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The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

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According to statistics, Norway’s electric car sales have accounted for 64.5% The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. Auto companies have accelerated the pace of electrification of their products.

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ifo Institute study projects ban on combustion engines in 2030 would affect 600K jobs in German manufacturing

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In the automotive industry alone a ban would endanger 436,000 jobs, while up to 130,000 jobs at small and medium-sized companies would be at risk. The first part of the study is based on detailed official manufacturing statistics, determining the importance of combustion engine technology for value added and employment.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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TDI with 77 kW) air drag is 0.686 m², the company was able to reduce this to 0.615 m² on the e-Golf, thus improving it by 10%. Meanwhile, regenerative braking statistics provide information on the amount of energy recovered since the start of the journey. Whereas on the standard Golf (1.6 Similarly, the cD value was improved to 0.281.