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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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of total passenger car sales in the European Union, with registrations falling by 13.7% Gasoline car sales posted an even stronger drop (-24.3%), going from more than 1.7 Gasoline car sales posted an even stronger drop (-24.3%), going from more than 1.7 in July-September 2019 to 75.4% Diesel cars accounted for 27.8%

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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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This new report shows that sales of electrically-chargeable cars in the EU increased by 110% over the past three years. During the same period however, the number of charging points grew by just 58% (to less than 200,000)—demonstrating that investment in infrastructure is not keeping pace with increased sales of electric vehicles.

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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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Gasoline vehicle sales contracted by 32.2%, from almost 2 million units last year to 1.3 With the exception of Cyprus and Lithuania, all EU markets have faced double-digit drops so far this year. ECV sales more than doubled (+100.7%) in the first three months of the year, totalling 167,132 cars registered across the EU.

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The British military just bought these off-grid solar EV chargers

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The UK Ministry of Defence ordered 10 of Beam Global’s EV ARC sustainable charging systems and one ARC Mobility trailer, which it will deploy at British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. Plus, it’s free to use and you won’t get sales calls until you select an installer and share your phone number with them.

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

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During the first quarter of the year, heavy truck sales fell in all major EU markets, with France (-27.7%) and Germany (-25.9%) posting the strongest drops. Germany (+11.8%), Austria (+12.3%), Estonia (+800.0%) and Cyprus (+33.3%) were the only markets in the region to post growth last month. less than last year. to 1,905 units.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase to about 3.5%, compared with 2% in 2018. Average emissions were lowest in Cyprus (131.9 Lighter vehicles were registered in and Cyprus, Bulgaria and Portugal (average mass 2 000 kg) in Iceland, Slovakia, Norway and Finland.

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