The EU Commission has presented its proposals for the new Euro 7 emissions standard, which is to apply from 2025. For the first time, it also contains regulations that affect electric cars – for example on brake abrasion and also tyres that release microplastics.
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Fraunhofer ISI has analysed the GPS coordinates of around 400,000 trucks from seven manufacturers in operation across Europe. The result is meant to help governments and infrastructure operators set priorities for the installation of charging points for electric trucks.
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The European manufacturers’ association ACEA and the environmental organisation T&E formulate very concrete goals for electric and fuel cell truck charging infrastructure across the EU following earlier calls and pledges.
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Europe’s leading truck manufacturers just pledged to no longer produce diesel trucks from 2040. However, the industry together with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research also points to politicians having to prepare the ground.
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The share of all-electric passenger cars and plug-in hybrids has reached a record high in Europe – due to Corona. Almost every tenth new car registered in the EU in the third quarter was electric to an extent.
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Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles still increased across the EU in the first quarter of 2020. And while the Covid-19 crisis may explain the rather sudden tripling of market share, some countries and the segment as a whole experience robust growth.
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ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, has published the registration figures in the EU for buses, trucks (from 3.5 tonnes) and vans in 2019 by type of drive. While the figures for buses and trucks have more than doubled, the electric vehicle segment has grown much more slowly.
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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is calling for binding targets for charging infrastructure for zero-emission trucks. They released new data on the number of charging points and H2 re-filling stations required to meet the EU’s 2025 and 2030 CO2 targets for heavy-duty vehicles.
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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union are jointly calling on European policymakers to ramp up investments in EU-wide hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles.
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The ACEA, Eurelectric and Transport & Environment (T&E) have issued a joint statement calling on European institutions to support a rapid rollout of intelligent charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
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According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, also known as ACEA, a total of 97,571 vehicles, which run entirely on electrical propulsion, were registered and approved to drive in the EU during 2017.
Read moreExactly 102,252 electric and hybrid cars were newly registered in the EU in the Q3 of 2016, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). A total of 14,452 electric cars (+11.8% compared to Q3 2015), 19,998 plug-in hybrids (+26.4%) and 67,802 hybrids (29.2%) hit the road.
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A total of 27,575 electric cars were registered in the EU in the second quarter, 53 percent more than in the same quarter of 2014. Demand for new hybrid cars increased by 22,6 percent, totalling 53,443 units in Q2 2015, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
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According to ACEA, 24,630 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were registered in Europe in the first quarter of 2015. That is more than double (+118%) than in the same period last year. The strongest growing market was the UK with +64.2%. Hybrids saw an increase of 21.4%, totalling 56,704 units in Europe.
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