Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost is also built in Ford’s Craiova, Romania, engine plant. Ford in Europe recently announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2025

Of the five-digit sales markets, notable performances were recorded in Hungary (up 19.4%), Romania (up 17.3%) and Portugal (up 13.3%). Hungary and Romania saw volumes rise 16.4%, followed by Portugal (up 14.9%), Austria (up 11.1%), Ireland (up 6.5%), Poland (up 4.9%) and Denmark (up 2.7%). Volumes surged 87.4% with 4,941 registrations.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic (up 8.5%), Romania (up 7.9%), Austria (up 7.6%) and Denmark (up 2.5%) also increased volumes. The gap to petrol shortened too, going from 11.8pp one year ago to 5.5pp. was recorded in Romania. Petrol share plummeting With a total of 284,270 registrations, petrol endured a 7% slump in July.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

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. However, Romania improved diesel deliveries by 29.4%, as Poland and Ireland were both up 1.8%. Puzzling Petrol Petrol did not fare much better than its internal combustion engine (ICE) counterpart in August.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2025

The same is true in Eastern Europe, with Poland, Romania and Hungary also seeing lower shares. The fuel type was followed by the BEV option, then petrol, with the PHEV in last place. The BEV option did enjoy an insurance advantage, but surprisingly a disadvantage in terms of fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Diesel, used by most HGVs, causes more air pollution per kilometer than other fuels such as petrol. Costs are also high in Luxemburg, Germany, Romania, Italy and Austria, at around €0.08/km Exhaust emissions from diesel engines were recently labelled as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

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