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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Green Car Congress

Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase. Higher sales in Poland (+46%), Croatia (+28%) and Hungary (+21%) were accompanied by lower sales in Italy (-6%) and Spain (-5%). With around 150,000 registrations, sales of BEVs increased by 50% compared to 2017. In 2018, 1.66

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