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EVs reach 90% market share in Norway as the overall auto market falters – Charged EVs

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The days of ICE vehicles in Norway are numbered. Battery EVs took a 90% share, as recent tax changes make PHEVs less appealing. Volkswagen sold its last gas-powered car in Norway last December, and it seems likely that other brands will follow. A total of 7,380 cars sold in Norway in February, a decrease from last February.

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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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The researchers also took into account data on company cars that had been provided by fleet managers. For company cars, the deviation is even four times the official values. The real-world share of electric driving for PHEVs, on average, is about half the share considered in the type-approval values.

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GlobalData: growing global electric vehicle market will more than double lithium demand over the next 5 years

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Data and analytics company GlobalData forecasts that the demand for lithium needed for the production of lithium-ion batteries for use in EVs will more than double from 26.7kt in 2018 to 58.3kt in 2022. In Europe, Norway accounted for 5.4% According to GlobalData, the global EV market is expected to grow at a substantial CAGR of 15.6%

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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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billion) in its future, mainly allocated to its biggest ever product offensive, as well as to developing new services to achieve the goal of placing the company at the forefront of digitization, connectivity and smart mobility. The company operates in more than 80 countries, but only 15% of sales are made outside Europe. billion (US$4.1

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Pike Research forecasts hybrids and plug-ins to grow to 4% of European market in 2020

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Pike Research forecasts that electric vehicles—conventional hybrids (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electrics (BEVs)—will grow from 0.7% The biggest growth is expected in BEVs followed by PHEVs, with HEVs lagging behind. million PHEVs and 1.7 million PHEVs and 1.7 million HEVs. million HEVs.

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Hyundai Motor to integrate green energy into Charge myHyundai service in Europe

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Using the e-mobility service provider Digital Charging Solutions’ (DCS) green charging option, the company will ensure that, for every charge undertaken by customers via its pan-European integrated public charging service, the equivalent amount of energy is fed back into the grid as green electricity.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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Pre-orders will open in the six initial launch markets announced in January, including China, the United States, Sweden, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands. Development at the new Polestar Production Center in Chengdu, China, is progressing with suitable pace, the company said.

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