Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Early adopters, however, are a minority of the total market.

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Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

Norway increased its plugin electric vehicle market share to 91.1% The auto market is still settling down after policy changes that came in at the start of the year. overall market drop YoY, BEVs grew volume by 3.7% in April 2023, up from 84.2% year-on-year. Overall auto volume was 8,976 units, down 7.7% year-on-year.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The UK’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 39.4% Full electrics alone took almost a third of the market. Full year 2022 diesel-only vehicles’ share amounted to 5.1%, down from 8.2% For petrol-only vehicles, 2022 saw 42.3% 4) took December’s second place in BEV market share, and BMW (led by the i4) took 3rd.

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Off the beaten track, the Range Rover Electric should prove as capable as its petrol, diesel or plug-in hybrid version, although the battery-powered SUV can only wade up to 850mm in deep water, not quite the 900mm the rest of the range can.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

The move would have raised market share of all-electric vehicles in the U.S. Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. to a level still well below 20 percent.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles (EVs) take 20.0% This year, there was additional pressure in some European markets for a “big December” since many plugin incentives have also been cut as of January 1st. Meanwhile, diesel-only vehicles continued their decline, reaching 4.0% year on year. comprised 13.1%

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% share of the market. Combustion-only powertrains’ (petrol and diesel) share in December fell to a record low of 18.7%, compared to 32.3% Sweden’s Best Selling BEVs.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 5, 2021

With plugin hybrids representing over 20% of the total market, maybe now's the time to reduce incentives for PHEVs? Looking at the remaining fuel sales in December, HEVs clocked 9% share, versus 5% a year ago, while petrol lost 26 % market share(!), 3 Shines in Record month (49% Share!)

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

In an effort to accelerate the introduction of fuel cell cars to the market, the parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200million in Powercell Sweden AB. Compared with normal diesel or petrol powered engines, fuel cells produce much less CO2 and no emissions at all of particulates and nitrogen oxides.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

This range includes the first four-cylinder engine with cylinder deactivation (ACT)—and the modular diesel engine system (MDB) with the also new EA288 engine series (66 kW / 89 hp to 140 kW / 188 hp). To ensure a uniform mounting position of all engines in the MQB, engineers rotated the cylinder head of the petrol engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Batteries not ready.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

However, given the current popularity of crossovers, the inclusion of at least some crossover DNA was likely necessary from a marketing perspective. Northvolt’s Northvolt Ett plant in Skellefteå, Sweden will start battery cell production for Volkswagen in 2023, with a target of up to 40 GWh annually.

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