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H2 Green Steel and BMW Group sign final agreement on delivery of CO2-reduced steel

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BMW Group and H2 Green Steel have signed a final contract on the delivery of CO 2 -reduced steel. The agreement addresses BMW Group’s upstream scope 3 emissions and includes recycling and end-of-life management measures. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen to invest ~US$1B in joint battery activities with Northvolt AB; acquiring ~20% of shares, JV for 16 GWh battery factory

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Part of the sum is an element of Northvolt’s just-completed $1-billion equity capital raise, led by Volkswagen Group and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division alongside BMW Group, AMF, Folksam Group and IMAS Foundation. Volkswagen is laying the groundwork at all levels for the successful implementation of its electrification strategy.

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Plugin EVs reached a new record market share in Sweden

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Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% Sweden’s Best Selling BEVs. It’s great to see Sweden’s own local auto brand coming back to strength in the country’s BEV transition. BMW i3 fell from 13th to 55th.

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Sweden December 2020

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With Volvo enjoying some deserved Jul holidays, after all, it had already complied with the EU's CO2 rules before December, it was time for Kia to shine, with two models in the Top 5, with the Kia Ceed PHEV beating its own record by delivering 636 units, while its stablemate Niro PHEV was #5, with 591 units. MercedesIsRising.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

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There are many separate vehicle tax categories in Norway, from simple sales taxes (VAT), to NOx tax, CO2 tax, weight tax, and more. Furthermore, there are also increased taxes for combustion vehicles, most notably related to CO2 emissions. Pull forward ahead of tax changes. The first is a weight tax of 12.5

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Europe December 2020

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Looking at the remaining position changes, the Volvo XC60 PHEV and BMW i3 were up one position, to #15 and #16 respectively, while the Mercedes GLC300e/de joined the table in December, ending the year in #19. Outside the podium, BMW (8%) managed to beat Tesla and Volvo (both with 7% share), in the race for the 4th position.

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