Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

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. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

In February, 968,159 new passenger cars were registered in Europe (the EU27 + EFTA), 18.3% less compared to the same month of 2008, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA). New car registrations in Europe. There was on average one working day less across Europe in February.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

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. But just like its €64,000 GDP, more than twice the EU average, Norway’s ECV share of 29% is an exception in Europe.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports. The San Diego backlash over a mileage tax may be just the beginning.

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