2020 Starts With A Bang For Italy’s EV Market — January Sales Up 587%!

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:46:02 +0000

January sales are out for the Italian car market, and electric cars are up by nearly 600% (!) over the same month last year. 1943 BEVs were sold in the country, an epic surge over last year’s 283 units during the same period. Surprised? 2020 was awaited with great anticipation in the EV community, with many new electric models entering the market and stricter emission regulations by the European Union forcing automakers to sell cleaner cars. A surge in popularity for EVs was expected, but the first month of the new year goes beyond expectations.

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7 More European Cities Getting WeShare

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 04:50:07 +0000

In 2020, WeShare is moving into 7 more European cities, where it will be putting 6,900 electric vehicles onto the streets, bringing the WeShare total up to 8,

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Italy’s Tiny EV Market Doubles Again — Over 10,000 Sales In 2019

Credit to Author: Carlo Ombello| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:25:35 +0000

It’s taken a long time, but Italy’s electric car market is finally starting to take off. Official figures released by UNRAE (the association of foreign carmakers in Italy) confirm 10,566 battery electric cars were sold in the Bel Paese in the 12 months of 2019, doubling 2018 sales and consolidating a trend of exponential growth started two years ago. But why should we care, when a much smaller car market such as Netherlands saw over 12,000 Tesla Model 3s being sold in the single month of December

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Nikola & Iveco Partner To Bring The Battery Electric Nikola TRE To The EU

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:58:23 +0000

Nikola TREThe Nikola Corporation is making a push into the EU with partner trucking company IVECO after the pair showed off the design model of the battery electric version of the Nikola TRE for European customers. Launching the battery electric Nikola TRE gives Nikola a bridge to the hydrogen-powered future the team envisions as the reality of the investment and lead time required for hydrogen to manifest in the global transportation marketplace are realized

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2020 Electric Renault Zoe Goes For A Sardinian Cruise

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 03:14:12 +0000

The electric Renault Zoe doesn’t receive nearly as much press as Tesla’s vehicles, but this subcompact EV has made an impact. Produced for the French market first, it was available 7 years ago (in 2012) in France, and in 2013 in other European countries. The first of these small, nondescript EVs had a 22 kWh battery with a rated range of about 140 miles (though, considerably less in real-world driving conditions — the European rating system has never been adequate to provide consumers with real-world range)

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