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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

Green Car Congress

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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Tesla helps catapult EV sales past diesel in Europe for first time ever

Teslarati

For two years, data has shown that Europe has slowly but surely started to adopt EVs as their preferred mode of transportation. Comparatively, EVs in the United States only accounted for 2% of vehicle registrations in 2020, according to Fortune. Shares of newly registered diesel engines sunk to just 13.4% Credit: Miete Deinen Tesla.

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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

Setec Powerr

BEV sales in the UK have grown rapidly over the past year – with demand rising, at least in part due to petrol shortages, which dried up many motorists’ gas tanks in September. in all of 2018 and 10% in 2020. “As All told, UK motorists bought just 5,000 fewer BEVs in September than in all of 2019. BEVs accounted for 15.2%

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European countries struggle to meet emission limits due to emissions from agriculture and transport

Green Car Congress

Eleven EU Member States breached air pollution ceilings in 2015 mostly due to high emissions from agricultural and transport sources, according to new data and a briefing released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The highest exceedance in 2015, in percentage terms, was reported for Ireland (84%).

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. . Drive Electric has advocated for a comprehensive plan to decarbonise transport for the past two years. Transport . Executive Summary .