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Dealers Finally Have EV Inventory But Now Lack Buyers

The Truth About Cars

We’ve been hearing about the rise of electric vehicles for years, but while they are growing rapidly in number, there’s still a disconnect between an auto industry hell-bent on electrification and the desires of the people they rely on to buy new cars.

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Canadian Study Concludes Rebates to Hybrid Buyers Not Cost-Effective for Reducing Carbon Emissions

Green Car Congress

Canadian government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits commensurate with the cost, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). If the intention of rebate programs is to replace gas guzzlers with hybrids, they are failing. Chandra et al.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

Only available in the US beginning in March of 2021, the hot-selling Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was apparently the top-selling PHEV in the US last year. Auto Industry Analyst. Rick Deneau, Stellantis. I can’t tell you our exact number but if they beat RAV it was very narrow. Flip a coin.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

Wallbox

In 1990, a CO2 tax was implemented and the country began to focus on establishing a greener transport system by promoting Norwegian EV production and adoption. Let’s take a look at the Volkswagen Golf versus the Volkswagen e-Golf as an example of how the tax scheme works in practice.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

Green Car Congress

In Europe, the car market is skewed in favor of diesels through regulation and tax policies. Europe buys 7 out of 10 diesel cars and vans sold globally while less than 1% of new vehicles sold in the US are diesel and in China, the world’s largest vehicle market, diesel represents less than 2%. —T&E study.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

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Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP. Investments.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

” [Note: In the first quarter of this year takes rates have been averaging around 8-12% for the Camry, Civic and Escape hybrid versions.]. The role of emotion in buying cars. ” Where hybrids get it wrong. Would you buy this vehicle? The larger the engine, the quieter the vehicle.

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