'Entering the mainstream': Electric cars to triple EU market share in 2020

Michael Holder
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But Transport & Environment warns EU car CO2 targets need to be more ambitious to avoid EV sales growth slowing from 2022

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are on course to triple their share of Europe's car market this year, largely thanks to increasingly stringent EU car CO2 targets, research by Transport & Environment (T&E)...

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