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EVs Take 90.6% Share In Norway — VW, Kia, Ford Debuts

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Share In Norway — VW, Kia, Ford Debuts appeared first on CleanTechnica. November saw plugin EVs take 90.6% share in Norway, up from 89.3% year on year. Petrol-only vehicles saw record low. continued] The post EVs Take 90.6%

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Sweden Plugin EV Share At 48.2%, Kia Niro On Top

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Sweden’s best selling auto was the Kia Niro. Sweden saw plugin electric vehicles take 48.2% market share in April, up from 43.1% Overall auto market volume, at 21,942 units, was flat YoY, though 2022 YTD volume remains down 19% from last year. Market Share Trends April’s combined plugin result of 48.2% comprised 24.7%

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Sweden Plugin EV Share 52% In February, Kia Niro Leads

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The Kia Niro was Sweden’s best selling electric in February. Sweden’s plugin electric vehicle share hit 51.6% in February 2022, up from 34.8% year on year. Full electrics took 25.6% share, dramatic growth from 6.1% year on year. Overall auto market volumes were 21,136, some 7% down from the last two years.

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EVs Take 60.6% Share In Sweden — Kia EV9 Debuts

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October saw plugin EVs take 60.6% share in Sweden, up fractionally from 59.4% year on year. EV volumes were up by some 14%, barely ahead of overall market growth. Overall auto volume was 25,016 units, up by 12% year on year. The Volkswagen ID.4 4 was the bestselling EV in October. With October seeing combined EVs […]

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Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

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Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Volkswagen Group — King of Electric Car Sales in Europe

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It’s hard to take a gigantic oil tanker and transform it into an electric aircraft. It’s easier to just build an electric aircraft from scratch. Tesla had no easy task getting to where it’s gotten, but it can certainly be argued that Volkswagen (and Ford and GM and BMW, etc.) have had a harder task. […].

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VM Motori Awards CGI Block and Bedplate Contracts for New 3.0L Diesel to Tupy

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The vacuum pump is incorporated into one of the camshafts for greater efficiency and the oil pump is a rotary vane type. Each cylinder has a central direct injector with cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) as an integral part of the cylinder heads.

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