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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

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This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Registrations fell in all 27 markets, but with varying severity. million units. Some models performed better than others.

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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VinFast to offer VF 8 customers access to over 2,000 movies through Sony’s RIDEVU service

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The VF 8 is young automaker VinFast’s ($VFS) flagship EV, hitting the US market two years ago as a 2023 model. Following some early software hiccups , VinFast has pushed forward to get more of its SUVs on US roads, pulling demand levers while expanding its stateside dealer network. customers.

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8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

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The 8-State ZEV Action Plan provides an overview of the current state of the market. It also provides an agenda to accelerate the development of that market. The Key Actions are: Promote the availability and effective marketing of all plug-in electric vehicle models in the states and support these efforts.

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