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Passenger car registrations in Europe rise in September for the first time this year

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In September 2020, the EU passenger car market registered the first increase of the year, according to figures from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Losses were seen in Spain (-13.5%) and France (-3.0%), while Italy (+9.5%) and Germany (+8.4%) showed solid gains. Registrations grew by 3.1%

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Most EU markets posted double-digit declines in this segment, including three of the four major ones: Germany (-29.4%), Spain (-28.3%) and France (-11.1%).

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ACEA: electric buses made up 4% of new bus registrations in Europe in 2019

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of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). France was the only market to post modest growth (+2.4%) in registrations of new diesel buses. All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units. of total EU bus sales.

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ACEA study finds 100-fold increase in zero-emission trucks needed in EU fleet in 10 years to meet goals

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A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 With 6 million vehicles, France has by far the largest van fleet. million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years. years), followed closely by Italy (12.6

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ACEA: EU commercial vehicle registrations: down 23.2% in Q1 2020; -47.3% in March

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across the EU, as measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 lead to the closure of dealerships, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The strongest drops were posted by Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%). In March 2020, demand for new commercial vehicles fell by 47.3%

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ACEA map: Affordability of electric cars, correlation between market uptake and GDP in the EU

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The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. France – 2.8% (GDP of €35,960). Across the EU, 3.0%

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New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

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share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Among the four major markets, France and Germany posted positive results (+51.1% In the second quarter of 2020, the market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles increased to 7.2% Source: ACEA.

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