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Light-truck sales declined less during the current pandemic than car sales

Green Car Congress

This note examines the sales of all new light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) in the United States in March, April, and May 2020—the first three months of the current pandemic—and compares them with the sales in February 2020. Total sales in January of 16.925 million were similar to those in February.).

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BNEF: net-zero road transport by 2050 still possible, but big push needed

Green Car Congress

The road transport sector could still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electrification, but urgent action would be required from policymakers and industry participants, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO). million sold in 2021 to 21 million in 2025.

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Monthly changes in key transportation indexes

Green Car Congress

Sales of cars and light trucks. Sources of the underlying data: Bureau of Economic Analysis (sales of cars and light trucks). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles). The changes are in percent relative to the corresponding month in 2019. Month-year. Price of gasoline. Vehicle miles traveled.

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Volvo Cars sales down 17.2% in February, share of electrified cars increased to 33%

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% of total sales. Recharge sales increased by 7.0%

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California Energy Commission approves $2.9B investment for zero-emission transportation infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The 2022-2023 Investment Plan Update increases funding for the CEC’s Clean Transportation Program by 30 times compared to 2019 with an additional $2.4 —CEC Lead Commissioner for Transportation Patty Monahan. Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6

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Fact Checks: Have Electric Vehicles Sales Really Stalled?

CleanTechnica EVs

Transportation has a brutal effect on greenhouse gas emissions — at 29%, greater than any other sector of the economy, including industry. Transportation electrification is essential, and the IEA 2024 Global EV Outlook report notes that electric vehicles (EVs) continue to make progress towards becoming a mass market product in.

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What Falling Sales? Global EV Sales Grow 19% in March!

CleanTechnica EVs

EVs Now 19% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 19% in March 2024 compared to March 2023. continued] The post What Falling Sales? Global EV Sales Grow 19% in March! There were 1.3 million registrations. In the end, plugins. appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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