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EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

Teslarati

A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022.

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Hybrids shine as EU new-car market sees summer growth

Baua Electric

The gap to petrol shortened too, going from 11.8pp one year ago to 5.5pp. It was the second worst-performing powertrain in the month and was outperformed by diesel in terms of volume. The technology sits just over 22,000 units behind diesel. Yet, this was only 0.3pp away from diesel’s hold of the market. respectively.

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

Baua Electric

The powertrain sat 3.2pp ahead of diesel, compared to 8.6pp 12 months ago. Damaging diesel performance Diesel was the second worst-performing powertrain in the month, declining 26.4% In the first eight months of the year, diesel registrations dropped 9.7%, with 909,592 units. In the year to date, petrol has posted 2.5