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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

Green Car Congress

Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. Whereas Audi and Mercedes increased the registrations of their E-Tron and GLE by 86% and 213% respectively. >. million units.

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The irrational argument against government intervention with EVs & ICE vehicle bans

Plug In India

Diesel vehicles may be totally banned as they wont meet the regulations of BS6 round 2. Why should the government interfere? The answer is simple. In the early 2000's there was the “Euro 1” emission standard. Then came the BS4 and then India moved towards BS6.Diesel The final stage is Zero Emissions.

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