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BMW, Croatia’s Rimac partner on high-voltage EV battery technology – ET Auto

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The German carmaker hit an all-electric sales share of 15% last year and has said it expects that figure to reach 50% well before 2030. BMW and Croatia’s Rimac have agreed to partner on high-voltage electric vehicle battery technology , they said on Tuesday, a European tie-up aimed at challenging Asian dominance in the field.

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JATO Dynamics: growth slowdown in Euro auto sales in March; SUVs still lead

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March 2016 was another positive month for European new car registrations, ending a strong Q1 which saw sales of 3.93 The SUV segment was the biggest growth driver, with its registrations counting for 25% of sales in March Q1 2016, an improvement on the 21.7% million units, up by 8.1% The March SAAR came in at 14.98 million units.

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

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Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase. With around 150,000 registrations, sales of BEVs increased by 50% compared to 2017. However, the combined share of PHEVs and BEVs in all car sales remains low (2% compared to 1.5% of sales in 2018. In 2018, 1.66

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. In contrast, it was the worst year for registrations in Switzerland since 2010, the UK since 2013, and Norway since 2014.

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Wärtsilä enters into licence agreement with CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel Engine Co. Ltd for manufacture of Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines in China

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Ltd (GMD), a member of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Group, have signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines in China. These are located mainly in Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam), but also in Europe (Croatia, Poland and Russia) and South America (Brazil).

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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Five EU member states don’t offer any incentives at all: Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland. Many of the new EU member states with a low ECV market share merely offer an exemption from the annual circulation tax for electric vehicles.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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By collaborating, sharing best practices, and ensuring EV drivers’ voices are heard in EV policy discussions worldwide, it’s possible to see rapid growth of EV sales globally. For example, the market share for plug-in vehicles in Germany grew from 3% in 2019 to 13.5% in 2020, and the UK market went from 3.2% in the same period.

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