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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

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The results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand of the cars tested by Green NCAP in 2022 show that the current and continuous trend towards larger and heavier cars, significantly increases the negative impact on climate and energy demand.

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Lightning eMotors to deliver 126 electric commercial vehicles to Macnab EV Sales

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Lightning eMotors signed a contract with Macnab EV Sales Corp. Lightning ZEV3 powertrain with three battery packs (shown in green). to deliver 126 vehicles to the Canadian commercial vehicle distributor by the end of 2023. Deliveries of Lightning’s ZEV3 vans to Macnab have already begun.

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UK: Used EV sales double as second hand market goes green

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The increase marks the third successive quarter of growth, with 98,713 additional transactions compared with the same period in 2022, following a robust increase […] The post UK: Used EV sales double as second hand market goes green appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Germany approves €900M for green hydrogen project H2Global

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The aim of the project is to advance the international market ramp-up of green hydrogen and to use double-auction procedures for this purpose. Green hydrogen plays a central role in the transformation of our economy. Since the production price of green hydrogen is still relatively high in the current market ramp-up phase, HINT.CO

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Ford EV sales up 103% y-o-y in November; 4.3% of total sales

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Ford electric vehicles sales in the US were up 103% for November 2022 compared to year ago, making Ford the US’ second best-selling brand and manufacturer of electric vehicles behind Tesla. EV sales for the month were 6,255 units, or 4.3% of total vehicle sales for the month. of all F-Series sales for the month).

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Sales of electrified MINIs up 64.3% in 2021, 18% of total sales

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MINI increased worldwide vehicle sales by 3.3% Sales of MINI models with electrified drive systems climbed by 64.3% to 53,243 vehicles—around 18% of total worldwide sales in 2021. The MINI Electric even managed to almost double its sales (plus 98.2%). to 302,144 units 2021. This rate is only surpassed by Iceland.

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