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New study highlights lack of progress on infrastructure & incentives for alternatively-powered cars

Frankfurt, 11 September 2019 – At the start of a new EU political term, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is urgently calling for a comprehensive plan to enable the transition to...

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Access to electric vehicle chargers must be guaranteed, urge auto makers, electricity sector and NGO

Brussels, 4 September 2019 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Eurelectric and Transport & Environment (T&E) are calling on the European institutions to facilitate a rapid roll-out...

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Fuel types of new cars: diesel -16.4%, petrol +1.7%, electric +35.6% in second quarter of 2019

Brussels, 4 September 2019 – In the second quarter of 2019, the EU new-car market shifted further towards petrol vehicles. Petrol now represents nearly 60% of all new passenger car registrations, while...

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Bus charging and refuelling infrastructure lacking, warn auto industry and public transport sector

Brussels, 28 June 2019 – The automobile industry and the public transport sector are calling on EU member states to step up investments in much-needed infrastructure for charging and refuelling...

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Electric car sales not taking off in lower-income EU countries, new data shows

Barcelona, 9 May 2019 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data highlighting the correlation between the affordability of electric cars and their market uptake....

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Fuel types of new cars: diesel -17.9%, petrol +3.3%, electric +40.0% in first quarter of 2019

Brussels, 8 May 2019 – In the first quarter of 2019, nearly 60% of all new passenger cars registered across the EU ran on petrol, while less than one third was fuelled by diesel.

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Car CO2 emissions up: auto makers urge investment in charging infrastructure to boost electric cars

Brussels, 5 April 2019 – Average CO2 emissions from new cars were 118.5 grams of CO2 per kilometre in 2017, or up 0.4% compared to 2016, according to data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA)...

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Stable EU auto market in view for 2019, with CO2 and trade challenges ahead

Paris, 13 February 2019 – In 2019, EU car sales will stagnate at 2018 levels in terms of units sold, staying close to the 15 million new registrations mark recorded last year, according to new forecasts by...

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Fuel types of new cars: diesel -23.6%, electric +33.1% in fourth quarter of 2018

Brussels, 7 February 2019 – In the fourth quarter of 2018, diesel’s share of the market fell from 41.2% to 34.1%, while petrol continued to further expand its share of new car registrations (from 52.3% to...

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Fuel types of new cars: diesel -18.2%, petrol +15.2%, electric +30.0% in third quarter of 2018

Brussels, 8 November 2018 – In the third quarter of 2018, almost 58% of all new passenger cars sold in the EU ran on petrol, while roughly one third was fuelled by diesel. All alternatively-powered vehicles...

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