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BMW eDrive Zone function now available in several PHEV models in Europe

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Besides that, there are 20 other core areas of major cities in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. All current 58 cities and regions in Germany that have already defined a low emission zone were taken into account.

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European EV Policy & Sales Trends — Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, & UK

CleanTechnica EVs

In the latest episode of Cleantech Talk, José Pontes of EAFO and EV Volumes provided us with a thorough exploration of varying electric vehicle sales trends and the policies that have driven them in several European countries. While you can indeed listen to the podcast and get the story, José actually brought a lot of charts […].

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Ricardo applying sound augmentation technology for NVH in sports cars, EVs and PHEVs

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Ricardo engineers are a paper on RAS-R (“System for Realistic Augmentation of Sporty Engine Sound Quality”) at the conference “The NVH complexity challenge: achieving appealing ‘green’ vehicles,” to be hosted in Graz, Austria, on 22-24 June 2016.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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An additional 12 new markets for Polestar 1 have been added and will open for pre-orders simultaneously, including Switzerland, the UK, Belgium, Finland, France, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Canada.

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Tesla Model 3 sells 4x more than its closest rival in Europe’s plug-in market

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Austria – 1,192 Model 3 cars sold . The Volvo XC40 PHEV, Renault Zoe, and Volkswagen ID.4 In March, there were 5,567 Volvo XC40 PHEV vehicle registrations in Europe. Austria – 1,192 Model 3 cars sold . The Volvo XC40 PHEV, Renault Zoe, and Volkswagen ID.4 France – 4,524 Model 3 cars sold .

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Volkswagen unveils Golf GTE Sport PHEV concept: 0-100 km/h in 4.3s and 118 mpg

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Golf GTE Sport PHEV concept. Volkswagen used the annual Wörthersee festival in Austria as the venue to unveil the Golf GTE Sport concept plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. seconds, and the maximum speed permitted in Austria, i.e. 130 km/h (81 mph), in 6.5 Click to enlarge. The Golf GTE Sport sprints to 50 km/h (31 mph) in 1.8

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase—last year by 42%. Around 97,000 BEVs were registered in 2017, a 51% increase compared to 2016, while sales of new PHEVs increased by 35%. However the share of these categories in the new fleet remains low (1.5 %).

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