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EU new-car market suffers worst performance in over two years

Baua Electric

The latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association ( ACEA ) shows that every powertrain endured a double-digit decline in the month. Only Poland was able to post an improvement, up 2.5%. Elsewhere, Poland (up 14.8%), Romania (up 8%), Portugal (up 2.5%), the Czech Republic (up 2.3%) and Denmark (up 1.5%) saw growth.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

Green Car Congress

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. Affordability is clearly a major barrier.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. For the U.S. to hit the 90 percent EV target, sales of all new ICE vehicles across the U.S.