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Seychelles Really Should Push To Become The Norway of Africa & Lead In EV Adoption

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Norway leads the world in terms of EV market share for new car sales. Last month, plug-in electric vehicles took 89.3% Electric cars are now so mainstream in Norway that Tesla’s Model Y recently beat a 53-year-old sales record. In 1969, 16,699 Volkswagen Beetles were sold in Norway. share of the auto market.

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Electrogenic Expands Its Range Of Drop-In, Plug-And-Play EV Conversion Kits

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For example, Norway increased its plug-in electric vehicle market share to 91.1% The transition to electric mobility is well underway, with record market shares of EVs now a constant feature in new vehicle sales updates from a lot of markets around the world. in April 2023, up from 84.2% year-over-year.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. Sharing our experiences and learning from others puts all of us in a better position to push for clean electric vehicles in every country.”.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO 2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. —“Real-World Usage Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles”.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Ernst & Young: Electric Cars Are Coming Sooner Than Expected

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Plug-in vehicle sales have surpassed a 10% market share in California, and Tesla is now estimated to have an impressive 1.7% In Norway, the […]. Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris A steady stream of news items indicates that the transition to electric vehicles will take place faster than many people think.

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ICCT study details differences in fiscal policies to support uptake of EVs across 11 major markets

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2012 and 2013 market share vs. per-vehicle incentive for battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric PHEV (where applicable, only company car market incentives shown here). To do so, it focuses on two representative vehicles, the Renault Zoe battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and the Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

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