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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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Norway saw plugin electric vehicles take 76.3% January’s combined plugin result of 76.3% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). The new policies affect both plugins and non-plugins, although the latter are hit much harder. share of the auto market in January, down from 90.5% year on year. comprised 66.5% a year ago.

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PHEVs sales still strong in Sweden

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Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share in January was 52.4%, flat from 52.9% January’s combined plugin share of 52.4% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). January’s combined plugin share of 52.4% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). I would expect plugin supply (and thus market shares) will return closer to trend by the close of Q2.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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