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Tesla Model 3 Europe’s best-selling pure EV in February in its first full month on the market

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The Tesla Model 3 also achieved another record in February, as it became the top-selling premium midsize sedan in Europe—outperforming the popular Mercedes C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series. This was due to an 8% increase in registrations in Germany, which helped to offset double-digit falls in Italy, France, Spain and the UK.

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CATL warrants its new EV battery to last for a million miles or 15 years – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Yutong’s buses are sold in over 40 countries, including Italy, France, the UK, Spain and Qatar. CATL’s batteries are used by Tesla, Ford, BMW, Toyota, Mercedes, Kia, Toyota and other automakers. Yutong says the new pack, which it plans to use in upcoming EVs, exhibits zero degradation through the first 1,000 cycles.

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Volkswagen Group Inches Out Tesla In Norway, While Tesla Dominant In Brand Ranking

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Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into the Nordic countries — well, most of them.

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JATO: US demand for pickups remains strong despite price increases

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million), and Italy (17 million). This is such a strong performance, that if the F-150 were its own brand, it would have been the 9 th best-seller, slotting between Kia and Subaru (5.4 Throughout the past decade, pickups in the United States saw higher sales figures than new vehicles from countries such as Russia (19.1 million and 4.9

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JATO: electrified vehicles 13% of new car reg in Europe in January 2020; electrified vehicles only growth-driver

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Among the big markets, electrified vehicles counted for almost 19% in France, 14% in the UK, 12% in Spain, 10% in Germany and 8% in Italy. They made up 77% of total car registrations in Norway, 38% in Sweden and 28% in Finland.

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Volkswagen Group Is #1 BEV Seller In Sweden, Dominates BEV Market In Denmark & Finland — Charts!

CleanTechnica EVs

Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and Norway electric vehicle sales report, as well as earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into a few more Nordic markets.

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. In theory, Apple would equip Transporter vans with autonomous tech at Italdesign (a VW property) in Italy.& Elon was glad too.

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