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Kia E-Niro electric car review

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The Kia e-Niro 64 kWh is a practical, family-friendly crossover with a 282-mile electric range and it’s one of the more affordable longer-range electric cars. The multi award-winning electric vehicle won ‘Car of the year’ back in 2019, as well as Best Electric Car 2020. Model/Engine size: Kia e-Niro 64 kWh. Quick facts.

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Tesla tops New Zealand EV cars sales in August

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Mitsubishi followed Toyota closely behind at 12% share, and Kia came in third with 11% market share. New Zealand rolled out a Clean Car Standard and Clean Car Discount program to address the transportation sector’s CO2 emission levels and combat climate change. Toyota was in the lead with an 18% market share.

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France December 2020

EV Sales

These disruptive numbers are also reflecting on the plugin share, as last month it reached a record 19% (11% BEV), pulling the final 2020 share to 11% (6,7% BEV), a far cry from the 3% of 2019. Now, how much of this is actual demand, and how much is CO2 compliance? Mmmm.discuss. has struck a chord among French PHEV buyers.

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France January 2021

EV Sales

for BEVs alone), which is already above the 2020 score of 11% (and miles away from the 3% of 2019), so it all points that this year we will see the French market go north of the 15% mark, and maybe even reach 20%. Has disruption hit the French market for good?

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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

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Take the incredibly popular Kia E-Niro 2 for example. Since 1st July 2019, it has been a legal requirement for new EVs to be fitted with noise-making devices behind the bumpers. That rapid blast of acceleration produces a grand total of 0g/km CO2 emissions. With the 64kWh battery, it does 0-62mph in 7.5s. Batteries to ICEs.

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Sweden December 2020

EV Sales

had 6.592 registrations, with the plugin split in this year sales ending at 30% for BEVs and 70% PHEVs, with pure electrics dropping 9% regarding 2019, when they had 39% share. This time both it was BEVs outpacing PHEVs, with these last ones jumping 222% in December, to 10.337 units, while BEVs (+310%!) Pl Model Sales 1 VW ID.3

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Netherlands December 2020

EV Sales

This amazing result translated into a Norway-like 72% PEV (69% BEV) share last month, pulling the 2020 plugin share to 25% (21% BEV), well above the 15% of 2019 and the 6% of 2018, and this share gains even another dimension when we realise that BEVs represented 82% of registrations in 2020, and 96%(!) in December alone.