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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

Baua Electric

Currently, hybrid cars in India that use a petrol engine and an electric motor combined with an electric battery pack are slapped with as high as a 43 per cent tax, while pure petrol cars see a 48 per cent tax. The Japanese automaker has been claiming that hybrid cars reduce carbon emissions compared to petrol ones.

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EPHA: Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities; clean air returning to cities in lockdown

Green Car Congress

Dr Sara De Matteis, Associate Professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Cagliari University, Italy, and member of the ERS Environmental Health Committee said: Urban air quality has improved in the last half century, but petrol and especially diesel vehicle fumes remain a serious problem.

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Power Global launches eZee swappable battery EVs in India 

Electric Vehicles India

The company was Romeo Power’s co-founder and former SpaceX Porter Harris and international auto industry veteran Pankaj Dubey which aims to provide electric vehicle and clean energy products to global markets. The swappable battery is designed for light vehicles including two and three-wheeler vehicles.

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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden

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Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles took almost 60% of the auto market in March, up from 55.6% Overall auto market volume was 30,261 units, up some 5% YoY, though still below historical seasonal norms. of all passenger auto sales! Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third.

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

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Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. The Swedish economy is experiencing just 0.6% share, up from 55.1% year on year. Full electrics grew share at a decent rate, while plugin hybrids retreated slightly.

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June 2023 – Record market share for EVs in France

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Overall auto volume was 190,847 units, up some 12% YoY, though still below long term norms, and with almost all the growth coming from plugins. 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. France saw a new EV record high of 26.9%

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

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of the UK auto market, up from 21.6% Overall auto volume was 177,266 units, up some 26% YoY, but still well below pre-2020 norms. volume YoY, in the context of a growing overall auto market. Outlook Despite YoY growth in auto sales, most of which is down to plugin growth, the broader UK economy remains weak.

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