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Alfa Romeo starts production of its first plug-in hybrid; Tonale offers 30 miles electric range

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Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico Stellantis plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Italy, one of the company’s most advanced production sites. The plug-in hybrid powertrain features a 15.5-kWh Alfa Romeo started retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. Earlier post.) The additional 1.3-liter

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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2% With the exception of France (+8.3%), registrations of gasoline cars fell in all major EU markets during the three-month period: Germany (-30.0%), Spain (-25.7%) and Italy (-4.8%). in Italy (the largest EU market for these vehicles). of EU registrations. Source: ACEA.

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German-Italian agreement on standardized charging plug for electric vehicles

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Representatives of German and Italian Standardization Bodies and experts of German and Italian industry have agreed to make a common proposal to CENELEC, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, to enhance the existing standard on charging plugs for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Hertz Italy Launches smart fortwo Electric Vehicle in Rome for Italo-NTV train customers

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Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the US (available to the public in New York, Washington, DC and San Francisco); the UK (London) and now Italy in Europe; and China (Shenzhen).

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IEC publishes two EV charging standards; global consensus on plugs and sockets

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The two IEC International EV Standards reflect a global consensus on the plugs and sockets that are needed to charge EVs. The newly published International EV charging Standards IEC 62196-1 and IEC 62196-2 standardize the plugs and sockets which can be used in different electricity infrastructures.

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Pike Research forecasts hybrids and plug-ins to grow to 4% of European market in 2020

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Pike Research forecasts that electric vehicles—conventional hybrids (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electrics (BEVs)—will grow from 0.7% Pike’s projected vehicle sales by electrified drivetrain, European markets: 2012–2020. Click to enlarge. of the market in Europe in 2012 to 4% in 2020.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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Gasoline car sales grew in all 28 EU countries, with Italy recording the highest percentage increase (+20.9%) of the five major markets. electric segment (BEV) and plug?in Italy remains the largest market for these vehicles in the EU, with 41,905 units registered. from October to December 2019). Electrically?chargeable

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