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Sweden Hits 37% Plugin Share In March, New Policy Boost For Full Electrics

CleanTechnica EVs

Sweden saw a plugin electric vehicle market share of 37% in March 2020, up from 27.2% Plugin hybrids gained share from a last minute pull-forward in March, ahead of a policy change from April 1st which now more strongly favours full electric vehicles, and further penalizes carbon emissions. in March 2020.

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Volvo plug-in hybrid bus with B?sbaar rapid charging to begin field testing in Gothenburg; 75-80% reduction in fuel consumption and CO2

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7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. Volvo Buses has already sold more than 1,000 of its conventional hybrid units; the plug-in version will facilitate the reduction of fuel consumption and carbon dioxide by 75 to 80%, compared with current diesel buses, the company said. Click to enlarge.

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Corvette E-Ray’s Carbon Fiber Wheels Give Us A Peek At Future PHEV & BEV Corvettes

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While a BEV would have been preferable, GM couldn’t even be bothered to make it a plugin hybrid with real EV range. Here at CleanTechnica, we’re definitely disappointed in the Corvette E-Ray.

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Toyota aims to start producing EV batteries in North Carolina next year

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Toyota is aiming to start producing electric vehicle (EV) batteries next year at its upcoming factory in North Carolina, set to eventually build battery packs for the company’s hybrids, plugin hybrids and EVs. “We just don’t see it as the golden bullet or the single golden bullet towards carbon neutrality.

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Toyota hints at its latest plans for upcoming ICE vehicles

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One person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that they’ll first be used in hybrid vehicles, before later being put in plugin hybrids. The automaker has called gas, hybrid, and hydrogen investments a more “practical” path to reaching carbon neutrality than the one that only includes battery-electric options.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The main study shows that under all nine scenarios for both rates of market penetration of PHEVs and the evolving power grids characteristics (capacity/carbon intensity), PHEVs will vastly reduce greenhouse gases for the next 40 years. But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution.

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The California Carpool Sticker: How An Electric Car Buys You Life In The Fast Lane

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If you’re a commuter in California, there are now more reasons to drive an electric car than just saving on tax incentives & rebates , your carbon footprint, fuel, and maintenance costs. New electric vehicles, plugin hybrids, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles all qualify for carpool stickers. Step 3: Get your decal and drive!