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June 2023 – Record market share for EVs in France

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This is the strongest YoY volume growth for plugins since late 2021, and represents over 90% of June’s headline YoY auto market volume growth. YoY), with both Petrol share (35.8%) and Diesel share (9.3%) hitting record lows. Combined combustion-only share hit a new record low of 45.0% in June (from 54.6%

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

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All of the overall auto market’s 9% YoY volume growth came from growth in plugins, leaving combined plugless vehicles with a volume drop, albeit with some shift in weighting from diesel to petrol. Diesel-only volume fell by over 37% YoY, to 2,277 units, and just 8.1% of the market (from 14.0%

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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden

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Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Petrol share looks set to regularly slide under 20% in Q3 or Q4 this year. It terms of volumes, BEVs were up nearly 38% YoY, while PHEVs were down by some 19%. This despite its price tag of €45,000 to €48,000, for the entry variant!

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was overall bestseller in the UK

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Since diesel-only powertrains were anyway not usually sold at the very lowest vehicle price points, the modest extra cost of a mild-hybrid system can be swallowed more easily than it can in the least expensive petrol vehicles. The UK auto industry body, the SMMT , refers to this as “a gloomy economic landscape”.

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

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By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about the challenges facing electric car conversions and what the industry and agencies can do better to make it easier. Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. What can the industry do better?

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

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Vehicle electrification and in particular mild hybridization of a conventional powertrain at 48V is a rapid growth area for the automotive industry. As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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

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This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars. On top of this, EVs have a lower lifetime cost of ownership: another advantage over gas cars.

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