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Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

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During the third quarter, cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines lost further ground, with their overall market share going down from 88.6% This represents a market share of 47.5%, with gasoline going below the mark of 50% for the first time since 2016. of the EU car market. in July-September 2019 to 75.4%

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ACEA: plug-in vehicles take 6.8% market share in Europe in Q1 2020; HEVs at 9.4%

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In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5% Diesel now holds a market share of 29.9% (down from 33.2% With the exception of Cyprus and Lithuania, all EU markets have faced double-digit drops so far this year.

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ACEA report finds growth of charging points not keeping pace with rising demand for electric vehicles in Europe

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ACEA published the second edition of Making the Transition to Zero-Emission Mobility , an annual study which tracks progress on the availability of the infrastructure and incentives which are necessary to foster market uptake of alternatively-powered vehicles. of new van sales were alternatively-powered last year. were hybrid electric.

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ACEA: EU commercial vehicle registrations: down 23.2% in Q1 2020; -47.3% in March

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Each vehicle segment was strongly affected by the fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak and all 27 EU markets recorded substantial declines last month. In the first quarter of 2020, the EU commercial vehicle market contracted by 23.2% In the first quarter of 2020, the EU commercial vehicle market contracted by 23.2% to 1,905 units.

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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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In more nascent markets such as many US states, it is important to use the number of registered EVs-per-charger ratio, while in more mature markets, a “power-per-EV” ratio can be more useful. As the market matures, this ratio should increase as geographic coverage becomes less critical.

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More than 500,000 Mercedes me Adapters activated

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Vehicles retrofitted with the adapter are now on the roads in a total of 33 markets in Europe and the Asian/Pacific region. With Estonia, Lithuania and Cyprus, three more markets will be added this year. The 500,000 th adapter was activated in Malaysia.

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

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Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018. The market share of gasoline vehicles also increased, constituting 3.6% However, the market share of gasoline vans has been increasing since 2016. g CO 2 /km) and Cyprus (135.1 of the new vans fleet (2.4%

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