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JATO: 2018 record year for EVs; sales up 74% to 1.26M units; overall market stable, as SUVs rule

Green Car Congress

Many carmakers felt the effects of trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies, political changes in key markets, and new threats to the status quo of the industry. Overall, 2018 marked a somewhat challenging year for the global car market, as sales fell for the first time since 2009, logging 86.01 million units. million sales.

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