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Europe Passenger Car Registrations Down 7.4% in April

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in comparison to January-April 2008. The decline in April registrations, the first in ten months, is linked to the upturn in registrations last year when a growing number of markets had started to benefit from fleet renewal incentives. Germany (-25.5%) and Poland (-10.5%), however, recorded a decline. Source: ACEA. in Portugal.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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This is due to the 30 to 40 percent increase in emissions EVs create in comparison to manufacturing an ICE vehicle, mainly from its battery production. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. assuming policy roadblocks disappear), and even longer elsewhere.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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In comparison, Soviet (Russian) gas was available in huge volumes, and it came from some of the world’s largest reservoirs, guaranteeing reliable long-term deliveries. These price increases were driven in part by a drop in wind-generated energy, the leading form of renewable energy on the European continent. Regardless, the E.U.

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