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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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Norway saw plugin electric vehicles take 76.3% The January auto market was highly anomalous due to the new year’s introduction of tighter auto emissions and tax increases, which had pulled sales forward into December. January’s combined plugin result of 76.3% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). year on year. comprised 66.5%

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Germany December 2020

EV Sales

Open the Plugin Gates! Now, how much of these events are related to last minute compliance of the EU's CO2 emission rules, it's anyone's guess, but regardless of this, it is proof that regulations do work and when pushed, Legacy OEMs are indeed able to comply. Expect this rule to happen in more countries with high plugin shares.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

While the overall automotive market is still in red (-4% YoY), in December, Europe's passenger plugin market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 registrations (+264% YoY!), adding an amazing 115,000 units to the previous record, set in the previous month. Disruption Zone , as the 2020 PEV share ended at 11% share (6.2%

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. But I dont think that would contribute to the global environment, to reduce [global warming gas] emissions." ( Wall Street Journal ). 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption.

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