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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. The three countries that do not apply CO2-based taxation are Estonia, Lithuania and Poland.

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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 European truck manufacturers are committed to bringing zero-emission trucks to the market, and will be rapidly increasing their range of zero-emission vehicle offerings over the next few years.

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First car using Nidec’s E-Axle traction motor system unveiled

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The super e-car with a driving mileage of more than 500 kilometers is slated to hit the market in 2019. Although the traction motor system will be launched in the Chinese market first, Nidec plans to make the product available to European automobile manufacturers as well in the near future.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. By contrast, almost half of all EU member states have an ECV market share of 0.5% ECV Units sold.

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

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I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […].

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Europe Passenger Car Registrations Down 7.4% in April

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in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% By contrast, markets expanded in France (+1.9%), the UK (+11.5%), Belgium (+20.3%) and Spain (+39.3%). in Austria to +12.9%