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EVs Take 35.5% Share Of The UK — BYD Atto 2 Launches
September saw plugin EVs take 35.5% share of the UK auto market, up from 29.4% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 29% YoY, while PHEVs grew 56%. Overall auto volume was 312,891 units, up some 14% YoY. Tesla was the UK’s leading BEV brand for the month. September’s sales totals … [continued]
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Belgium’s Electric Vehicle Journey Is Propped Up By Fleet & Micromobility
A tale of two markets and a geopolitical manufacturing triumph Belgium is a fascinating case study in Europe’s transition to electric mobility. Seeing it and learning about this transition has so many stories to tell. But that has to be framed against this reality: retail EV takeup in Europe is … [continued]
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Biofuels Globally Emit More CO2 Than The Fossil Fuels They Replace — Study
Biofuel demand continues to grow worldwide despite being responsible for 16% more CO2 emissions globally than the fossil fuels they replace. Using just 3% of the same land for solar would produce the same amount of energy, new study shows. By 2030 biofuels crops will require land the size of … [continued]
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Leaked Car Industry Paper: Carmakers’ EU Demands Would Cut EV Sales In Half
Carmaker lobby ACEA wants to turn Europe’s car regulation into a “Swiss cheese — full of holes.” The car industry is demanding loopholes in the EU car CO2 law that would halve the bloc’s ambition of selling only zero-emission cars in 2035. That’s according to T&E analysis of a leaked position … [continued]
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Does Electricity For An EV Cost Less Than Gasoline? It Depends.
A story in the New York Times focuses on the cost of driving 100 miles in an EV, a hybrid, and a conventional. The answer may surprise you.
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