install, and manage EV charging equipment and services.

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Volvo and CATL have big plans for old EV batteries

Baua Electric

Volvo sold over 113,000 fully electric vehicles in 2023, up 70% compared to 2022. Electric cars accounted for 16% of Volvo’s total vehicle sales in 2023, but this year is expected to be even bigger. Volvo’s EX30 starts at $34,950 in the US and €36,590 in Europe as one of the most affordable EVs.

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