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Line 144 in Munich all-electric with 8 new Ebusco buses; first fully electric line

Green Car Congress

From now on, line 144 will be driven entirely electrically with these buses—his is the first fully electric line in Munich. The second line is already on its way; line 100 will also run entirely electrically by the end of the year. Our goal is to run our entire timetable on electric buses.

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China Electric Car Sales — 22% Fully Electric, 31% Have A Plug!

CleanTechnica EVs

Full electric cars accounted for 22% of new car sales in the Chinese market last month! Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. They grew 75% year over year (YoY) in October.

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Volvo Cars sales down 17.2% in February, share of electrified cars increased to 33%

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Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% of total sales. Recharge sales increased by 7.0% of total sales. Fully electric cars increased by 174.9%

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First Drive: The Fully Electric Volvo C40 Recharge Twin

CleanTechnica EVs

Volvo is charging into the electrified vehicle space as part of its quest to achieve a sales target of 50% battery electric vehicles by 2025 and 100% of total vehicle sales being fully electric by 2030.

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19% Of New Car Sales In Germany Fully Electric, 32% Have A Plug

CleanTechnica EVs

After growing 3% in August, September brought a solid 14% increase in sales, while plugins grew even faster. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in September by 33% year over year (YoY). It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out.

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Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal — Even Beyond California

CleanTechnica EVs

With more electric vehicle choices than ever, EV sales in the US are hitting new heights. In just the first half of 2023, over 670,000 EVs were sold with over 80 percent of those fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs). It took 8 years for the first million EV sales – but now more than a […]

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Fully Electric Vehicles Reached ~6% Of Auto Sales In USA In 3rd Quarter

CleanTechnica EVs

6% of US auto sales is up from EVs' 2.2% of US auto sales in Q3 2020.