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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. If successful, the new record will apply to all cars, including hybrid and electric models. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

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On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. Electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs)—battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles—accounted for 1.5% of total EU car sales in 2017. by 2025 and 5.4%

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

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As a result, cars made in China outsold cars made in Italy, Korea, Morocco, and Romania, while also closing the gap between cars made in Turkey and the UK. The volume of plug-in hybrid cars made in China fell by 62% last month, with these vehicles making up just 3.4% in February last year.

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