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Rimac Technology enters stationary energy storage systems market with launch of Rimac Energy

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Rimac Energy’s ESS is built upon a novel electrical architecture, which the company says enables significant performance, safety, and availability advantages, including up to 50% reduced energy losses and 40% smaller system footprint. All products are fully designed, developed, and produced in Europe.

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BMW, Croatia’s Rimac partner on high-voltage EV battery technology – ET Auto

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The German carmaker hit an all-electric sales share of 15% last year and has said it expects that figure to reach 50% well before 2030. BMW and Croatia’s Rimac have agreed to partner on high-voltage electric vehicle battery technology , they said on Tuesday, a European tie-up aimed at challenging Asian dominance in the field.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. By contrast, almost half of all EU member states have an ECV market share of 0.5%

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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Rimac Nevera receives EPA and CARB range estimates

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The Rimac Nevera all-electric hypercar has four motors, a 120-kilowatt-hour battery, and a $2.1 New certifications of the vehicle from the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resource Board now give the Nevera a new metric: range, and it sits at 287.28 million price tag. I’d love to hear from you!

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