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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% Gasoline cars accounted for 57.3% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% in 2018), while diesel accounted for 30.5% of registrations (35.9%

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Ford reveals E-Transit Courier

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Customers will be able to order gasoline- and diesel-engine Transit Courier models from summer 2023 for delivery before the end of the year. The all-new Transit Courier is first available in 2023 with a range of fuel-efficient gasoline and diesel engines.

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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billion) plan to reduce air pollution from road transport and diesel vehicles, set out in July last year. The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?). billion (US$4.7-billion)

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Diesel vehicles posted their lowest market share since 2001, as demand fell by double digits in 20 of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis, with the biggest drops in the UK (-30%), Scandinavia (-22%) and Benelux (-22%). and recorded its lowest volume since 2014. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. market share.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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The power unit is the complete all-electric assembly that replaces the engine and transmission in a conventional gasoline or diesel engine vehicle. A new light commercial vehicle being built by Ford’s vehicle assembly operations in Craiova, Romania, also will include an all-electric derivative from 2024.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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Renault Introducing New Fluence Sedan Line; Diesels All Less Than 119 gCO2/km, All-Electric Model in 2011

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All diesel models in the Fluence range have a CO 2 emissions rating of 119g/km and qualify for the Renault eco² signature. Two gasoline engines will each be available in two versions: 1.6 On the diesel side, Renault will offer a choice of five variants of the 1.5 dCi diesel block: dCi 85; dCi 90 DPF3; dCi 105; dCi 110 DPF3; and.