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BMW iNext, electric Lyft, Tesla Model 3 price cut, profitable GM EVs: Today's Car News

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BMW revealed the next version of its iNext SUV winter testing in Sweden. Responding to cuts in its tax. Tesla cut prices on the Model 3—again. Lyft plans to give customers and drivers electric lifts. And GM CEO Mary Barra says the company's electric cars won't be profitable until the early 2020s.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

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The freak volume in December 2022 resulted from one-off pull-forward effects ahead of new policies and auto taxes applying from 2023 onwards. their previous monthly record, ahead of new weight taxes, and VAT taxes. Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes.

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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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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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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. g/km—in model year 2016. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

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One of the proposed changes to the federal EV tax credit that has flown a bit under the radar is also one of the most political and protectionist in nature. Effective January 1, 2022, electric vehicles with final assembly* (see definition at the end) in China would no longer qualify for IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit).

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A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

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states offer tax incentives for purchase and operation of EVs and use of renewable energy to power them. Recharge – Largest Charge Point Operator (CPO) in Norway, Sweden and Finland Challenge : Needed a robust solution with a path to operational excellence and scalability. On the brighter side, some countries and U.S.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. Sweden / 174 / 181 / 23. BMW / 12 / 154.

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