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16 Countries Now Over 10% Plugin Vehicle Share, 6 Over 20%

CleanTechnica EVs

The plugin electric vehicle market has exploded in the past year (in a good way), thanks especially to the European Union requiring that automakers sell more efficient vehicles (EVs) or pay big fines.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

While the overall automotive market is still in red (-4% YoY), in December, Europe's passenger plugin market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 registrations (+264% YoY!), After all we are living in the Crossover Craze era. And having said that about PHEVs, the same goes for fully electric vehicles!

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Europe April 2021

EV Sales

1-2 win for Volkswagen The European passenger plugin market continues on the rise, having registered over 159,000 units in April, and 616,000 units YTD (+136% YoY), placing last month plugin share at 15% share (7.1% BEV) , keeping the 2021 PEV share to 15% (6.7% for BEVs alone). Looking at April Top 5 Models: # 1 Volkswagen ID.4

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Neutral Ethan @ Apr 19th 2009 6:59PM I missed 0s off all the time in maths too.