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Minnesota becomes latest state to adopt California clean car standards

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The low-emission vehicle (LEV) standard requires vehicle manufacturers to deliver passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs that produce lower greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants for sale in Minnesota. The rule only applies to new light- and medium-duty vehicles for sale in Minnesota.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Honda SUV e:prototype shown at Shanghai 2021.

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Tesla Model Y world’s best-selling car and EV in 2023 | Autocar Professional

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With estimated sales of 1.23 million units, the Tesla Model Y has wrested the title from longstanding leader Toyota’s two models, the RAV4 SUV (1.07 The Model Y led the way for sales in both Europe and China, the world’s two largest EV markets. million units) and Corolla (1.01 million units).

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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 is in part due to the collapse of the Italian and French markets, on which small cars are heavily reliant for sales—in 2019, 38% of A and B segment registrations in Europe occurred in Italy and France. Registrations of SUVs fell by 48% to 338,300 units while increasing their market share to almost 40%.

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News: 2023 Fisker Ocean Introduced

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Henrik Fisker revealed his plans to shake-up the electric SUV category with the all-new, all-electric Ocean. This five-passenger SUV offers some interesting technology and a starting price that will make the competitors take notice. Expect in the next few years to see at least 50 new models being released for sale.

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