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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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Even though it was only introduced in the second half of the year, it ranked in the top of the sales charts in many countries almost right away. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. 3 was the most frequently delivered BEV in Finland, Slovenia and Norway in December.

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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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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. Their study is published in the journal Nature. —de Rubens et al.

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10,000 liters of Neste MY Renewable Diesel produced from waste ham fat

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From this waste ham fat, Neste produced 10,000 liters of Neste MY Renewable Diesel at its Porvoo refinery for sale at Neste stations. The idea for the campaign started from the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland and attracted a number of companies and associations. Earlier post.)

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Volkswagen nearly doubles deliveries of all-electric vehicles in 2021 to 263K; all electrified vehicle sales at 369K

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4 topped the BEV charts in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Ireland. Nonetheless, our record-breaking order backlog of 543,000 vehicles in Europe alone—thereof 95,000 IDs—shows clearly that the demand for Volkswagen vehicles continues to be very high —Klaus Zellmer, Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen.

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CARB Approves THINK City as Type II ZEV

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The company also builds the THINK City in Finland for sale in Europe, where the car has been highway-certified since 1999. The retail distribution timeline coincides with the company’s plans to expand production at its Elkhart, Ind. manufacturing facility.

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Think to resume electric car production

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from the USA, Valmet Automotive from Finland and Investinor, the Norwegian Government-backed investment fund. NK city EV will move to Finland at the Valmet’s high-technology manufacturing base in Uusikaupunki, , alongside its assembly facilities for Porsche’s Boxster and Cayman models. Named investors include Ener1, Inc.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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As a recent Bloomberg article pointed out, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, Iraq and other countries are vying intensely for sales to China, the second largest import market and the major source of demand growth in coming years. With the exception of LNG exports to Asia from Sakhalin, Russia sends natural gas to its customers via pipeline.

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