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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% in 2018), while diesel accounted for 30.5% of registrations (35.9%

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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It strengthens further our ability to deliver 100 percent of Ford passenger vehicles in Europe being all-electric and two-thirds of our commercial vehicle sales being all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030. —Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe.

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

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Diesel vehicles posted their lowest market share since 2001, as demand fell by double digits in 20 of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis, with the biggest drops in the UK (-30%), Scandinavia (-22%) and Benelux (-22%). and recorded its lowest volume since 2014. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. market share.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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HELLA introduces top-end UP5.0 electric vacuum pump for brake systems; increased fuel efficiency

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hybrid vehicles, downsizing, plug-ins)—or under some specific operating conditions (e.g. High-efficiency gasoline engines, diesels and turbo- and super-charged engines, as well as hybrid or full electric powertrains, are examples of where HELLA’s new electric vacuum pump is designed to provide on-demand brake-system vacuum.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Hîrceagã, M.,

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

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This success comes at the expense of diesel cars, with the market share of these vehicles falling from 35% of registrations in February 2019 to just 15% last month. While we’re seeing a clear decline in demand for diesel models, drivers are opting for gasoline alternatives, rather than switching to electric.”

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