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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units. million units.

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Nissan to launch 3 new EVs and 5 new e-POWER models in Japan by FY2022; 100K LEAFs sold in Japan

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Nissan expects electric vehicles and e-POWER models to make up 40% of sales in Japan by the end of the company’s 2022 fiscal year. —Daniele Schillaci, Nissan’s executive vice president for global marketing and sales, zero-emission vehicles and the battery business and chairman of the Management Committee for Japan/Asia & Oceania.

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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

Baua Electric

By now, they were supposed to be well into the first leg of the three-year Life at Sea cruise , sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia. They claim that the company collected an estimated $16 million and used it toward a deposit to acquire a new ship that it did not end up purchasing.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. Orocobre Limited is commissioning their Olaroz project in Argentina, and is currently at 68% of its 17,500 TPA full capacity. Demand Response: A Wild Ride.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

In 2021, Global EV purchases jumped to 6.6 million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. For example, BMW now buys cobalt directly from mines to avoid child exploitation by intermediaries.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

In 2021, Global EV purchases jumped to 6.6 million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). The good news is, most analysts suggest it will never see the shortages, cartels or sales restrictions that oil does. For example, BMW now buys cobalt directly from mines to avoid child exploitation by intermediaries.