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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

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Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth. March’s combined plugin result of 91.1% plugin hybrids. Petrol-only vehicles saw their lowest share in modern history, taking just 1% of the market. year on year.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

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Norway’s auto market saw plugin EV volume explode to take 87.6% Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. December’s combined plugin share of 87.6% Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) took just 4.8% Petrol vehicle volumes were 4x to 5x recent seasonal norms.

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Germany March 2021

EV Sales

Tesla Model 3 wins in March, but Volkswagen leads the way The German plugin market scored over 65,000 units last month, with both technologies rising fast, particularly plugin hybrids (+191% for BEVs and +278% YoY for PHEVs) , with last month plugin share ending at 23% (10% BEV), pulling slightly up the yearly tally, to 22% (9.9%

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Sweden December 2020

EV Sales

had 6.592 registrations, with the plugin split in this year sales ending at 30% for BEVs and 70% PHEVs, with pure electrics dropping 9% regarding 2019, when they had 39% share. With plugin hybrids representing over 20% of the total market, maybe now's the time to reduce incentives for PHEVs? 3 Shines in Record month (49% Share!)

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Merc wants the electric smart to perform badly, to have a short range and little power, so that it dosent eat up other products in the lineup. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed. Mercedes please take note.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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