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Ireland Sets Goal of 10% EVs by 2020

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Late last year, the government of Ireland set a target of 10% of all vehicles in the transport fleet to be powered by electricity by 2020. A €1 million project by Sustainable Energy Ireland to research, develop and demonstrate of vehicles nationally. We are positioning ourselves as a centre for electric vehicles.

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WWF-UK study finds UK needs at least 1.7M electric vehicles by 2020 to achieve climate targets; 15% of new car sales

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million electric vehicles—plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—will be needed by 2020 and 6.4 EVs would then represent 6% of all UK cars in 2020 and 18% in 2030, and 15% and 20% of new car sales in 2020 and 2030, respectively. million EVs will be needed by 2020 and 6.4 However, it is clear that at least 1.7

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Trinity, TOTAL researchers design new molecules that boost fuel efficiency

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The research was funded by TOTAL Marketing Services and supported by MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine. Current market research indicates that internal combustion engine sales peaked in 2018 and that from now on sales of electric cars will slowly overtake cars running on fossil fuels.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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We are so excited to be joining with our international colleagues in the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance,” said Joel Levin, executive director of Plug In America. In addition, the adoption of supportive policies will help boost the shift to electric transportation. in 2020, and the UK market went from 3.2% in the same period.

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Indian carmakers set to propose import duty rollback, but Tesla will miss out

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Tesla will get benefits if it produces cars in India, says transport minister. However, the UK, which is constituted by Britain and Northern Ireland, was considered at one point for a Gigafactory location, as reported in 2020 and 2021.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

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in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As Johnson signed a bill at the end of 2020 that would ban the sale of cars that run entirely on internal combustion engines from 2030. Flexible charging is critical not only to the transport system, but to the decarbonisation of the UK’s entire energy system.”

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NOx emissions exceeded limits in 12 European countries in 2010

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These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Road transport contributes approximately 40% of total NO x emissions in the EU. 2010 NO x emissions (all sectors) and ceilings for 12 EU countries exceeding their limits. Source: EEA data viewer.

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