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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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Diesel vehicles constituted 36% of the new registrations, marking a drop of 9 percentage points from 2017, and 19 percentage points from 2011 when diesel cars peaked with a 55% share of new registrations. On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 g CO 2 /km) are now very close to those of gasoline cars (123.4

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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

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Denmark also recorded a strong result in February, with volume up by 8% due to an increase in its EV and PHEV registrations. Meanwhile, diesel registrations fell once again in February, although their market share did stabilize at 34%. Demand also increased by 81% in Germany, which was the largest market for BEVs in February.

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