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Italy looks to sink $1 billion into boosting electric cars

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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe clogging up its roads, and the country is lagging behind other European countries in EV adoption. An EV made is Italy is even better. Meanwhile, sales are surging in Italy, with new car registrations jumping 19% last year to 1.57

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Stellantis slams Italy for not backing EVs, putting Fiat at risk

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Fiat’s new 2024 500e (source: Stellantis) EVs drivers in Italy are a rare breed. Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe, and is lagging way behind other European countries in EV adoption, with an incentive program that has been practically nonexistent. And Tavares said that’s just not going to cut it.

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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With the exception of France (+8.3%), registrations of gasoline cars fell in all major EU markets during the three-month period: Germany (-30.0%), Spain (-25.7%) and Italy (-4.8%). to reach 146,185 cars, with demand still benefiting from government stimuli for zero-emission vehicles. in Italy (the largest EU market for these vehicles).

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 For the first time, the average CO 2 emissions from new vans also increased. g CO 2 /km.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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According to the provisional data, the average CO 2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 Since 2010, when monitoring started under current EU legislation, official emissions have decreased by 22 g CO 2 /km (16 %). According to the EEA: For 17 EU Member States the average CO 2 emissions were higher than in 2016.

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Hertz Italy Launches smart fortwo Electric Vehicle in Rome for Italo-NTV train customers

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The program is a step in the Manifesto di Roma Capitale (Rome Manifesto) to increase the number of electric vehicles and other sustainability initiatives in Italy’s capital city. The zero emissions two-seater is powered by a lithium-ion battery developed by Tesla Motors Inc.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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The slowdown was especially pronounced in advanced economies; 27 countries saw an increase or stagnation in average vehicle CO 2 emissions in the two years up to 2017. and 9 L ge /100 km, while the best (France and Italy) fell to between 5.2 Source: GFEI. L ge /100 km.

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