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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In 2009, Geely bought the Australian transmission manufacturer Drivetrain Systems International (DSI) and then in 2010 Geely purchased Volvo Car Corporation from Ford.

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New Study: Only 26% of U.S. households are familiar with EVs.

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In the recent study by Parks Associates, it was noted that as Tesla became a household name, purchase intention for EVs has gone up 6%. For now, there’s a 16% high intention of purchasing EVs among non-owners. Purchase Inhibitors. A new study shows that only 26% of U.S. This is changing. Previous that was 10%.

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Pike Research forecasts annual global sales of light-duty natural gas vehicles to reach 3.2M in 2019

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market largely consists of fleet purchasers rather than individual consumers. Ukraine and Italy. Egypt also has a relatively strong light duty vehicle (LDV) market, particularly among taxi. The global market for LD NGVs varies significantly depending on the region and country. Fleet sales of NGVs are growing at a rate of 10.8%

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf.

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