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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden

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Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Petrol share looks set to regularly slide under 20% in Q3 or Q4 this year. The ET5 is a premium priced, mid sized sedan, with long range, battery swapping, and with a tech focus. What are your thoughts on Sweden’s EV transition?

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EEA report: EVs are better for climate and air quality

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Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. —“Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives”. g CO 2 /km) since 2012. of all new registrations in the EU.

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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway. That’s the reason why there was a December rush of 2,503 petrol-only units, whilst January saw just 36 units, roughly two orders of magnitude less!

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Volvo Cars reveals new V90 wagon; PHEV model with ~31-mile electric range

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Volvo unveiled its new Volvo V90 wagon in Stockholm, Sweden. The 34 kW, 150 N·m water-cooled Crank-Integrated Starter Generator (C-ISG) starts the engine, charges the battery and can also support the combustion engine with electric boost power. Earlier post.) T8 Twin Engine AWD powertrain. The 96-cell, 9.2

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Electric car sales remain low in the UK

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full battery electrics (BEVs), and 6.9% Whilst this year France saw YoY plugin share growth in January, both the UK and Sweden have seen January’s plugin results flat, and both Norway and Germany saw a decline. Petrols were flat YoY in January, but are also on a slide over the long term. comprised 13.1%

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. We would recommend signalling a phase-out date for new petrol vehicles between 2030 and 2032, and confirming that in law in 2024/2025. An ICE bought today, is an ICE on the roads in 2036 requiring petrol.

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Volkswagen Group introducing Modular Transverse Matrix this year; new engine families, lighter weight construction, powertrain flexibility

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A BlueMotion Technology pack (Stop/Start system and battery regeneration) is tailored to the EA211 gasoline engines. To ensure a uniform mounting position of all engines in the MQB, engineers rotated the cylinder head of the petrol engine. This, in turn, improves the fuel economy of all MQB-based models.

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