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Tesla Model 3 for sale, Norway taxing electric cars, Paris axes gas and diesel: Today's Car News

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All this and more on Green Car Reports. Norway, one of. Today, it's your chance to buy a Tesla Model 3 (for three times its list price), Nissan gets the A-OK to expand its Tennessee battery plant, and Paris is ready to kick internal combustion engines to the curb.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In Sweden, the ID.3

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BYD will be present at the 2022 Paris Motor Show

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Norway has served as an effective pilot market in Northern Europe for BYD. This knowledge and dedication to battery electric vehicle development has been a major factor in BYD becoming the world’s leading NEV manufacturer, with products for commercial and private use. BYD has provided its NEV service to over 2.1

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Audi’s European sales up 6% in November; A3 e-tron PHEV sales “extremely encouraging”

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—Dietmar Voggenreiter, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing at Audi. Most recently, the brand’s growth in Europe was driven particularly by the latest models: Sales of the Audi Q7, with the latest generation launched in summer, quadrupled to around 3,300 units in November.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

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London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. The policy, which exempts electric cars from hefty daily taxation, is resulting in increasingly significant vehicle choices for English consumers. Norway's Th!nk India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. nk City in 2008.

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Which countries have plans for all new cars to be electric, and when?

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Plug-in electric cars currently make up a fairly small percentage of the millions of new vehicles sold globally. But within the next two decades, they may be the only new cars available for sale in certain countries.

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Think to resume electric car production

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nk city EV and ran a business leasing program in Norway with plans for a similar scheme in the UK. Collapsing into administration set the company back late last year put back plans to introduce the car on a wider scale. NK city is a modern, two seater urban car which has a top speed of 100 km/h (65 mph).