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Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% European sales for January reached 21,436 cars, up 14.7%

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Tesla Thrives In Italy As Broader Plug-In Market Falls In March

CleanTechnica EVs

While most European car markets keep posting new records and continued monthly growth for plug-in car sales, Italy’s is getting stuck in a rout of its own doing. It was widely expected, and it’s finally happened. Europe’s fourth largest market posts in March its first — and wild — BEV decline […].

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Revenge Of The ICE Car In Italy As Plug-Ins Down To 7% In August

CleanTechnica EVs

As the rest of the continent continues to enjoy an increasing share of plug-in vehicles across all major countries, Italy is showing a worrying pullback, whose causes — as ever — are also political. […]. Originally published on opportunity:energy.

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Italy Might Soon Own a Chunk of Stellantis

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Despite Italy’s ties to a handful of Stellantis brands, it does not hold a stake in the company and does not have board representation. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares believes the automaker hasn’t gotten much support from the Italian government, saying that the company is “losing manufacturing products in Italy that we could manufacture.

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Plug-In Cars At 9% In Italy In May As Volkswagen’s MEB Platform Starts Spreading

CleanTechnica EVs

Both full electric cars and plug-in hybrids continue to score increasing market share amidst shrinking overall car sales in the post-Covid economy. Italy, the fourth largest market in the continent, keeps its own tempo and unique taste for EVs, trailing top countries by a few months.

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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 total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2% of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2% of EU registrations. of EU registrations.

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It's Revenge Of ICE Cars In Italy As Plug-In Sales Drop 7% In August

InsideEVs

Fully electric car registrations in Italy in August 2022 were down a whopping 29% year over year.

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