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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

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All of the overall auto market’s 9% YoY volume growth came from growth in plugins, leaving combined plugless vehicles with a volume drop, albeit with some shift in weighting from diesel to petrol. Diesel-only volume fell by over 37% YoY, to 2,277 units, and just 8.1% 4, and the Kia EV6 took third. of the market (from 14.0%

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Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden

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Petrol-only vehicles, and HEVs, were essentially flat YoY, and diesels were down by over a third. Diesel share of the market reached a near record low of 7.6% (only December ’22 was lower, at 6.7%). What are your thoughts on Sweden’s EV transition? The post Tesla Model Y strengthens its position in Sweden first appeared on ?PushEVs.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips A Two-Country Kia EV6 Experience Last year I set out to see what it would be like to take a couple of long road trips in a Kia EV6–one in the UK and the other in the U.S. I took delivery of an EV6 that Kia UK kindly loaned me. I duly plugged it into an exterior household outlet.

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Electric car sales remain low in the UK

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Whilst this year France saw YoY plugin share growth in January, both the UK and Sweden have seen January’s plugin results flat, and both Norway and Germany saw a decline. Meanwhile, diesel-only vehicles continued their decline, reaching 4.0% The broader economy is in a tough spot, with the IMF forecasting a recession of 0.6%

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

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It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). That will tell you how much energy your vehicle needs to travel 100 miles, a more accurate measurement than our traditional fuel economy (mpg) numbers. Still a bit of a mystery.

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