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15 European Countries Have 15%+ Plugin Vehicle Sales (New Car Sales)

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There are now 15 European countries that have 15% or more of new-car buyers buying plugin electric cars (full electric cars or plugin hybrids). There are 12 European countries that have 10% or more of new-car buyers buying full electric vehicles (BEVs).

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units. million units.

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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The main drivers of efficiency have been technological improvements and higher sales of diesel cars, which typically have lower CO 2 emissions levels than gasoline equivalents. Key findings in the provisional report include: New cars have become more efficient despite an increase in the average mass.

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16 Countries Now Over 10% Plugin Vehicle Share, 6 Over 20%

CleanTechnica EVs

All of a sudden, automakers have discovered that consumers will indeed buy millions of EVs if you produce them and market them […]. The plugin electric vehicle market has exploded in the past year (in a good way), thanks especially to the European Union requiring that automakers sell more efficient vehicles (EVs) or pay big fines.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. Nobody buys a commercial truck because it looks good.

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Pike Research: Europe to have 4.1M EV charging stations by 2020, but needs to address country-specific variations

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Some national governments will pay for charging stations or give cash incentives to people buying plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), while other countries will not give any financial support to EV infrastructure (and, historically, have not given any). Across Europe, multiple technologies and rates apply to charging an EV.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Estonia deciding to buy 500 MiEVs in 2012 or Belgium offering high financial incentives but perhaps not to the right market, noted lead author Will Sierzchula. This, they suggest, could be because national EV markets were so small relative to overall automobile sales.