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Indianapolis plans to add 425 PHEVs and BEVs to municipal fleet by 2016

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The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The City will replace 100 vehicles by the end of this year and 425 vehicles by the beginning of 2016.

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Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share

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During the third quarter, cars powered by conventional internal combustion engines lost further ground, with their overall market share going down from 88.6% This represents a market share of 47.5%, with gasoline going below the mark of 50% for the first time since 2016. In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% in July-September 2019 to 75.4%

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Efficient Drivetrains and First Priority Greenfleet partner to produce commercial plug-in vehicles for fleets

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(EDI) and First Priority GreenFleet, Ltd (FP GreenFleet), a division of First Priority Global, Ltd (FPG) are collaborating to provide public and private commercial fleet operators access to a suite of plug-in vehicle solutions, spanning Class 2 through Class 8.

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UPS to deploy 35 ARRIVAL purpose-built lightweight electric delivery vans in London and Paris

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UPS is working with ARRIVAL here in the UK because their smart electric vehicles are helping to reduce dependency on fossil fuel. —Luke Wake, international director for automotive engineering in the advanced technology group at UPS. billion kilometers) using its fleet of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.

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Chery to launch new EXEED line; hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric

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Chery revealed the EXEED TX—a compact SUV which will be the first model offered in Europe—in pre-production form at the 2017 IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show. seconds, with a top speed of 200 km/h and fuel consumption of 1.8L/100km Chery Automobile Co., The EXEED TX PHEV will combine a 110 kW 1.5-liter 100km (130.6

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Hyundai NEXO FCEV and Kona electric CUV win spots in 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engines

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Hyundai has taken two out of the ten spots in the 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engine competition with the all-new 2019 NEXO FCEV fuel cell vehicle and 2019 Kona Electric CUV. The endless hours of research, evaluation and real-world analysis by our engineering community has effectively raised the bar for alternative fuel applications.

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PwC: electrified vehicle sales on the rise in Europe, continued growth expected

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PwC’s Autofacts group estimates sales of pure electric, plug-in mild and full hybrids will grow 433% to 2.2 Pure electric and plug-in hybrids vehicle sales grew 82.2% The Netherlands saw sales decrease nearly 20%, a shift, in part, due to technology improvements making hybrid plug-ins more accessible. Source: PwC.

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