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The révolution is on: France has record year in EV sales

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It was a very good year in France for electric cars, for all kinds of reasons – among them, new cheaper cars entering the market supported by generous government subsidies. In 2023, 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, a huge 47% jump from 2022.

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Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

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during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). of total passenger car sales in the European Union, with registrations falling by 13.7% Gasoline car sales posted an even stronger drop (-24.3%), going from more than 1.7 In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9%

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ZOE EV sales in France drop to 483 units in May from 748 in April

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The French website moteurnature reports that sales of the Renault ZOE EV dropped to 483 units in May, down from 748 units in April. For the first five months of 2013, ZOE posted a combined 2,830 registrations, making it the best-selling electric vehicle in France, accounting for 73% of the electric passenger car market.

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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). Sales of traditional fossil-fuel cars continued to decrease in the European Union, although gasoline and diesel still made up 65.4% of EU registrations.

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Mercedes-Benz AG exploring sale of Hambach smart EV plant as part of global realignment

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Against this backdrop, the company intends to start talks on the sale of its car plant in Hambach, France. That is why we intend to start talks on the sale of the Hambach plant. The next generation of smart electric vehicles will be produced by the joint venture smart Automobile Co.,

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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. of total EU bus sales. All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% Source: ACEA. to 34,123 units.

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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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of total EU car sales, compared to a 2.4% share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Gasoline sales posted similar declines (-55.0%), going from more than 2 million units last year to 929,309 in the second quarter of 2020. Source: ACEA. in 2019 to 7.2%

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