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Norway Plugin Electric Vehicles Take Over 80% Share In April

CleanTechnica EVs

April 2021 saw plugin electric vehicles taking 80.1% April’s combined plugin result […]. market share in Norway, up from 69.6% in April 2020. Overall auto volume was back to seasonal norms, with 13,166 vehicles registered.

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Norway’s Plugin EV Share Hits 85% In June, Combustion Vehicles Falling Rapidly

CleanTechnica EVs

Norway, the EV revolution leader, saw plugin electric vehicles hit 85.0% Non-plugin powertrains, including old-school combustion, and plugless hybrids, are all fading away. share in June 2021, up from 66.3% in June 2020. Overall auto volumes broke a new seasonal record for June with 20,392 units sold.

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Norway’s Plugin EV Transition Continues: 83.3% Share In May With Ford Mustang Mach-E Overall Bestseller

CleanTechnica EVs

Norway, the leading country in the electric transport revolution, saw plugin electric vehicles take 83.3% Non-plugin powertrains, including old-school combustion and plugless hybrids, are all fading away. share in May 2021, up from 65.6% in May 2020. Overall auto volumes were back to pre-Covid seasonal norms, at 14,063 units in May.

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8.5% Of New Cars In Italy Plugin Electric Cars

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Italy’s EV Market Continued To Lose Steam In September Originally published on opportunity:energy. There is no good news in sight for Italy’s EV market, which is witnessing a radical turn from the burgeoning growth of the past few years to a sudden, steady decline.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ). Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. like people driving futuristic electric cars and everything being clean! yay same plug! Neutral who? @

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. announced a partnership with utility Southern California Edison to test a fleet of rechargeable electric vehicles and said it expected to sell such plug-in hybrids within the next decade if battery technology keeps pace.

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