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

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of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% In 2019, EU demand for diesel buses decreased by 3.1% Four of the five major EU markets recorded double-digit losses in the diesel segment: Spain (-13.8%), the United Kingdom (-12.0%), Italy (-11.8%) and Germany (-10.1%). Source: ACEA.

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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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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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In Sweden, Norway and Finland, respectively 26%, 24%, and 23% of urban buses registered in 2019 were zero-emission (electric or hydrogen). Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. In 2019, less than 10% of their newly-registered urban buses were electric or hydrogen.

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ACEA: EU commercial vehicle registrations: down 23.2% in Q1 2020; -47.3% in March

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The strongest drops were posted by Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%). The four major markets, Spain (-31.7%), France (-26.9%), Italy (-26.6%) and Germany (-14.4%), all faced double-digit losses so far this year. and Spain saw a 67.2% Each of the four main EU markets performed worse than in 2019.

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

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Ford will enhance the fuel-efficient Mondeo Hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle range—including the introduction of the first Mondeo Hybrid wagon variant—from 2019.

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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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This represents a market share of 29.4%, down from 32% in 2019. in Spain and 48.8% in 2019 to 7.2% less than in 2019. By contrast, both Spain (-46.2%) and Italy (-30.2%) saw sharp declines in the second quarter, owing to the negative performance of the hybrid and LPG segments respectively. to 526,645 units.

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JATO Dynamics: 17% of new passenger car registrations in Europe in April were electrified

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million units in April 2019 to 292,600 vehicles in April 2020, according to JATO Dynamics. Combined registrations in Italy, the UK, Spain and France tumbled from 646,000 units in April 2019 to 34,000 one year later. Registrations of SUV in April totalled 109,500 units, 78% less than April 2019. Volume fell from 1.34

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